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How to send Email with attachment using only email apps?

There are two requirements:
Email with attachment
In the Intent chooser, there should be only Email apps.
What I have known/done:
Intent.ACTION_SENDTO with intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")) can make sure that there are only Email apps in Intent chooser but it will not bring attachment(For some apps like Gmail it will, but there are also many apps that will ignore attachment).
Intent.ACTION_SEND can send Email with attachment. However, in Intent chooser, there will be apps that are actually not Email apps but can response to Intent.ACTION_SEND. Using intent.setType("message/rfc822") can reduce number of those apps but not all.
References this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8550043/3952691 and nearly succeed in my goals. My code is as below:
private static void sendFeedbackWithAttachment(Context context, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> resolveInfos = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);
if (resolveInfos.isEmpty()) {
Toast.makeText(context, context.getString(R.string.error_activity_not_found),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
// ACTION_SEND may be replied by some apps that are not email apps. However,
// ACTION_SENDTO doesn't allow us to choose attachment. As a result, we use
// an ACTION_SENDTO intent with email data to filter email apps and then send
// email with attachment by ACTION_SEND.
List<LabeledIntent> intents = new ArrayList<>();
Uri uri = getLatestLogUri();
for (ResolveInfo info : resolveInfos) {
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setPackage(info.activityInfo.packageName);
i.setClassName(info.activityInfo.packageName, info.activityInfo.name);
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { Def.Meta.FEEDBACK_EMAIL });
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
intents.add(new LabeledIntent(i, info.activityInfo.packageName,
info.loadLabel(context.getPackageManager()), info.icon));
}
Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(intents.remove(0),
context.getString(R.string.send_feedback_to_developer));
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS,
intents.toArray(new LabeledIntent[intents.size()]));
context.startActivity(chooser);
}
}
However, on some devices(For example, Xiaomi 2S with MIUI V5, I don't know if this can be influenced by a third-party rom), the result is an empty Intent chooser. And it seems that above Android 6.0, Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS has some bugs(Custom intent-chooser - why on Android 6 does it show empty cells?, and another one: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=202693).
As a result, I don't know how to achieve my goals. Please help me, thank you in advance.

Try the below code to Send a mail
String filename="filename.vcf";
File filelocation = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath(), filename);
Uri path = Uri.fromFile(filelocation);
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
// set the type to 'email'
emailIntent .setType("vnd.android.cursor.dir/email");
String to[] = {"asd#gmail.com"};
emailIntent .putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, to);
// the attachment
emailIntent .putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, path);
// the mail subject
emailIntent .putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent , "Send email..."));

There are two ways to do this
OPTION 1
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(
android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
//Option 1
Uri data = Uri.parse("mailto:?subject=" + "blah blah subject"
+ "&body=" + "blah blah body" + "&to=" + "sendme#me.com");
emailIntent.setData(data);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, ""));
Result
OPTION 2
It works perfactly except it wont filter out FTP
//Option 2
emailIntent = new Intent(
android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
final String[] toRecipients = new String[] { "sendme#me.com", "", };
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, toRecipients);
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "blah blah subject");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
Html.fromHtml("blah blah body"));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, ""));
Result
Both ways have minor flaws I show you both ways it is now upto you to pick one.

Send Email Intent

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/html");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, "emailaddress#emailaddress.com");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "I'm email body.");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send Email"));
The above code opens a dialog showing the following apps:- Bluetooth, Google Docs, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Orkut, Skype, etc.
Actually, I want to filter these list options. I want to show only email-related apps e.g. Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. How to do it?
I've seen such an example on the 'Android Market application.
Open the Android Market app
Open any application where the developer has specified his/her email address. (If you can't find such an app just open my app:- market://details?id=com.becomputer06.vehicle.diary.free, OR search by 'Vehicle Diary')
Scroll down to 'DEVELOPER'
Click on 'Send Email'
The dialog shows only email Apps e.g. Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. It does not show Bluetooth, Orkut, etc. What code produces such dialog?

