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How to pass hyperlink to Gmail in Intent ACTION_SEND?

May be this question is already asked or duplicate of another question, but I didn't get any solution for my search.
Here are the links which I followed for my question:
Link1 Link2
Actually, my question is related to sharing HTML text in android default intent with an ACTION_SEND. When I am trying to create a hyperlink to URL with different value then it is showing a simple text of value. That is not clickable as a link.
Here is how I am doing:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/html");
String link = "https://www.android.com/";
String linkValue = "Click Me";
String body1 = "" + link+ "";//I don't want this
String body2 = "" + linkValue + "";//This is not working
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(body2));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share With"));
For body2:
When I share the text using Gmail then in email hyperlinked text will come as a normal text. Simply "Click Me". I checked it on desktop browser also. But there also it is same. I checked this text in Inspect Element(You can get Inspect Element of a browser page like: Right click on browser page>> In popup window click at the bottom Inspect OR refer Inspect Element) format and found there was no tag for hyperlink text.
For body1:
It's working and I got the URL as a hyperlink in the email, but I got the URL as a hyperlink I don't want to show the same URL in email rather than there should be some hint value as body2 format. This format can be achieved by direct URL sharing in the body no need of tag.
So finally my search is, Is there any way in Android for sharing hyperlink text with different hint value rather than as of link(URL).

I suggest you use a string resource instead of a Java string, it's generally and good practice and that way you won't have to escape the " either. And with the HTML data you'll have to wrap it in CDATA.
XML:
<string name="readyandroid"><![CDATA[readyandroid]]></string>
in Java, replace body2 with:
String body2 = getString(R.string.readyandroid);
Then try passing it to the intent and sending it in an email, it should be a proper hyperlink as you would like it to be.

What you do in body is perfectly correct.
But Gmail reads the extra android.intent.extra.TEXTas a string.
You are in fact making a feature request / reporting a bug.

android:autoLink="web|email"
Please add this code in textview xml. It will directly goes gmail link

I don't think you can do using email Intent. Send email without intent Make email client for sending email. That will support HTML tag.
plz refer
http://www.jondev.net/articles/Sending_Emails_without_User_Intervention_%28no_Intents%29_in_Android

After you put your String to extra, it lose it attributes as Spanned. If you would send it as html, it can be resolved by some applications and shown as you want. Generally, you just put a plain text into the Bundle of your Intent, and each application interprets it as it wish, so there is no solution to send it as html and force applications to show it as html.
On the other hand, if you know which applications you're going to use via share, you can read its documentation and check if it allows to send hyperlinks via ACTION_SEND intent.
You can tell a receiver that a type of your text by intent.setType("text/html"), maybe some applications behavior depends on it.

Yes, I achieved this issue solution. Thanks, #Faraz.
This is my answer code, as I created tag string in string.xml
<string name="link_to_google_map"><![CDATA[LINK TO GOOGLE MAP]]></string>
And my code is like this, which works perfectly for sharing using tag in android:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/html");
String shareText = "Thank you for using the ReadyAndroid App" + "<br />" + "Name : " + "ReadyAndroid";
shareText += "<br />" + "Address : " + "https://readyandroid.wordpress.com/ <br />Mandawa, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan 333704";
String mapLocation = String.format(getString(R.string.link_to_google_map), 28.0500, 75.1487);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(shareText+mapLocation));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share with"));

Android share Intent with clickable link

I have looked around the web but have yet to find a solution that fits my specific need. I am looking for a way to share information with a share intent that provides a clickable link, something like:
Check out this news article
via Jimmy's News App
I have successfully set up a share intent in my android app which looks like this:
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject Text");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Check out this news article" + "\n\n" + getResources().getText(R.string.shared_via));
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share this article with..."));
My string resource looks like this:
<string name="shared_via">via <a ref="http://google.com">Jimmy's News App</a></string>
The sharing functions as it should however when shared in an Email, Twitter, etc. the link is ignored and the tweet shows only plain text like this:
I tried playing around with the MIME type, but still no cigar. Is there anyway to get "Jimmy's News App" clickable when shared? I am more than greatful for any and all help and or tips.
Thanks in advance!

First, I wouldn't have expected your project to even build, as string resources do not support arbitrary HTML tags. The only documented ones are <b>, <i>, and <u>.
Second, even if it does support arbitrary HTML tags, you are converting it back from a Spanned (getText()) into a plain string, which will remove that formatting.
To overcome both problems, either move that string into Java (after all, it's not like you have i18n going, with hardcoded English elsewhere in your code snippet), or wrap the string content in a CDATA (while also fixing your broken HTML, to use href for the <a> attribute):
<string name="shared_via"><![CDATA[via Jimmy's News App]]></string>
At this point, if you look at your concatenated string, it should look like quasi-HTML source:
Check out this news article
via Jimmy's News App
Next, while you are sending over HTML, you are declaring it as plain text. Many apps will therefore treat it as plain text, and may do anything from ignoring the tag to showing the raw HTML. You are welcome to try text/html as a MIME type and see if you get better results.
Finally, there is no requirement that any app actually honor your links. ACTION_SEND is a request, not a command. There are no rules for how third-party apps use the HTML that you send over, and so you are going to get varying results from varying apps.

android Mail intent not working with special characters

I am using mail sending intent action in android with some special characters in subject.
below is the code which I am trying.
encodedMailContent = "mailto:?subject=get2% SMA&RT$ rebate&body=get 2% SMART$";
Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", Uri.parse(encodedMailContent));
startActivity(intent);
That is I am using some special characters like '#', '&' in subject.
But its showing till that special character and truncating the remaining in subject like get2% SMA.
Any help will be appriciated.

I Resolved this by use the Uri Encode values of those special characters in mail content like below.
Replace '&' with %26 and '#' with %23.

Use URLEncoder to encode the subject part in your mailto: URI.

Android: prefilled email with html

i have this code which prefill an email and throw an intent:
Intent email_intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
email_intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,
"iTempco"+getString(R.string.superficie_scambio));
email_intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,{{here_the_html_code}});
email_intent.setType("text/html");
startActivity(email_intent);
where you see {{here_the_html_code}} i have a string with html code (working perfectly).
the problem is that, when the activity is thrown, i see the html code (the source) in the text area of the client, not the "converted one"
how can i?
thanks.

I had the same problem, but couldnt solve it.
Most of the default email client won't handle the html tags.
The best workaround i found is sending the html as a attachement.
check my question about this:
Is it possible to send html with the mail intent?

Email issue (send hyperlink in email body) android

mIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
mIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, getString(""));
mIntent.setType("text/html");
Uri myUri = Uri.parse("http://www.Google.com/");
mIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,Html.fromHtml("Link"));
startActivity(android.content.Intent.createChooser(mIntent, "Email:"));
I tried the above code but at receiver side I can not get Link. it convert into normal text..

Try this one..
It is working for me..
String link_val = "www.google.com"
String body = "" + link_val+ ""
intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(body));

CapDroid's answer does not look like it solves the problem, as per scottytab's comment.
Try;
yourIntent.setType("text/html");
yourIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(body));
If that doesn't work try adding;
yourIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_HTML_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(body));
References; fromHtml, EXTRA_HTML_TEXT

If you make the EXTRA_TEXT a full html document by enclosing the source text in <html><body> and <\body><\html> it will work properly with GMail, that is, you can have a proper description for the link.
Unfortunately, it won't work with all email apps. For example it does not work with the Samsung email app on my Galaxy S3. My conclusion is that you cannot safely do this, which is very annoying.