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Unable to send email with attachments from my app using intents (Gmail)

I'm trying to send files (.log files) contained in a sdcard's folder using Intent. This is the code:
public void sendMail() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] {"name.surname#gmail.com"});
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Log files");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "body");
//has to be an ArrayList
ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();
//convert from paths to Android friendly Parcelable Uri's
if(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(Environment.getExternalStorageState())){
File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File logfolder = new File(root, "log");
for (String file : logfolder.list()){
Uri u = Uri.parse(file);
uris.add(u);
}
intent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, new String("Send mail...")));
}
}
I choose Gmail from menu. Once Gmail is opend it displays a mail with recipient, subject, text, and attachment files correctly. The mail is sended with no error but i get a status bar notification that says "couldn't show attachment"! In fact recipient receives email correctly but it has no attachment.
I'm not able to figure out what is the problem. Why attachments are not sended? Please help me!!

Ok. i find the solution. Need to replace this:
for (String file : logfolder.list()){
Uri u = Uri.parse(file);
uris.add(u);
}
with this:
for (File file : logfolder.listFiles()){
Uri u = Uri.fromFile(file);
uris.add(u);
}

Android email send without attachment

I have to following problem:
I want to send an email with an image attached to it.
I wrote this code:
File file = context.getDir("Files", context.MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE);
File image = new File(file, "image.jpg");
Uri U = Uri.fromFile(image);
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("image/jpg");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, U);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Email:"));
The email is sent but there is no attachment.
Does anybody have any idea why the email is sent without the attachment?
EDIT
I have found the answer to my question. Because the image was stored on the internal storage, it did not have enough rights so it could not be sent via email. I've moved my image to externalStorage and now it's working :)
Thanks,
Ark

String smsBody = "Body of the Content";
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setType("image/*");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,new String[] { "" });
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,"Subject of the Mail");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, smsBody);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,Uri.fromFile("mnt/sdCard/SampleImageFloder/TestImage.png"));
emailIntent.setType("vnd.android.cursor.dir/email");
activity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent,"Email:"));

Try this one -
final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
emailIntent.setType("plain/text");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,new String[]{"email"});
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"Test");
//has to be an ArrayList
ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();
//convert from paths to Android friendly Parcelable Uri's
for (String file : filePaths)
{
File fileIn = new File(file);
Uri u = Uri.fromFile(fileIn);
uris.add(u);
}
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);
context.startActivity(emailIntent);
Just see my Existing Answer also

Showing zero byte pdf file in email attachment in Android

I am sending a pdf file in email attachment, attachment is going successfully in email and it is showing me in email as attachment, but when i download this pdf it having no content i.e. it's size is zero byte.
Am I missing some permission? or Any solution regarding this?
Here is my code
private void emailSend(String emailString, String subject, String pdfPath){
String[] email = { emailString };
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, email);
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"MY body");
emailIntent.setType("application/pdf");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse(pdfPath));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
}

Finally i got the solution to my problem from this post.
I use
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(new File(pdfPath)));
instead of
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse(pdfPath));
it resolved my issue.
Thanks

I've done this for sending any file from SD card with mail attachment...
Intent sendEmail= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendEmail.setType("rar/image");
sendEmail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(new
File("/mnt/sdcard/download/abc.rar")));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendEmail, "Email:"));

How to Attach files with sending mail in android application?

I am sending mail through my application.
For that I am using following code.
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("text/plain");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL , new String[]{"recipient#example.com"});
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject of email");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , "body of email");
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
It just work fine but i want to attach an xml file with it.
Is it possible? How?

There are lots of similar questions asked with perfect solution in Stack Overflow already.
You can have look to few : here and here and here
Solution is to use with email intent : one more putExtra with Key-Extra_Stream and Value-uri to file.
And please go through the FAQ to undersatand How to better benifit from the site.

