[android help] E-mail attachment through intent using `mailto:` scheme

E-mail attachment through intent using `mailto:` scheme

This seems to be fixed in API 17 (Jelly Bean 2), at least on my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4.

Specifically:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts("mailto", "email@me.com", null));
intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(attachmentFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send email..."));

This does NOT work in Froyo or Gingerbread. I'm not sure at what point it started working.

Maybe someone else has some details for other API levels?

I would suggest for pre-API17 using ACTION_SEND, otherwise ACTION_SENDTO.

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