Question

Is there any programmatic way to get email notification in my application from the built in android email client? Do I have to write my own email client if I want to add custom features like auto-reply and stuffs like it or I can extend some notification framework from any existing application?

Answer 1

Is there any programmatic way to get email notification in my application from the built in android email client?

Which “built in android email client”? Across all Android devices, there is more than one “android email client” programs that are “built in”.

If you are referring to the Email application from the Android open source project, it has no documented APIs or broadcasts.

Do I have to write my own email client
if I want to add custom features like
auto-reply and stuffs like it or I can
extend some notification framework
from any existing application?

You are welcome to add those features to open source email clients, or to convince those email clients to expose enough hooks to allow you to add those features as a third-party application.