How to receive email from gmail android

Question

I am new to android programming.

I got my app with Gmail account sends emails. What I need now is how to receive new emails from G mail? Or at least how to get a notification that there is a new mail in my inbox?

I don't want to use Gmail app from market or embedded email android app or so...I'm making my own app that manages Gmail accounts (like some kind of widget in my own app).

Answer 1

In order to implement this functionality ,first you need to establish the connection with the gmail server,then you need to check the inbox folder for new messages. If find then send the notification to the user using NotificationManager. please follow this links http://www.jondev.net/articles/Sending_Emails_without_User_Intervention_%28no_Intents%29_in_Android and another link is

Sending Email in Android using JavaMail API without using the default/built-in app

Answer 2

Try this:

Properties props = new Properties();
    //IMAPS protocol
    props.setProperty(“mail.store.protocol”, “imaps”);
    //Set host address
    props.setProperty(“mail.imaps.host”, imaps.gmail.com);
    //Set specified port
    props.setProperty(“mail.imaps.port”, “993″);
    //Using SSL
    props.setProperty(“mail.imaps.socketFactory.class”, “javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory”);
    props.setProperty(“mail.imaps.socketFactory.fallback”, “false”);
    //Setting IMAP session
    Session imapSession = Session.getInstance(props);

Store store = imapSession.getStore(“imaps”);
//Connect to server by sending username and password.
//Example mailServer = imap.gmail.com, username = abc, password = abc
store.connect(mailServer, account.username, account.password);
//Get all mails in Inbox Forlder
inbox = store.getFolder(“Inbox”);
inbox.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
//Return result to array of message
Message[] result = inbox.getMessages();