Sending email attachments via UWP EmailManager not working

Question

Sending an attachment from a universal app with the following code is not working, why?

        Dim emailMessage As New EmailMessage()
        emailMessage.[To].Add(New EmailRecipient("a@b.com"))
        emailMessage.Subject = "Test"
        emailMessage.Body = "Hello World"

        Dim localAppFolder = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder
        Dim file = Await localAppFolder.CreateFileAsync("SomeFile.txt", Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting)
        Await Windows.Storage.FileIO.WriteTextAsync(file, "aaaa")
        Dim fileRef = RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromFile(file)
        emailMessage.Attachments.Add(New EmailAttachment(file.Name, fileRef))
        Await EmailManager.ShowComposeNewEmailAsync(emailMessage)

To, subject and body show fine in Outlook, but the attachment is missing: Outlook screenshot

Answer 1

I believe it is because the Outlook is a Desktop app. As I understood, the EmailManager.ShowComposeNewEmailAsync uses mailto: protocal to launch mail client app and use share to provide the email content.

If you choose the mail store app when the select default app dialog launches, you will be able to see the attachment as following:

If you have previously chosen Desktop Outlook app as the default as for mailto protocol, you have to change the default app for the mailto: protocol association in control panel .

Previously, the ShowComposeNewEmailAsync only works for windows phone runtime app. And it is not up-to-date in the document, because it doesn't include the win 10 support.

On Windows 10 mobile, it works well without any problem. But on Windows Desktop, you have to choose a store app.