Android Question default email app not showing - all apps are shown instead

[Zeev Goldstein]

hi

found this old post by Erel

[class] FileProvider - share files

Edit: FileProvider is included as an internal library now. After investigating several issues with the current FileProvider code that you can find in the forum, I decided to make some improvements and implement it in a class. Starting from Android 7 (API 24) you cannot directly share file uris...

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when pressing send email it shows all sharing apps to select from rather email apps
then if i choose an email app all sharing on that phone goes through that email app
any one knows how to fix it ?

or any other snippet to send email with attachment using intent

thanks

 

[walt61]

or any other snippet to send email with attachment using intent

See https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/email-an-error-report.44019/

 

[Zeev Goldstein]

See https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/email-an-error-report.44019/

thanks

i know this method and use it
but it has a big issue on the client side - it does not open the email apps list but the entire sharing apps list
then the user presses [use always] and that's it - his entire system is problematic as all and any sharing he wants to share will go directly to the email or the app he chose
so unless i can force or make a change in something to show only email apps this is not usable at all as i can't have the client angry with the app

BTW
the file provider sample is identical only it allows attached files using file provider - it is needed
i've posted a post with my question detailed with my code sampe here

making the right app list in intent - help needed

this is the code i'm trying to use to send email (below) and the manifest i use it is exactly the code (copied) from @Erel 's post it works perfectly! one issue - the intent opens all sharing apps not just email apps that's problematic as users get to click use always and from here on all...

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[walt61]

That's strange; FileProvider *does* show the sharing apps, but over here the one I mentioned just opens the default email app!

 

[Zeev Goldstein]

That's strange; FileProvider *does* show the sharing apps, but over here the one I mentioned just opens the default email app!

i tried your sample - it opens all sharing apps not just mail...