Make an Android Email Intent with ACTION_SEND!

It’s an example of what Intents are all about in Android, but today was the first time I’ve used the android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND action to allow users to send emails, post to Twitter or Facebook, send text messages, etc!  It couldn’t be any easier, here’s the code:

Java

Intent myIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);

myIntent.setType("text/plain");

myIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My Subject Line");

myIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "My Message!");

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(myIntent, "Choose app"));

That’s it!  Any applications that the user has installed that can handle the ACTION_SEND intent will be listed in a nice system popup window.  On my Droid I see Facebook, Gmail, Messaging (text messages), and Twitter.

Enjoy…