How do you take a picture and send it to gmail Android client as attachment?

[Andrea_Borruso]

@SteveJG

Perhaps this is part of what you need to do

Yes, but it is very similar to the standard share extension.
In example how to have prefilled TO: address?

Thank you

[Taifun]

App Inventor Tutorials and Examples: Send Mail | Pura Vida Apps

Taifun

[Andrea_Borruso]

@Taifun thank you. This is the link I see in a lot of messages, and before I wrote here a little bit I looked at it, but it doesn't seem to me that there is among that list of titles, the one that allows me to reach my goals:

• Have a button that makes me take a photo
• that shares it with gmail
• show me a pre-filled gmail message with TO, subject, and attached image
• let me just click to send the email, using the gmail button

[SteveJG]

@Andrea_Borruso

n example how to have prefilled TO: address?

Did you try the example?

For address, use the address slot should prefill.

Use TextBoxes at the green arrows to prefill subject and message.

[Andrea_Borruso]

@SteveJG

Did you try the example?

For address, use the address slot should prefill.

Use TextBoxes at the green arrows to prefill subject and message.

What is the example I could try? Is there an example from which I can see that I can set address?
I'm sorry but I didn't understand.

Thank you again

[Andrea_Borruso]

@SteveJG

Did you try the example?

Only to understand you: is this the example?

Enable the use of strings when ActivityStarter extra requires a Uri argument

I did actually create a small extension that provides for sending an attachment with Gmail: uk.co.metricrat.sendmailattach.aix (4.7 KB) ​ [image] You may want to develop on from there....

[Taifun]

@Andrea_Borruso

• Have a button that makes me take a photo

Use a button component together with the camera comoonent

@Andrea_Borruso

that shares it with gmail

Use one of the solutions mentioned in my previous link, for example my mail extension, which offers adding attachments App Inventor Extensions: Mail | Pura Vida Apps

@Andrea_Borruso

show me a pre-filled gmail message with TO, subject, and attached image

Use some label or textbox components

@Andrea_Borruso

let me just click to send the email

Use another button component

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Taifun

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[SteveJG]

Yes, tim's example How do you take a picture and send it to gmail Android client as attachment? - #6 by SteveJG

[Andrea_Borruso]

Thank you @SteveJG , I didn't realize.

I have built this

But I have this error and gmail does not start. What am I doing wrong?

Thank yoi

[SteveJG]

@Andrea_Borruso

What am I doing wrong?

Are you using these Blocks too?

If you run Tim's example, does it work with a stored png or jpg image?

Possibly you cannot use the SendMailAttach block in the AfterPicture Block immediately?

[Andrea_Borruso]

@SteveJG

Are you using these Blocks too?

I have modified my blocks. I have the gmail message that I cand send, but without the attachment.

It's my fault, I have to figure out how to pass the path of the temporary image just taken

[TIMAI2]

1. You are expecting to get the afterActivity AFTER you start the Activity, but you try to build the email at the same time! Look at my blocks again. You need to get your process workflow in the correct order:

• Take Photo
  then
  *Copy the photo taken from your ASD to shared storage (Downloads or Pictures for example)
  then
• Get Photo file path from Shared Storage (you could use Activity starter pick/get content here) and set to a label/variable
  then
• use the extension blocks to build the email, using the above label.text / variable value for the file path

[Taifun]

The activity starter blocks in @TIMAI2 's example pick an image from shared storage... however your image is stored in ASD amd the activity starter can't pick from there. .

Also as far as I can see @TIMAI2 's extension is not able to send attachments from ASD... @TIMAI2 is this correct?

If you want to use @TIMAI2 's extension then you should copy your image to shared storage and attach it from there

Taifun

[TIMAI2]

@Taifun

Also as far as I can see @TIMAI2 's extension is not able to send attachments from ASD... @TIMAI2 is this correct?

Good spot Taifun

The file in question for the attachment will need to be from Shared Storage otherwise GMail will not be able to find it (and as Taifun says, could not be picked from the ASD using the ActivityStarter in any case)

I have edited my post above top reflect this for others passing here

[TIMAI2]

Hmmm, in testing I cannot get it to attach a file now.....

Got it working, GMail needs a contenturi !

Blocks to follow

[TIMAI2]

There may be an extension that converts a file path to a contenturi, so that you can automate the image file selection.

[Andrea_Borruso]

First of all thank you very much @TIMAI2 !!!

And then I'm kind of glad to see that it's not such a simple thing.
However, I need to find a way not to have the photo selected, but to send the one taken directly.
But don't waste any more of your time.

Thank you very much

[Taifun]

@Andrea_Borruso

And then I'm kind of glad to see that it's not such a simple thing.

well... it can be simple... Here are the blocks using my mail extension
only one button click to take photo and send the email...

Taifun

[Taifun]

after reading again you requirements

@Andrea_Borruso

I wouldn't want to enter any SMTP or other e-mail server parameters.
I would like the end user to have the email pre-filled and then have him/her send it from his client.

your only posibility is to use the activity starter solution (or @TIMAI2 's extension, which is based on the activity starter) to open the client mail app to send the email from there

@TIMAI2

There may be an extension that converts a file path to a contenturi, so that you can automate the image file selection.

To avoid picking the file after the image has been copied to shared storage use a file extension to convert the filename to a content uri... my file extension offers the GetUri method for that

App Inventor Extensions: File | Pura Vida Apps

Taifun

[Andrea_Borruso]

@Taifun

after reading again you requirements

Okay, good thing you noticed. I was telling you again, that I didn't think your proposal was fair.

I will then evaluate this last extension.

Thank you