UPDATE
Official approach:
public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}
Ref link
OLD ANSWER
The accepted answer doesn't work on the 4.1.2. This should work on all platforms:
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts(
"mailto","abc#gmail.com", null));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Body");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email..."));
Update: According to marcwjj, it seems that on 4.3, we need to pass string array instead of a string for email address to make it work. We might need to add one more line:
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses); // String[] addresses

There are three main approaches:
String email = /* Your email address here */
String subject = /* Your subject here */
String body = /* Your body here */
String chooserTitle = /* Your chooser title here */
1. Custom Uri:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:" + email)
.buildUpon()
.appendQueryParameter("subject", subject)
.appendQueryParameter("body", body)
.build();
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, chooserTitle));
2. Using Intent extras:
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:" + email));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
//emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_HTML_TEXT, body); //If you are using HTML in your body text
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Chooser Title"));
3. Support Library ShareCompat:
Activity activity = /* Your activity here */
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder.from(activity)
.setType("message/rfc822")
.addEmailTo(email)
.setSubject(subject)
.setText(body)
//.setHtmlText(body) //If you are using HTML in your body text
.setChooserTitle(chooserTitle)
.startChooser();

when you will change your intent.setType like below you will get
intent.setType("text/plain");
Use android.content.Intent.ACTION_SENDTO to get only the list of e-mail clients, with no facebook or other apps. Just the email clients.
Ex:
new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
I wouldn't suggest you get directly to the email app. Let the user choose his favorite email app. Don't constrain him.
If you use ACTION_SENDTO, putExtra does not work to add subject and text to the intent. Use Uri to add the subject and body text.
EDIT:
We can use message/rfc822 instead of "text/plain" as the MIME type. However, that is not indicating "only offer email clients" -- it indicates "offer anything that supports message/rfc822 data". That could readily include some application that are not email clients.
message/rfc822 supports MIME Types of .mhtml, .mht, .mime

This is quoted from Android official doc, I've tested it on Android 4.4, and works perfectly. See more examples at https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email
public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}

A late answer, although I figured out a solution which could help others:
Java version
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:abc#xyz.com"));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send feedback"));
Kotlin version
val emailIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO).apply {
data = Uri.parse("mailto:abc#xyz.com")
}
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send feedback"))
This was my output (only Gmail + Inbox suggested):
I got this solution from the Android Developers site.

This works for me:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "me#somewhere.com" });
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My subject");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Email via..."));
Most importantly: Use the ACTION_SENDTO action rather than the ACTION_SEND action. I've tried it on a couple of Android 4.4 devices and:
It correctly limits the chooser pop-up to only display email applications (Email, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc); and
It correctly inserts the email address and subject into the email.

Try:
intent.setType("message/rfc822");

This is the proper way to send the e-mail intent according to the Android Developer Official Documentation
Add these lines of code to your app:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);//common intent
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
Optional: Add the body and subject, like this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Your Subject Here");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "E-mail body" );
You already added this line in your question
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"hello#example.com"});
This will be the recipient's address, meaning the user will send you (the developer) an e-mail.

Finally come up with best way to do
String to = "test#gmail.com";
String subject= "Hi I am subject";
String body="Hi I am test body";
String mailTo = "mailto:" + to +
"?&subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
"&body=" + Uri.encode(body);
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse(mailTo));
startActivity(emailIntent);

Works on all android Versions:
String[] to = {"email#server.com"};
Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:email#server.com")
.buildUpon()
.appendQueryParameter("subject", "subject")
.appendQueryParameter("body", "body")
.build();
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
emailIntent.putExtra(EXTRA_EMAIL, TO);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
Updated for Android 10, now using Kotlin...
fun Context.sendEmail(
address: String?,
subject: String?,
body: String?,
) {
val recipients = arrayOf(address)
val uri = address.toUri()
.buildUpon()
.appendQueryParameter("subject", subject)
.appendQueryParameter("body", body)
.build()
val emailIntent = Intent(ACTION_SENDTO, uri).apply {
setData("mailto:$address".toUri());
putExtra(EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
putExtra(EXTRA_TEXT, body);
putExtra(EXTRA_EMAIL, recipients)
}
val pickerTitle = getString(R.string.some_title)
ContextCompat.startActivity(this, Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, pickerTitle, null)
}
...after updating to API 30, the code did not fill the subject and body of the email client (e.g Gmail). But I found an answer here:
fun Context.sendEmail(
address: String?,
subject: String?,
body: String?,
) {
val selectorIntent = Intent(ACTION_SENDTO)
.setData("mailto:$address".toUri())
val emailIntent = Intent(ACTION_SEND).apply {
putExtra(EXTRA_EMAIL, arrayOf(address))
putExtra(EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject)
putExtra(EXTRA_TEXT, body)
selector = selectorIntent
}
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, getString(R.string.send_email)))
}

