Email Intent not showing the chooser

Question

I\'m using the following to initiate the sending of an email:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType(\"message/rfc882\"); 
i.putExtra(Intent.EX         


        

Answer 1

It might not respond to message/rfc882 Intents. Try text/plain instead, if you can, as I'm pretty sure that works.

Answer 2

It's a common misconception to use text/plain. This will trigger any application that can handle plain 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:"));
startActivity(intent);