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Asked: 2026-05-28T15:30:04+00:00

I have been working with Java and Xml for a few months now, and

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I have been working with Java and Xml for a few months now, and have learned a great deal thanks to everyones help on StackOverflow.

My question is about java programming for android in relation to the submit button.

Currently I am trying to figure out how to submit a value to an email address (behind the scenes)

Lets say we have a text field and a button; I want to take the value entered in the text field, and submit that to an email address onclick.

I am unable to find anything online that shows me how to do this.

Thank you in advance for reading through my post and I look forward to your suggestions.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is a great example of how using Intents can come in great handy!
    Android has a bunch of pre-defined Intents that do certain things within the system; you may have clicked on a picture before and a dialog popped up asking whether you would like to view it in your gallery or in a third-party app such as Astro. The viewing of an image has its own pre-determined intent.

    Sending an email also has its own pre-determined intent: android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND. You’ll need to create an intent with that property and then attach extra information (ie. the address to send to, the subject/message body, etc.).

    Example code:

    // Data members
private Intent emailIntent;
private String feedback;
private EditText feedbackBox;

// Create the Intent, and give it the pre-defined value
// that the Android machine automatically associates with
// sending an email.
emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setType("plain/text");

// Put extra information into the Intent, including the email address
// that you wish to send to, and any subject (optional, of course).
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"your_email@whatever.com"});
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Insert subject here");

// Acquire feedback from an EditText and save it to a String.
feedback = feedbackBox.getText().toString();

// Put the message into the Intent as more extra information,                   
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, feedback);

// Start the Intent, which will launch the user's email 
// app (make sure you save any necessary information in YOUR app
// in your onPause() method, as launching the email Intent will
// pause your app). This will create what I discussed above - a
// popup box that the user can use to determine which app they would like
// to use in order to send the email.
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Insert title for dialog box."));

    I hoped this helped!!

    Some sources you might like to check out:
    http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html
    http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_SEND

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