Ex.
No: 11 Develop a mobile application to send an email
Aim
To develop an android application that send an email.
Procedure
1. Open Android Studio.
2. Create a new project named as exno11.
3. In activity_main.xml add TextViews, EditTexts for emailAddress, subject and message
and a Button to send the email.
4. In MainActivity.java, create the objects for the components defined in the
activity_main.xml file.
5. Create an Intent object.
6. Using putExtra() method, give the recepients_id, subject and message.
7. Set intentType as „message/rfc882‟
8. Using startActivity, start the created Intent object.
9. Run the exno11 application using an emulator.
Source Code
MainActivity.java
package com.example.exno11;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
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public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private EditText mEditTextTo;
private EditText mEditTextSubject;
private EditText mEditTextMessage;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mEditTextTo = findViewById(R.id.edit_text_to);
mEditTextSubject = findViewById(R.id.edit_text_subject);
mEditTextMessage = findViewById(R.id.edit_text_message);
Button buttonSend = findViewById(R.id.button_send);
buttonSend.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
sendMail();
});
private void sendMail() {
String recipientList = mEditTextTo.getText().toString();
String[] recipients = recipientList.split(",");
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String subject = mEditTextSubject.getText().toString();
String message = mEditTextMessage.getText().toString();
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, recipients);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
intent.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose an email client"));
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="16dp"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
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android:text="To:"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edit_text_to"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Subject:"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edit_text_subject"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textEmailSubject" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Message:"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large" />
<EditText
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android:id="@+id/edit_text_message"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="start|top"
android:lines="10" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button_send"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="send" />
</LinearLayout>
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.exno11">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.Exno11">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
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<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Output
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Conclusion
Thus, the android application to send an email has been written, executed and output is also verified.
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