If you want only the email clients you should use android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL with an array. Here goes an example:
final Intent result = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
result.setType("plain/text");
result.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { recipient });
result.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
result.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);

The following code works for me fine.
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("message/rfc822");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"abc#gmailcom"});
Intent mailer = Intent.createChooser(intent, null);
startActivity(mailer);

Edit: Not working anymore with new versions of Gmail
This was the only way I found at the time to get it to work with any characters.
doreamon's answer is the correct way to go now, as it works with all characters in new versions of Gmail.
Old answer:
Here is mine. It seems to works on all Android versions, with subject and message body support, and full utf-8 characters support:
public static void email(Context context, String to, String subject, String body) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("mailto:" + Uri.encode(to));
if (subject != null) {
builder.append("?subject=" + Uri.encode(Uri.encode(subject)));
if (body != null) {
builder.append("&body=" + Uri.encode(Uri.encode(body)));
}
}
String uri = builder.toString();
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse(uri));
context.startActivity(intent);
}

None of these solutions were working for me. Here's a minimal solution that works on Lollipop. On my device, only Gmail and the native email apps appear in the resulting chooser list.
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,
Uri.parse("mailto:" + Uri.encode(address)));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email via..."));

From Android developers docs:
public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}

Most of these answers work only for a simple case when you are not sending attachment. In my case I need sometimes to send attachment (ACTION_SEND) or two attachments (ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE).
So I took best approaches from this thread and combined them. It's using support library's ShareCompat.IntentBuilder but I show only apps which match the ACTION_SENDTO with "mailto:" uri. This way I get only list of email apps with attachment support:
fun Activity.sendEmail(recipients: List<String>, subject: String, file: Uri, text: String? = null, secondFile: Uri? = null) {
val originalIntent = createEmailShareIntent(recipients, subject, file, text, secondFile)
val emailFilterIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:"))
val originalIntentResults = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(originalIntent, 0)
val emailFilterIntentResults = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(emailFilterIntent, 0)
val targetedIntents = originalIntentResults
.filter { originalResult -> emailFilterIntentResults.any { originalResult.activityInfo.packageName == it.activityInfo.packageName } }
.map {
createEmailShareIntent(recipients, subject, file, text, secondFile).apply { `package` = it.activityInfo.packageName }
}
.toMutableList()
val finalIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetedIntents.removeAt(0), R.string.choose_email_app.toText())
finalIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targetedIntents.toTypedArray())
startActivity(finalIntent)
}
private fun Activity.createEmailShareIntent(recipients: List<String>, subject: String, file: Uri, text: String? = null, secondFile: Uri? = null): Intent {
val builder = ShareCompat.IntentBuilder.from(this)
.setType("message/rfc822")
.setEmailTo(recipients.toTypedArray())
.setStream(file)
.setSubject(subject)
if (secondFile != null) {
builder.addStream(secondFile)
}
if (text != null) {
builder.setText(text)
}
return builder.intent
}

in Kotlin if anyone is looking
val emailArrray:Array<String> = arrayOf("travelagentsupport#kkk.com")
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
intent.data = Uri.parse("mailto:") // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, emailArrray)
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Inquire about travel agent")
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}

Following Code worked for me!!
import android.support.v4.app.ShareCompat;
.
.
.
.
final Intent intent = ShareCompat.IntentBuilder
.from(activity)
.setType("application/txt")
.setSubject(subject)
.setText("Hii")
.setChooserTitle("Select One")
.createChooserIntent()
.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET)
.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
activity.startActivity(intent);

This works for me perfectly fine:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:" + address));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "E-mail"));

If you want to ensure that your intent is handled only by an email app (and not other text messaging or social apps), then use the ACTION_SENDTO action and include the "mailto:" data scheme. For example:
public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}
I found this in https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email

Using intent.setType("message/rfc822"); does work but it shows extra apps that not necessarily handling emails (e.g. GDrive). Using Intent.ACTION_SENDTO with setType("text/plain") is the best but you have to add setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")) to get the best results (only email apps). The full code is as follows:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:IT#RMAsoft.NET"));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Email from My app");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Place your email message here ...");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send Email"));

