How to send a simple email programmatically? (exists a simple way to do it?)
First way.
If you don't want to be linked to the native email program or gmail program (via intent) to send the mail, but have the email sent in the background, see the code below.
You can use this helper class and adjust it to your needs.
package com.myapp.android.model.service;
import android.util.Log;
import com.myapp.android.MyApp;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.mail.Authenticator;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
public class MailService {
// public static final String MAIL_SERVER = "localhost";
private String toList;
private String ccList;
private String bccList;
private String subject;
final private static String SMTP_SERVER = DataService
.getSetting(DataService.SETTING_SMTP_SERVER);
private String from;
private String txtBody;
private String htmlBody;
private String replyToList;
private ArrayList<Attachment> attachments;
private boolean authenticationRequired = false;
public MailService(String from, String toList, String subject, String txtBody, String htmlBody,
Attachment attachment) {
this.txtBody = txtBody;
this.htmlBody = htmlBody;
this.subject = subject;
this.from = from;
this.toList = toList;
this.ccList = null;
this.bccList = null;
this.replyToList = null;
this.authenticationRequired = true;
this.attachments = new ArrayList<Attachment>();
if (attachment != null) {
this.attachments.add(attachment);
}
}
public MailService(String from, String toList, String subject, String txtBody, String htmlBody,
ArrayList<Attachment> attachments) {
this.txtBody = txtBody;
this.htmlBody = htmlBody;
this.subject = subject;
this.from = from;
this.toList = toList;
this.ccList = null;
this.bccList = null;
this.replyToList = null;
this.authenticationRequired = true;
this.attachments = attachments == null ? new ArrayList<Attachment>()
: attachments;
}
public void sendAuthenticated() throws AddressException, MessagingException {
authenticationRequired = true;
send();
}
/**
* Send an e-mail
*
* @throws MessagingException
* @throws AddressException
*/
public void send() throws AddressException, MessagingException {
Properties props = new Properties();
// set the host smtp address
props.put("mail.smtp.host", SMTP_SERVER);
props.put("mail.user", from);
props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true"); // needed for gmail
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); // needed for gmail
props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587"); // gmail smtp port
/*Authenticator auth = new Authenticator() {
@Override
protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
return new PasswordAuthentication("mobile@mydomain.example", "mypassword");
}
};*/
Session session;
if (authenticationRequired) {
Authenticator auth = new SMTPAuthenticator();
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, auth);
} else {
session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
}
// get the default session
session.setDebug(true);
// create message
Message msg = new javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage(session);
// set from and to address
try {
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from, from));
msg.setReplyTo(new InternetAddress[]{new InternetAddress(from,from)});
} catch (Exception e) {
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
msg.setReplyTo(new InternetAddress[]{new InternetAddress(from)});
}
// set send date
msg.setSentDate(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
// parse the recipients TO address
java.util.StringTokenizer st = new java.util.StringTokenizer(toList, ",");
int numberOfRecipients = st.countTokens();
javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[] addressTo = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[numberOfRecipients];
int i = 0;
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
addressTo[i++] = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress(st
.nextToken());
}
msg.setRecipients(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO, addressTo);
// parse the replyTo addresses
if (replyToList != null && !"".equals(replyToList)) {
st = new java.util.StringTokenizer(replyToList, ",");
int numberOfReplyTos = st.countTokens();
javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[] addressReplyTo = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[numberOfReplyTos];
i = 0;
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
addressReplyTo[i++] = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress(
st.nextToken());
}
msg.setReplyTo(addressReplyTo);
}
// parse the recipients CC address
if (ccList != null && !"".equals(ccList)) {
st = new java.util.StringTokenizer(ccList, ",");
int numberOfCCRecipients = st.countTokens();
javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[] addressCC = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[numberOfCCRecipients];
i = 0;
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
addressCC[i++] = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress(st
.nextToken());
}
msg.setRecipients(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.CC, addressCC);
}
// parse the recipients BCC address
if (bccList != null && !"".equals(bccList)) {
st = new java.util.StringTokenizer(bccList, ",");
int numberOfBCCRecipients = st.countTokens();
javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[] addressBCC = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[numberOfBCCRecipients];
i = 0;
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
addressBCC[i++] = new javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress(st
.nextToken());
}
msg.setRecipients(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.BCC, addressBCC);
}
// set header
msg.addHeader("X-Mailer", "MyAppMailer");
msg.addHeader("Precedence", "bulk");
// setting the subject and content type
msg.setSubject(subject);
Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart("related");
// set body message
MimeBodyPart bodyMsg = new MimeBodyPart();
bodyMsg.setText(txtBody, "iso-8859-1");
if (attachments.size()>0) htmlBody = htmlBody.replaceAll("#filename#",attachments.get(0).getFilename());
if (htmlBody.indexOf("#header#")>=0) htmlBody = htmlBody.replaceAll("#header#",attachments.get(1).getFilename());
if (htmlBody.indexOf("#footer#")>=0) htmlBody = htmlBody.replaceAll("#footer#",attachments.get(2).getFilename());
bodyMsg.setContent(htmlBody, "text/html");
mp.addBodyPart(bodyMsg);
// set attachements if any
if (attachments != null && attachments.size() > 0) {
for (i = 0; i < attachments.size(); i++) {
Attachment a = attachments.get(i);
BodyPart att = new MimeBodyPart();
att.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(a.getDataSource()));
att.setFileName( a.getFilename() );
att.setHeader("Content-ID", "<" + a.getFilename() + ">");
mp.addBodyPart(att);
}
}
msg.setContent(mp);
// send it
try {
javax.mail.Transport.send(msg);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* SimpleAuthenticator is used to do simple authentication when the SMTP
* server requires it.