String pathname= Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
String filename="/MyFiles/mysdfile.txt";
File file=new File(pathname, filename);
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Title");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Content");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
i.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Your email id"));

ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE should be the action and then emailIntent.setType("text/plain"); followed by:
ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();
String[] filePaths = new String[] {"sdcard/sample.png", "sdcard/sample.png"};
for (String file : filePaths)
{
File fileIn = new File(file);
Uri u = Uri.fromFile(fileIn);
uris.add(u);
}
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);
startActivity(emailIntent);

For sending an attachment with gmail:
File should be on External storage device or created in External storage device
For that you need to add the following to Android Manifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
get External path by
String pathname= Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
Create a new file by
File myfile=new File(pathname,filename);
Write to file based on whatever logic you are applying
Now the Intent
Intent email=new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.setType("plain/text");
Put Extras
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,Uri.fromFile(myfile)); email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "my email subject");
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "my email text");
Start Activity
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "E-mail"));

Android multiple email attachments using Intent

I've been working on Android program to send email with an attachment (image file, audio file, etc) using Intent with ACTION_SEND. The program is working when email has a single attachment. I used Intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri) to attach the designated image file to the mail and it is working fine, the mail can be delivered through the Gmail. However, when I tried to have multiple images attached to the same mail by calling Intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri) multiple times, it failed to work. None of the attachment show up in the email.
I searched the SDK documentation and Android programming user group about email attachment but cannot find any related info. However, I've discovered that there's another intent constant ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE (available since API level 4) which might meet my requirement. Based on SDK documentation, it simply states that it deliver multiple data to someone else, it works like ACTION_SEND, except the data is multiple. But I still could not figure out the correct usage for this command. I tried to declare intent with ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE, then call putExtra(EXTRA_STREAM, uri) multiple times to attach multiple images, but I got the same erroneous result just like before, none of the attachment show up in the email.
Has anyone tried with ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE and got it working with multiple email attachment?

Here is the code you need to create an emailIntent that contains multiple attachments.
public static void email(Context context, String emailTo, String emailCC,
String subject, String emailText, List<String> filePaths)
{
//need to "send multiple" to get more than one attachment
final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
emailIntent.setType("text/plain");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
new String[]{emailTo});
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_CC,
new String[]{emailCC});
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, emailText);
//has to be an ArrayList
ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();
//convert from paths to Android friendly Parcelable Uri's
for (String file : filePaths)
{
File fileIn = new File(file);
Uri u = Uri.fromFile(fileIn);
uris.add(u);
}
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
}

ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE should be the action
and then emailIntent.setType("text/plain");
followed by:
ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();
String[] filePaths = new String[] {"sdcard/sample.png", "sdcard/sample.png"};
for (String file : filePaths)
{
File fileIn = new File(file);
Uri u = Uri.fromFile(fileIn);
uris.add(u);
}
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);
startActivity(emailIntent);
This works for me.

Although this is an old thread, but as it is shown on top on google searches i want to add a small hint to make it complete, hence I stumpled upon it.
It is necessary to make the attached files readable for the mail activity, otherwise they will not be attached. So you have to call somewhere
fileIn.setReadable(true, false)

Here I found great example http://www.blackmoonit.com/2010/02/filebrowser-send-receive-intents/
you must use
final Intent aIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
aIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,theUris);
aIntent.setType(theOverallMIMEtype);

For multiple attachments use PutParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.ExtraStream, uris)where uris variable is a List<IParcelable>().
Here's an example:
var email = new Intent(Intent.ActionSendMultiple);
email.SetType("text/plain");
email.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraEmail, new string[]{emailTo});
email.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraCc, new string[]{emailCC});
var uris = new List<IParcelable>();
filePaths.ForEach(file=> {
var fileIn = new File(file);
var uri = Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(fileIn);
uris.Add(uri);
});
email.PutParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.ExtraStream, uris);
context.StartActivity(Intent.CreateChooser(email, "Send mail..."));
Hope this helps ;)