Question

i have an app that need to send e-mail to constant e-mail address.
i used this code to send e-mail until now:

NSString *subject = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ Login Info",self.name];
    NSString *body = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Username : %@ \n Password : %@ \n E-Mail : %@ \n Sequrity Question : %@ \n Sequrity Answer : %@" ,self.user,self.password,self.email,self.seqQuestion,self.seqAnswer];
    NSLog(@"%@",body);
    NSString *mailString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"mailto:?to=%@&subject=%@&body=%@",
                            [to stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding],
                            [subject stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding],
                            [body stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:mailString]];

The problem came with this is when the user that used the app not defined an e-mail address in is iphone’ mail app so he can’t send the mail.

there is any other way for sendding e-mail to constant e-mail address?

Answer 1

Rather than creating a mailto: url link, why not use the SDK’s email/messaging system?

Check if the user can send an email first

if ([MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail])

If this returns NO, the user can’t send email. Perhaps show a message suggesting they might want to configure the email settings.

If they can send a message (ie email is configured), then compose and send the email

    MFMailComposeViewController* controller = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
controller.mailComposeDelegate = self;
    [controller setSubject:@"Subject goes here"];
    NSString *msgString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Message body"];
    [controller setMessageBody:msgString isHTML:NO]; 
    [viewController presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
    [controller release];

If you find the user can’t send an email in the first instance, you will either have to write your own service and connect to that (via a webservice, perhaps) or you will have to write your own implementation of the email protocol to connect to a known server with a known account.