Send Data to Gmail useing Android Application?

Following section explains different parts of our Intent object required to send an email.

Intent Object - Action to send Email

You will use ACTION_SEND action to launch an email client installed on your Android device. Following is simple syntax to create an intent with ACTION_SEND action

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);

Intent Object - Data/Type to send Email

To send an email you need to specify mailto: as URI using setData() method and data type will be totext/plain using setType() method as follows:

emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
emailIntent.setType("text/plain");

Intent Object - Extra to send Email

Android has built-in support to add TO, SUBJECT, CC, TEXT etc. fields which can be attached to the intent before sending the intent to a target email client. You can use following extra fields in your email:

S.N.	Extra Data & Description
1	EXTRA_BCC A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be blind carbon copied.
2	EXTRA_CC A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be carbon copied.
3	EXTRA_EMAIL A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be delivered to.
4	EXTRA_HTML_TEXT A constant String that is associated with the Intent, used with ACTION_SEND to supply an alternative to EXTRA_TEXT as HTML formatted text.
5	EXTRA_SUBJECT A constant string holding the desired subject line of a message.
6	EXTRA_TEXT A constant CharSequence that is associated with the Intent, used with ACTION_SEND to supply the literal data to be sent.
7	EXTRA_TITLE A CharSequence dialog title to provide to the user when used with a ACTION_CHOOSER.

Here is an example showing you how to assign extra data to your intent:

emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL  , new String[]{"recipient@example.com"});
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject of email");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT   , "body of email");

Example

MainActivity.java

1.  public class MainActivity extends Activity {
   
   
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
   setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
   Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
   button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
   @Override
   public void onClick(View v) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
   i.setType("message/rfc822");
   i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,new String[] { "" });
   i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT," \n\n www.google.com"); // your url
   i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"new test"); // your text in place of contentStr
   try {
   MainActivity.this.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i,"Send mail..."));
   } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
   ex.printStackTrace();
   }
   }
   });
   }
   
   
   }

main.xml

1.  <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent"
       tools:context=".MainActivity" >
   
   
       <Button
           android:id="@+id/button1"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
           android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
           android:text="Send data to gmail" />
   
   
   </RelativeLayout>