If you want to target Gmail then you could do the following. Note that the intent is "ACTION_SENDTO" and not "ACTION_SEND" and the extra intent fields are not necessary for Gmail.
String uriText =
"mailto:youremail#gmail.com" +
"?subject=" + Uri.encode("your subject line here") +
"&body=" + Uri.encode("message body here");
Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
sendIntent.setData(uri);
if (sendIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Send message"));
}

I am updating Adil's answer in Kotlin,
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
intent.data = Uri.parse("mailto:") // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, Array(1) { "test#email.com" })
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject")
if (intent.resolveActivity(packageManager) != null) {
startActivity(intent)
} else {
showSnackBar(getString(R.string.no_apps_found_to_send_mail), this)
}

Kotlin:
val email: String = getEmail()
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
intent.data = Uri.parse("mailto:$email" )
startActivity(intent)

String sendEmailTo = "abc#xyz.com";
String subject = "Subject";
String body = "Body";
Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:"+sendEmailTo+"?subject="+subject+"&body="+body);
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
This worked for me. This will only show the mailing application in the intent chooser.
Additionally:
One problem that i faced with this method is I was unable to add space in the suggestions and body text.
So, to put spaces in the suggestion or body text then replace the space with %20

Please use the below code :
try {
String uriText =
"mailto:emailid" +
"?subject=" + Uri.encode("Feedback for app") +
"&body=" + Uri.encode(deviceInfo);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.setData(uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email using..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(ContactUsActivity.this, "No email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Maybe you should try this: intent.setType("plain/text");
I found it here. I've used it in my app and it shows only E-Mail and Gmail options.

Compose an email in the phone email client:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("plain/text");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "some#email.address" });
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "mail body");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, ""));

Use this:
boolean success = EmailIntentBuilder.from(activity)
.to("support#example.org")
.cc("developer#example.org")
.subject("Error report")
.body(buildErrorReport())
.start();
use build gradle :
compile 'de.cketti.mailto:email-intent-builder:1.0.0'

This is what I use, and it works for me:
//variables
String subject = "Whatever subject you want";
String body = "Whatever text you want to put in the body";
String intentType = "text/html";
String mailToParse = "mailto:";
//start Intent
Intent variableName = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
variableName.setType(intentType);
variableName.setData(Uri.parse(mailToParse));
variableName.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
variableName.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
startActivity(variableName);
This will also let the user choose their preferred email app. The only thing this does not allow you to do is to set the recipient's email address.

Send email via gmail

I have a code the fires intent for sending email
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("text/plain");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
new String[] { to });
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, msg);
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(Start.this,
"There are no email clients installed.",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
But when this intent is fired I see many item in the list like sms app , gmail app, facebook app and so on.
How can I filter this and enable only gmail app (or maybe just email apps)?

Use android.content.Intent.ACTION_SENDTO (new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);) to get only the list of e-mail clients, with no facebook or other apps. Just the email clients.
I wouldn't suggest you get directly to the email app. Let the user choose his favorite email app. Don't constrain him.
If you use ACTION_SENDTO, putExtra does not work to add subject and text to the intent. Use Uri to add the subject and body text.
Example
Intent send = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
String uriText = "mailto:" + Uri.encode("email#gmail.com") +
"?subject=" + Uri.encode("the subject") +
"&body=" + Uri.encode("the body of the message");
Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);
send.setData(uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(send, "Send mail..."));

The accepted answer doesn't work on the 4.1.2. This should work on all platforms:
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts(
"mailto","abc#gmail.com", null));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "EXTRA_SUBJECT");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email..."));
Hope this helps.

Igor Popov's answer is 100% correct, but in case you want a fallback option, I use this method:
public static Intent createEmailIntent(final String toEmail,
final String subject,
final String message)
{
Intent sendTo = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
String uriText = "mailto:" + Uri.encode(toEmail) +
"?subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
"&body=" + Uri.encode(message);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);
sendTo.setData(uri);
List<ResolveInfo> resolveInfos =
getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(sendTo, 0);
// Emulators may not like this check...
if (!resolveInfos.isEmpty())
{
return sendTo;
}
// Nothing resolves send to, so fallback to send...
Intent send = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
send.setType("text/plain");
send.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
new String[] { toEmail });
send.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
send.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
return Intent.createChooser(send, "Your Title Here");
}

