sending Email with attachment using Android emulator

[Monu Tripathi]

I have an activity and it wishes to send a file(stored on SD card) as an email attachment.

So , I create an intent with Action = ACTION_SEND :

new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); 

I populate the "To" and "Subject" fields using Intents "putExtra" methods:

putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"[e-mail]"}); 
putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, mySubject ); 

I have the file that I need send as attachment in a FileInputStream, how do I attach it to email?
I think i can attach it using

putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,?); 

Will this code work?

I tried running my code and when this logic was triggered an email editor was launched(No subject/ To fields were populated).
Is there a problem with emulator(specifically with its default email client?)

Thanks.

[Monu Tripathi]

Has any one tried sending an email on the emulator?

[Mark L. Murphy]

Has any one tried sending an email on the emulator?

At minimum, you will need an email application on the emulator (e.g., K9). The tests I have done with sending email were all done on a device, though.

[Monu Tripathi]

Thanks for your reply Mark..

Do you think i am treading the right path as regards sending email is concerned(can you please skim through the code in the first post)?

[Mark L. Murphy]

Sorry, I haven't tried sending attachments. I think you're on the right track on the rest, though.

[Monu Tripathi]

[I am reviving an old, unanswered thread...]

I need to send out emails and intercept them from my program(or atleast the program should be notified that an email is received).

I have tried sending emails from the emulator but without much luck(I have installed K-9 on my emulator) :|

Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);   
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, recipients);   
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "First Email from Android");   
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject & Predicate");   
email.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(email);

Moreover, I am thinking of using EXTRA_STREAM to attach files too. Will this work on the real device?

What is the Android-action broadcast by the system when an email is recieved(assuming there is one)?

Thanks.

[Ed Burnette]

See this thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/65b4ec9ab8c57112