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Asked: 2026-05-15T13:10:22+00:00

I have found various topics here and elsewhere on creating an intent for sending

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I have found various topics here and elsewhere on creating an intent for sending e-mail and that seems to be pretty straightforward. I’m looking for an intent to just launch any e-mail client the user might have.

Here is the code I’ve seen for sending an e-mail (posted just for reference, this doesn’t serve my needs as I don’t want to send a new message):

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); 
i.setType("text/plain"); 
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL  , new String[]{"recipient@example.com"}); 
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject of the message"); 
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT   , "Body of the message");

Here is the code I put together for specifically launching the Gmail client by package name:

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.google.android.gm");
startActivity(intent);

The code above works but isn’t flexible in that a user might not be using Gmail but the other built-in e-mail application or a 3rd party e-mail app. I’m looking for an intent that would bring up the chooser in this case so the user can decide which app to launch to read e-mail.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Does anyone know how to accomplish
    this?

    There is no such Intent — you can tell this by examining the manifest for the Email application.

    The only thing you can do is build yourself a list of email clients you wish to link to and use the PackageManager code you show above for each.

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