This is quoted from Android official doc, I've tested it on Android 4.4, and works perfectly. See more examples at https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email
public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}

Replace
i.setType("text/plain");
with
// need this to prompts email client only
i.setType("message/rfc822");

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts(
"mailto","opinions#gmail.com.com", null));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "IndiaTV News - Mobile App Feedback");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,Html.fromHtml(Settings.this.getString(R.string.MailContent)));
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email..."),0);

Android Intent Chooser to only show E-mail option

My app integrates e-mail where the user can submit a bug report, feedback, etc. from the app directly. I'm using the application/octet-stream as the SetType for the Intent. When you go to submit the e-mail you get the content chooser and it shows various items from Evernote, Facebook, E-mail, etc.
How can I get this chooser to only show E-mail so as not to confuse the user with all these other items that fit the content chooser type?
Thank you.

To solve this issue simply follow the official documentation. The most important consideration are:
The flag is ACTION_SENDTO, and not ACTION_SEND.
The setData of method of the intent,
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
If you send an empty Extra, the if() at the end won't work and the app won't launch the email client.
This works for me. According to Android documentation. If you want to ensure that your intent is handled only by an email app (and not other text messaging or social apps), then use the ACTION_SENDTO action and include the "mailto:" data scheme. For example:
public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
}
https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email

I am presuming that you are using the ACTION_SEND Intent action, since you did not bother to actually state what you're using, but you agreed with #Aleadam's comment.
I'm using the application/octet-stream as the SetType for the Intent.
Nothing in that sentence limits things to email.
ACTION_SEND is a generic Intent action that can be supported by any application that wants to. All you do is indicate what data you are sharing and the MIME type of that data -- from there, it is up to the user to choose from available activities.
As #Jasoon indicates, you can try message/rfc822 as the MIME type. However, that is not indicating "only offer email clients" -- it indicates "offer anything that supports message/rfc822 data". That could readily include some application that are not email clients.
If you specifically want to send something by email, integrate JavaMail into your app, or write an email forwarding script on your Web server and invoke it, or something. If you use ACTION_SEND, you are implicitly stating that it is what the user wants that matters, and you want the user to be able to send such-and-so data by whatever means the user chooses.

Just struggled with this problem while implementing a Magic Link feature, a chooser intent for all installed email apps:
Chooser Intent Screenshot
private void openEmailApp() {
List<Intent> emailAppLauncherIntents = new ArrayList<>();
//Intent that only email apps can handle:
Intent emailAppIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailAppIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
emailAppIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, "");
emailAppIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "");
PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
//All installed apps that can handle email intent:
List<ResolveInfo> emailApps = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(emailAppIntent, PackageManager.MATCH_ALL);
for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : emailApps) {
String packageName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
Intent launchIntent = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
emailAppLauncherIntents.add(launchIntent);
}
//Create chooser
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(new Intent(), "Select email app:");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, emailAppLauncherIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[emailAppLauncherIntents.size()]));
startActivity(chooserIntent);
}

There is a way more generic to do that, working with any MIME type.
See this post: How to customize share intent in Android?

It is possible to limit the choices of an intent chooser to just a few options. The code in the answer to this question is a good example. In essence, you would have to create a List of LabeledIntents to provide to the intent chooser, that will then include it in its list. Note that this solution works not on exclusion (certain apps are excluded while the rest remain) but instead you have to pick which apps to display. Hope it helps!

It works on all devices. It will show only Email Apps
public static void shareViaMail(Activity activity, String title, String body, String filePath) {
Uri URI = Uri.parse("file://" + filePath);
final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"contact#brightsociety.com"});
if (URI != null) {
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, URI);
}
try {
activity.startActivity(emailIntent);
} catch (Exception e) {
((BaseActivity) activity).showToast("Gmail App is not installed");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

