'Android: Only show email apps OR display a message to user for Intent.ACTION_SEND when attaching a file
Right now for sdk 30, I am successfully able to send and attach a json file to some email client when using ACTION_SEND. However there are two issues that I noticed when using ACTION_SEND:
- it shows ALL apps, not just email apps, which is what I want
- it does NOT show the intent with title/text for the user to choose an email app. I do NOT just want to use a Toast message
I think this can be solved using ACTION_SENDTO instead, but then I won't be able to attach my file, so that actually won't work.
With this said, I would like to solve either point 1 or 2 (preferably point 1), if not both.
Here is what I have:
private void sendToEmail(String emailAddress, String filePath) {
File file = new File(filePath);
file.setReadOnly();
String[] to = { emailAddress };
Uri uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this, getPackageName() + ".fileprovider", file);
grantUriPermission("com.my.package", uri, Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
//intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // this does NOT work for the above action type
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, to);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Your backup file");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Your data for your backup is attached to the file " + BACKUP_NAME + ".");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
intent.setType("message/rfc822");
// this does NOT create the below title for ACTION_SEND, as per documentation for createChooser()
Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(intent, "Pick an email app to send attachment: " + BACKUP_NAME);
if (chooser.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(chooser);
}
}
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