I want to put feedback option in android app as some apps do. I presently have this code
Intent Email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
Email.setType("text/email");
Email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "feedback#gmail.com" });
Email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Feedback");
Email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hi");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(Email, "Sending Feedback:"));
But this code redirects to default app. As I don't want to show to address, I came to know that it is not possible with default in-built email app.
Later thought to implement using java api, so that I can hardcode my mail credentials(including username, password) and send it to the mail that I specify. So that user doesn't need to log in. Just he mentions his mail address in the given column, message. That's it. Then after clicking on send button, it should go the feedback mail id. But this is risky if some one converts my apk into source code as they would come to know my credentials that I used for this feedback. Can some one please suggest me how to implement this in a correct way so that user need not have any credentials or mail app?
Sending mail from php:
<?php
$to = "recipient#example.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
echo("<p>Email successfully sent!</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Email delivery failed…</p>");
}
?>
An alternative way of hiding you data will be to post it to a server, i.e you may try considering posting your feedback data to some php script or a servlet, which later on forwards it to your mailbox.
There are so many free hostings out there, one I use for same purpose is www.3owl.com, I just have a PHP file there, and all the responses and feedbacks from all the websites are submitted there, which are then forwarded to my mailing address.
And, about mails going to Spam, well mailbox are intelligent these days, they can be taught what is not a spam, and what is :)
You could consider adding a separate API altogether and use their online client to view and manage the messages you receive:
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Have working code that 1) opens an email client on an android device and 2) successfully populates all the fields needed to send a message. This includes the to, from, subject and message body.
e String mailMsg = "mailto:elmer#gmail.com" +
"?cc="+"" + //needed to fill out email properly
"&subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
"&body=" + Uri.encode(emailBody);
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse(mailMsg));
try{
context.startActivity(emailIntent);
}catch (ActivityNotFoundException ae){
Log.d("TEST100 ","Error sending email");
}
Again the code works fine in terms of opening the email client, creating an populating the email message but, it does not send the email. Could it be because I have multiple email providers? The code always manages to connect to and work with my mai based provider.
Have read the google documentation and most relevant posts in stackoverflow, is it possible to:
1. trigger the sending of the email message without user involvement?
2. mask the display/process of creating the email?
Any information appreciated
is it possible to: trigger the sending of the email message without user involvement?
Fortunately, no.
mask the display/process of creating the email?
Fortunately, no.
Malware authors, spammers, and the like would love to have the ability to send an email, without user involvement, using the user's own email account. Most users would find this behavior to be inappropriate.
If you want to send an email without user involvement, have your Web service send the email on your behalf, using your own email account and your own mail server.
i am using the default email app that come with ics, and i want to catch the email recieving programatically (i want to recieve and sender information and the email body itself), how can i do it? i tried search however i only find how to send email and how to recieve email in gmail (which is not my case)
thanks
Unfortunately, there is no way to "catch" emails as they come to the phone. You'll have to manually connect to the mail server and download the emails. If you're interested in doing that, I've used the javamail-android port, which actually is pretty fully featured.
I have seen many times the ease of sending an email in the foreground using the Android Intent Action.SEND.
However I need to implement a feedback form which emails us the details on completion. This doesnt really suit the Android Intent because the user wouldnt want to see the generated email before sending.
Does anyone have any sample code which can send an email form the background if we assume the smtp server is lol.does.thiswork and the username = lala, password = po.
Cheers
Possible duplicate of this: Sending Email in Android using JavaMail API without using the default/built-in app and plenty of example code in there.
as an editorial note, anytime an application I am using on a phone sends an email, I personally WOULD want it in the foreground. If its just feedback from a form on your application, you could also use several solutions other than email: a web form in a webview, or create a socket back to a server you host, or a use a webservice etc...
I am new to android. I configured the email address in the android emulator.I want to get the email content,if the configured email receives the mail from other mailid.which notification shall i use and how to get the email content when the notification raises the alert. how can i achieve this.
Thanks in advance.....
It sounds to me like you're trying to say that you signed-in to the mail app on the Android device. From my understanding of the question you've raise, signing-in to an email account on the Android device doesn't mean any application can just grab emails from it. The closest solution I can think of is creating an IMAP connection to a mail server to grab mail content.
I am using this code to send a mail.
final Intent mail_Intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
mail_Intent.setType("plain/text");
mail_Intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,new String[]{toText.getText().toString()}); mail_Intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,subjectText.getText().toString()); mail_Intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,bodyText.getText().toString());
Intent i=Intent.createChooser(mail_Intent, "Send Mail");
startActivity(i);
But on the following screen i get the default android API.I do not want that screen to popup. Is there any other way where i can silently send the mail.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance..
If you have access to a server, with a mail server set up on it AND php. Here is a way :
Design whatever layout you like to make the user enter his name, his mail, the recipient, the subject and the mail body (and any other information you might want him to give). Then you grab all this, and put it in a http request adding these parameters in POST and send then to a php page that will deal with sending the email. However, this is a low security method and not really safe in my point of view... So be on your guard...