How to get the text filled in feedback form of my app to my email address? Please see details

Question

I have made a feedback form in my android app.

What I want is that I want to get all the text filled in that form (editText) to be delivered to my email address without opening any other app or so.

I was unable to figure out how to do this but then I thought of a way, this is what I have done so far:

EditText etUserLikeResponse = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.user_like_response);
        EditText etUserDontLikeResponse = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.user_dont_like_response);
        EditText etUserOtherFeaturesResponse = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.user_other_features_response);

        String etUserLikeResponseText = etUserLikeResponse.getText().toString();
        String etUserDontLikeResponseText = etUserDontLikeResponse.getText().toString();
        String etUserOtherFeaturesResponseText = etUserOtherFeaturesResponse.getText().toString();

        Uri etUserLikeResponseTextUri = Uri.parse(etUserLikeResponseText);
        Uri etUserDontLikeResponseTextUri = Uri.parse(etUserDontLikeResponseText);
        Uri etUserOtherFeaturesResponseTextUri = Uri.parse(etUserOtherFeaturesResponseText);

        final ArrayList<Uri> userResponseUri = new ArrayList<>();
        userResponseUri.add(etUserLikeResponseTextUri);
        userResponseUri.add(etUserDontLikeResponseTextUri);
        userResponseUri.add(etUserOtherFeaturesResponseTextUri);

        Button btnSendFeedback = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_send_feedback);
        btnSendFeedback.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                final Handler handler2 = new Handler();
                handler2.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        Intent userFeedbackIntent = new Intent();
                        userFeedbackIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
                        userFeedbackIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, userResponseUri);
                        userFeedbackIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
                        userFeedbackIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"[email protected]"});
                        startActivity(userFeedbackIntent);
                    }
                }, 200);
            }
        });

I first captured the text written in EditText & then converted into Uri to do the same as given here: http://developer.android.com/training/sharing/send.html

The problem which I'm encountering now is that when I click on btnSendFeedback and choose Gmail, it says 'Couldn't attach file'.

As I'm a beginner, I'm unable to figure out what am I doing wrong.

Please let me know & if there is some another good way to accomplish this task then please tell about that.

Sorry for bad question formatting.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Ok, seems like you are using Intent.EXTRA_STREAM which involves a 'file', and you don't have any file, don't you? (check this answer: Android: Intent.ACTION_SEND with EXTRA_STREAM doesn't attach any image when choosing Gmail app on htc Hero), So you can create a txt file and then try to attach it to your email.

Other option can be just fill the body of your email (check: Send Email Intent ) with the data that you want to send.

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Update : If you want to send an email with the data in the body of your email see Developer.android.com: Email intent

And if you want to avoid other app in the procces you can check this so answer: Sending email in android using javamail api without using the default built in app