Kotlin Answer
If you need to show only email apps and then you want to open only inbox (not open new email writing), you need to do A and B:
A) Add below code in your AndroidManifest.xml file for Android 11 because of package visibility update of Android 11 :
<queries>
<intent>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
<data android:scheme="mailto" />
</intent>
<intent>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CHOOSER" />
</intent>
</queries>
B) Use below function to show email chooser:
// Show email app list.
fun showEmailAppList() {
// Email app list.
val emailAppLauncherIntents: MutableList<Intent?> = ArrayList()
// Create intent which can handle only by email apps.
val emailAppIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
emailAppIntent.data = Uri.parse("mailto:")
// Find from all installed apps that can handle email intent and check version.
val emailApps = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(
emailAppIntent,
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) 0 else PackageManager.MATCH_ALL
)
// Collect email apps and put in intent list.
for (resolveInfo in emailApps) {
val packageName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName
val launchIntent = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName)
emailAppLauncherIntents.add(launchIntent)
}
// Create chooser with created intent list to show email apps of device.
val chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(Intent(), "OPEN EMAIL APP")
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, emailAppLauncherIntents.toTypedArray())
startActivity(chooserIntent)
}
Result:

It works on all devices.It will show only Email Apps
public static void shareViaMail(Activity activity, String title, String body, String filePath) {
Uri URI = Uri.parse("file://" + filePath);
final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"xyz#gmail.com"});
/*if you want to attach something*/
if (URI != null) {
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, URI);
}
try {
activity.startActivity(emailIntent);
} catch (Exception e) {
((BaseActivity) activity).showToast("Gmail App is not installed");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

Solution is very simple:
Intent testIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri data = Uri.parse("mailto:?subject=" + "blah blah subject" + "&body=" + "blah blah body" + "&to=" + "sendme#me.com");
testIntent.setData(data);
startActivity(testIntent);
See: http://www.gaanza.com/blog/email-client-intent-android/

After a lot of searching and testing, I finally found a perfect solution. Thanks to the Open source developer, cketti for sharing his/her concise and neat solution.
String mailto = "mailto:bob#example.org" +
"?cc=" + "alice#example.com" +
"&subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
"&body=" + Uri.encode(bodyText);
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse(mailto));
try {
startActivity(emailIntent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
//TODO: Handle case where no email app is available
}
And this is the link to his/her gist.

Using Android Intent.ACTION_SEND for sending email

I'm using Intent.ACTION_SEND to send an email. However, when I call the intent it is showing choices to send a message, send an email, and also to send via bluetooth. I want it to only show choices to send an email. How can I do this?

[Solution for API LEVEL >=15]
I've finally succeded in sending email WITH attachments to ONLY email clients.
I write it here because it took me a lot of time and it may be usefull to others.
The problem is:
Intent.ACTION_SENDTO takes Data URI (so you can specify "mailto:"
schema) BUT it does not accept Intent:EXTRA_STREAM.
Intent.ACTION_SEND accepts Intent:EXTRA_STREAM (so you can add
attachment) BUT it takes only Type (not Data URI so you cannot
specify "mailto:" schema).
So Intent.ACTION_SEND lets the user choose from several Activities, even if you setType("message/rfc822"), because that App/Activities can manage all file types (tipically GDrive/Dropbox Apps) and so even email message files.
The solution is in the setSelector method.
With this method you can use Intent.ACTION_SENDTO to select the Activity, but then send the Intent.ACTION_SEND Intent.
Here my solution code (the attachment came from a FileProvider, but it could be any file):
{
Intent emailSelectorIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailSelectorIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"address#mail.com"});
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
emailIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
emailIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
emailIntent.setSelector( emailSelectorIntent );
Uri attachment = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this, "my_fileprovider", myFile);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, attachment);
if( emailIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null )
startActivity(emailIntent);
}

I'm not taking credit for this answer but I believe it gives the best answer for this post.
It's a common misconception to use text/plain or text/html. This will trigger any application that can handle plain or HTML text files without any context, including Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote and Skype.
Instead use a ACTION_SENDTO, providing the mailto: Uri
intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:"));
You can then proceed using the chooser as suggested through the other answers.
Answered by #PaulLammertsma here
Android email chooser

Intent email = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.setType("application/octet-stream");
EDIT:
You could try setting the type to "message/rfc822" as well.
try this...

#Ganapathy:try this code for display gmail
Intent gmail = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
gmail.setClassName("com.google.android.gm","com.google.android.gm.ComposeActivityGmail");
gmail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "jckdsilva#gmail.com" });
gmail.setData(Uri.parse("jckdsilva#gmail.com"));
gmail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "enter something");
gmail.setType("plain/text");
gmail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "hi android jack!");
startActivity(gmail);

This will help you.
On your button click :
Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"youremail#yahoo.com"});
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject");
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "message");
email.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "Choose an Email client :"));

Using message/rfc822 type as pointed here: ACTION_SEND force sending with email solves the issue.

