How do you open the default email app on an iPhone with Flutter?

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I want to make a Flutter app and one of the requirements is to open the native email client on the Android or iPhone device. I do NOT wish to create a new email, just open the email app. I would like to be able to open the email client with platform generic code if possible, if not I would like to know what would be required on the iOS side. I am not looking for the Send Email Intent, as I know there is a plugin in Flutter for that. Being a Android Developer I believe I know how to call an Intent from Flutter for that Implicit Intent, if I have to go that way, but I don't have the familiarity with iOS.

Günter Zöchbauer · Answer 1 · 2018-12-12T13:52:56.313

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The url_launcher plugin does that

mailto:<email address>?subject=<subject>&body=<body>

Create email to in the default email app

See also How do I open a web browser (URL) from my Flutter code?

edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:52

answered Jun 29 '18 at 05:09

Günter Zöchbauer

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I don't want to create a new email, I just want to open the default email app. – Peter Birdsall Jun 29 '18 at 17:35
Sorry, don't know about that – Günter Zöchbauer Jun 29 '18 at 17:37
Try `message:` instead of `mailto: ...` – Alejandro Iván Jul 04 '18 at 18:47
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You probably need to use `Uri.encodeFull('It is not ok')` or `Uri.encodeComponent('It isnot ok')` and pass the resulting value instead. – Günter Zöchbauer Dec 10 '18 at 06:57
@AlejandroIván is that just for iOS? – Volodymyr Bobyr Mar 10 '21 at 20:05

BuffK · Answer 2 · 2020-02-24T14:14:06.483

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You need two plugins: android_intent and url_launcher

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  AndroidIntent intent = AndroidIntent(
    action: 'android.intent.action.MAIN',
    category: 'android.intent.category.APP_EMAIL',
  );
  intent.launch().catchError((e) {
    ;
  });
} else if (Platform.isIOS) {
  launch("message://").catchError((e){
    ;
  });
}

edited Feb 24 '20 at 14:14

answered Feb 12 '20 at 17:42

BuffK

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On Android, this will open the email app inside your app. To open it in a new window add: `flags: [Flag.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK]` – Gabriel Aguirre May 16 '21 at 19:06
launch("message://") is not working in Simulator – Abdullah Khan Jul 14 '21 at 07:49
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`android_intent` has been replaced by `android_intent_plus` – JJuice Oct 16 '21 at 16:54

Bhargav Sejpal · Answer 3 · 2021-07-23T10:48:00.397

use url_launcher plugin url_launcher

Future<void> _launched;

Future<void> _openUrl(String url) async {
    if (await canLaunch(url)) {
      await launch(url);
    } else {
      throw 'Could not launch $url';
    }
}

Then for Phone

setState(() {
  _launched = _openUrl('tel:${+917600896744}');
});

for email

setState(() {
  _launched = _openUrl('mailto:${sejpalbhargav67@gmail.com}'');
});

Update July 2021

Add Following Lines in Manifest File

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" />

<queries>
<intent>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
  <data android:scheme="https" />
</intent>
<intent>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.DIAL" />
  <data android:scheme="tel" />
</intent>
<intent>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
  <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
</intent>

This will send an email, not what the op wants. – jbx Nov 12 '20 at 20:44 — jbx, Nov 12 '20 at 20:44

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 14 '20 at 12:52

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You can use email_launcher

Example

Email email = Email(
    to: ['one@gmail.com,two@gmail.com'],
    cc: ['foo@gmail.com'],
    bcc: ['bar@gmail.com'],
    subject: 'subject',
    body: 'body'
);
await EmailLauncher.launch(email);

answered May 14 '20 at 12:52

heqingbao

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 26 '20 at 06:11

this answer may be the solution How to open default email app inbox in flutter?

void openEmailApp(BuildContext context){
    try{
        AppAvailability.launchApp(Platform.isIOS ? "message://" : "com.google.android.gm").then((_) {
                print("App Email launched!");
              }).catchError((err) {
                Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
                    content: Text("App Email not found!")
                ));
                print(err);
              });
    } catch(e) {
      Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(content: Text("Email App not found!")));
    }
}

AppAvailability is an outdated plugin, if you use this it will generate when you releasing the build . So please avoid using this plugin — scienticious, Jun 07 '21 at 06:47

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 22 '22 at 02:01

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launch("mailto:<email address>?subject=<subject>&body=<body>");

use url_launcher package

answered Mar 22 '22 at 02:01

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score -3 · Answer 7 · answered May 20 '20 at 23:11

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This library solved it perfectly for me: https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_email_sender. The example is good and the api is simple and obvious.

answered May 20 '20 at 23:11

zkon

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The op clearly said he doesn't want to send an email. – jbx Nov 12 '20 at 20:43
The library allows you to open the email app without sending the email. – zkon Feb 05 '21 at 00:43

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