How to open the default email app on Android from Flutter-CodePudding

I have a button and I would like to press it to open the dafult application of the phone emails. I tried to search online but I only find references to the url_launcher package which, from what I understand, allows you to open the email app and automatically write to someone, but I don't want this, I just want to open the email app and leave it on the main screen.

CodePudding user response：

you can do it using the url launcher package, after installing it and following the steps of setting it up on your target devices.

use this method:

     Future<void> sendMailto({
    String email = "[email protected]",
  }) async {
    final String emailSubject = "some subject here";
    final Uri parsedMailto = Uri.parse(
        "mailto:<$email>?subject=$emailSubject");

    if (!await launchUrl(
      parsedMailto,
      mode: LaunchMode.externalApplication,
    )) {
      throw "error"
    }
  }

now the user will face a popup containing mail services app options to choose. If the user chooses a default mail app on his device, he will be redirected to it automatically.

CodePudding user response：

You are correct that url_launcher can only be used to create messages. But the plugin android_intent_plus can help you only open the email app

import 'dart:io' show Platform;

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  AndroidIntent intent = AndroidIntent(
    action: 'android.intent.action.MAIN',
    category: 'android.intent.category.APP_EMAIL',
  );
  intent.launch().catchError((e) {
     print("Error opening email app: $e");
  });
}

CodePudding user response：

You can use this package for send emails https://pub.dev/packages/mailto