A React Native wrapper for Apple's MFMailComposeViewController from iOS and Mail Intent on android
Supports emails with attachments.
There was a breaking change in RN >=40. So for React Native >= 0.40: use v3.x and higher of this lib. otherwise use v2.x
npm i --save react-native-mail # npm syntax
yarn add react-native-mail # yarn syntaxYou can automatically link the native components or follow the manual instructions below if you prefer.
react-native link- In
android/setting.gradle
...
include ':RNMail', ':app'
project(':RNMail').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-mail/android')- In
android/app/build.gradle
...
dependencies {
...
compile project(':RNMail')
}- if MainActivity extends Activity: register module in MainActivity.java
import com.chirag.RNMail.*; // <--- import
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler {
......
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mReactRootView = new ReactRootView(this);
mReactInstanceManager = ReactInstanceManager.builder()
.setApplication(getApplication())
.setBundleAssetName("index.android.bundle")
.setJSMainModuleName("index.android")
.addPackage(new MainReactPackage())
.addPackage(new RNMail()) // <------ add here
.setUseDeveloperSupport(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
.setInitialLifecycleState(LifecycleState.RESUMED)
.build();
mReactRootView.startReactApplication(mReactInstanceManager, "ExampleRN", null);
setContentView(mReactRootView);
}
......
}- else if MainActivity extends ReactActivity: register module in
MainApplication.java
import com.chirag.RNMail.*; // <--- import
public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
....
@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
new MainReactPackage(),
new RNMail() // <------ add here
);
}
};- Run
npm install react-native-mail --save - Open your project in XCode, right click on
Librariesand clickAdd Files to "Your Project Name"(Screenshot) then navigate to node_modules/react-native-mail and select RNMail.xcodeproj (Screenshot). - Add
libRNMail.atoBuild Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries(Screenshot). - Whenever you want to use it within React code now you can:
var Mailer = require('NativeModules').RNMail;
/**
* Sample React Native App
* https://github.com/facebook/react-native
* @flow
*/
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { View, Alert, Button } from 'react-native';
import Mailer from 'react-native-mail';
export default class App extends Component {
handleEmail = () => {
Mailer.mail({
subject: 'need help',
recipients: ['[email protected]'],
ccRecipients: ['[email protected]'],
bccRecipients: ['[email protected]'],
body: '<b>A Bold Body</b>',
isHTML: true,
attachment: {
path: '', // The absolute path of the file from which to read data.
type: '', // Mime Type: jpg, png, doc, ppt, html, pdf
name: '', // Optional: Custom filename for attachment
}
}, (error, event) => {
Alert.alert(
error,
event,
[
{text: 'Ok', onPress: () => console.log('OK: Email Error Response')},
{text: 'Cancel', onPress: () => console.log('CANCEL: Email Error Response')}
],
{ cancelable: true }
)
});
}
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Button
onPress={this.handleEmail}
title="Email Me"
color="#841584"
accessabilityLabel="Purple Email Me Button"
/>
</View>
);
}
}
On Android, the callback will only be called if an error occurs. The event argument is unused!
