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Email Composer

Requires Cordova plugin: cordova-plugin-email-composer. For more info, please see the Email Composer plugin docs.

https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-email-composer

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Installation#

$ npm install cordova-plugin-email-composer $ npm install @ionic-native/email-composer $ ionic cap sync

Supported Platforms#

  • Amazon Fire OS
  • Android
  • Browser
  • iOS
  • Windows
  • macOS

Usage#

React#

Learn more about using Ionic Native components in React

Angular#

import { EmailComposer } from '@ionic-native/email-composer/ngx';
constructor(private emailComposer: EmailComposer) { }
...

this.emailComposer.getClients().then((apps: []) => {   // Returns an array of configured email clients for the device});
this.emailComposer.hasClient().then(app, (isValid: boolean) => { if (isValid) {   // Now we know we have a valid email client configured   // Not specifying an app will return true if at least one email client is configured }});
this.emailComposer.hasAccount().then((isValid: boolean) => { if (isValid) {   // Now we know we have a valid email account configured }});
this.emailComposer.isAvailable().then(app, (available: boolean) => { if(available) {   // Now we know we can send an email, calls hasClient and hasAccount   // Not specifying an app will return true if at least one email client is configured }});
let email = {  to: 'max@mustermann.de',  cc: 'erika@mustermann.de',  bcc: ['john@doe.com', 'jane@doe.com'],  attachments: [    'file://img/logo.png',    'res://icon.png',    'base64:icon.png//iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUg...',    'file://README.pdf'  ],  subject: 'Cordova Icons',  body: 'How are you? Nice greetings from Leipzig',  isHtml: true}
// Send a text message using default optionsthis.emailComposer.open(email);

You can also assign aliases to email apps

// add aliasthis.email.addAlias('gmail', 'com.google.android.gm');
// then use alias when sending emailthis.email.open({  app: 'gmail',  ...});