I had a similar problem with my app. I recently found this link form the official android developers site that really helps!
Common Intents: Email
TL;DR:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
Now, you will only be shown email clients!
You can add a Subject and Body by doing this:
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Body" );

I notice, that this is an pretty old question but it is the first result when searching for a "Send mail" solution and all answers have a common problem:
Using Intent.ACTION_SEND and intent.setType("message/rfc822") will result in a chooser that not only shows mail apps but all apps that can handle any MIME type support by message/rfc822, e.g. .mhtml, .mht, .mime. Beside mail apps this could be Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, etc.
The only solution I found to limit the chooser to mail apps only is to use Intent.ACTION_SENDTO instead:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts("mailto","address#example.com", null));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My Mail");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , "My Message");
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Thanks to the Open source developer, cketti for sharing this concise and neat solution. It's the only method that worked for me.
String mailto = "mailto:bob#example.org" +
"?cc=" + "alice#example.com" +
"&subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
"&body=" + Uri.encode(bodyText);
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse(mailto));
try {
startActivity(emailIntent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
//TODO: Handle case where no email app is available
}
And this is the link to his/her gist.

First solution: try to be more specific in your Intent parameters. Add a message recipient for instance
emailIntent .putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] {"user#example.com"});
Second solution: use the package manager to find all applications capable of sending a message and select the only those you want to use.

Shout-out to ARLabs for posting the best solution on how to send an email on android. I just made a little update - an option to add multiple email attachements.
fun sendEmail(context: Context, recipients: List<String>?, subject: String?, body: String?, attachments: List<Uri>?) {
val emailIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE)
emailIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
emailIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION)
emailIntent.selector = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:"))
recipients?.let {
val recipientsArray = arrayOfNulls<String>(recipients.size)
ArrayList(recipients).toArray(recipientsArray)
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, recipientsArray)
}
subject?.let {
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject)
}
body?.let {
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body)
}
if (attachments?.isNotEmpty() == true) {
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, ArrayList(attachments))
}
try {
context.startActivity(emailIntent)
} catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
// TODO handle "no app to handle action" error
}
}

This is a combination of Jack Dsilva and Jignesh Mayani solutions:
try
{
Intent gmailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
gmailIntent.setType("text/html");
final PackageManager pm = _activity.getPackageManager();
final List<ResolveInfo> matches = pm.queryIntentActivities(gmailIntent, 0);
String gmailActivityClass = null;
for (final ResolveInfo info : matches)
{
if (info.activityInfo.packageName.equals("com.google.android.gm"))
{
gmailActivityClass = info.activityInfo.name;
if (gmailActivityClass != null && !gmailActivityClass.isEmpty())
{
break;
}
}
}
gmailIntent.setClassName("com.google.android.gm", gmailActivityClass);
gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "yourmail#gmail.com" });
gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, "cc#gmail.com"); // if necessary
gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message");
gmailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("yourmail#gmail.com"));
this._activity.startActivity(gmailIntent);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "yourmail#gmail.com" });
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, "cc#gmail.com"); // if necessary
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message");
i.setType("plain/text");
this._activity.startActivity(i);
}
So, at first it will try to open gmail app and in case a user doesn't have it then the second approach will be implemented.

Best code to restrict it to only send an email. set this type to only send an email. i.setType("message/rfc822");
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("message/rfc822");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL , new String[]{"skapis1#outlook.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(Firstclass.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

This saved my day. It sends composed text message directly to gmail app:
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts(
"mailto","togmail.com", null));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Report message");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, edt_msg.getText().toString());
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email..."));

This will open only the Email app installed in your android phone.
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"example#gmail.com"});
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "email subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "message body");
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "send mail"));
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(this, "No mail app found!!!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
} catch (Exception ex) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Unexpected Error!!!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
}

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private EditText edt_email;
private Button btn_send;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
edt_email = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edt_email);
btn_send = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_send);
btn_send.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND );
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL , new String[]{"sanaebadi97#gmail.com"});
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT , "subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , "My Email Content");
intent.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent , "Choose Your Account : "));
}
});
}
}

try with ACTION_VIEW not ACTION_SENDTO , ACTION_VIEW will makes system calls only to Email Apps
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);