*/
private static class SMTPAuthenticator extends javax.mail.Authenticator {
@Override
protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
String username = DataService
.getSetting(DataService.SETTING_SMTP_USER);
String password = DataService
.getSetting(DataService.SETTING_SMTP_PASSWORD);
return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
}
}
public String getToList() {
return toList;
}
public void setToList(String toList) {
this.toList = toList;
}
public String getCcList() {
return ccList;
}
public void setCcList(String ccList) {
this.ccList = ccList;
}
public String getBccList() {
return bccList;
}
public void setBccList(String bccList) {
this.bccList = bccList;
}
public String getSubject() {
return subject;
}
public void setSubject(String subject) {
this.subject = subject;
}
public void setFrom(String from) {
this.from = from;
}
public void setTxtBody(String body) {
this.txtBody = body;
}
public void setHtmlBody(String body) {
this.htmlBody = body;
}
public String getReplyToList() {
return replyToList;
}
public void setReplyToList(String replyToList) {
this.replyToList = replyToList;
}
public boolean isAuthenticationRequired() {
return authenticationRequired;
}
public void setAuthenticationRequired(boolean authenticationRequired) {
this.authenticationRequired = authenticationRequired;
}
}
And use this class:
MailService mailer = new MailService("from@mydomain.example","to@domain.example","Subject","TextBody", "<b>HtmlBody</b>", (Attachment) null);
try {
mailer.sendAuthenticated();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(AskTingTing.APP, "Failed sending email.", e);
}
Second way.
Another option, if you don't mind using the native email client or gmail on Android for sending the mail (but the user actually has to hit the send button finally in the email client), you can do this:
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:to@gmail.com")));
How to send emails from my Android application?
The best (and easiest) way is to use an Intent:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("message/rfc822");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL , new String[]{"recipient@example.com"});
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject of email");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , "body of email");
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
Otherwise you'll have to write your own client.
How to send automatic email via Gmail client from Android
I found the code with JAR files and I am using it with that. Thanks for all your efforts.
Is it possible to send an email programmatically without using any actual email account
Yes, it is absolutely possible to do that. From a relatively low-level perspective, you need to:
- Resolve the MX (mail-exchanger) server for the e-mail account you want to send to.
- Open a socket to the MX server.
- Send the appropriate SMTP commands to cause the e-mail message to be delivered to your recipient account. You essentially have the freedom to set the "from" address to be any arbitrary thing you want.
SMTP is a very simple/human-friendly protocol, so it's not a massive effort to do all of that by hand. At the same time, there are prebuilt libraries that will handle all of that for you (except possibly the resolution of the recipient's MX server).
Note that emails sent this way are more likely to be filtered out as spam (generally because the sender's IP/hostname is not going to match whatever domain you put on the outgoing e-mail address you decide to use).
Also note that since you can set the "from" address to anything, you have the option of asking the user if they want to provide their actual contact address, and if they do you can make that the "from" address so that you can actually get back in touch with them if necessary.
How do you make sure email you send programmatically is not automatically marked as spam?
Use email authentication methods, such as SPF, and DKIM to prove that your emails and your domain name belong together, and to prevent spoofing of your domain name. The SPF website includes a wizard to generate the DNS information for your site.
Check your reverse DNS to make sure the IP address of your mail server points to the domain name that you use for sending mail.
Make sure that the IP-address that you're using is not on a blacklist
Make sure that the reply-to address is a valid, existing address.
Use the full, real name of the addressee in the To field, not just the email-address (e.g. "John Smith" <john@blacksmiths-international.com> ).
Monitor your abuse accounts, such as abuse@yourdomain.example and postmaster@yourdomain.example. That means - make sure that these accounts exist, read what's sent to them, and act on complaints.
Finally, make it really easy to unsubscribe. Otherwise, your users will unsubscribe by pressing the spam button, and that will affect your reputation.
That said, getting Hotmail to accept your emails remains a black art.
sending email programmatically using default user account
To send in the background, see the first link at your right on the list of related questions:
You need to use an email API such as JavaMail:
Sending Email in Android using JavaMail API without using the default/built-in app
Update based on the comments:
There is no way to send an email silently, without either:
- letting the user know and accept it first (by using intents and an email provider)
- or asking for the username and password before and using an email API as above (the user will implicitly give you the approval to send/receive emails by entering those values)
And that is a very good thing! There are too many security concerns otherwise. If you ever find a way, please post it as a bug report in android.
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