Can't send email with video/audio attachment on iphone!

Question

Hi guys,

I am trying to send an email with MFMailComposeViewController. I'm able to send emails with images attached, but when I try to attach mp3 or mp4 files I get this message:

DA|Could not open the lock file at /tmp/DAAccountsLoading.lock. We'll load the accounts anyway, but bad things may happen

(if seems to appear right after I start filling the "To" field), and sending the message fails.

Here is my code (The HelperUtils class is just something I created and I'm sure the problem is not there):

NSData *myData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:[HelperUtils getPathWithEnding:media.name]];
NSString *mimeTypeStr = [HelperUtils getMimeTypeOfFileWithPath:[HelperUtils getPathWithEnding:media.name]];
NSLog(mimeTypeStr);
NSLog([HelperUtils getPathWithEnding:media.name]);
[picker addAttachmentData:myData mimeType:mimeTypeStr fileName:media.name];

Answer 1

NSString *mp3File = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"tmp.mp3"];
NSURL    *fileURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:mp3File];
NSData *soundFile = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:fileURL];
[mailDialogController addAttachmentData:soundFile mimeType:@"audio/mpeg" fileName:@"tmp.mp3"];

works for me with mp3 files. when you say it fails with mp4, in what way?

if app is crashing after a few, you have a memory leak somewhere most likely.

Answer 2

Apple's MFMailComposer itself actually contains some pretty bad memory leaks that have not been addressed.

http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development-advanced-discussion/23645-sending-email-using-mfmailcomposeviewcontroller-not-releasing-memory.html

https://devforums.apple.com/message/121093#121093

Answer 3

Did you ever figure this out. My mp4 files aren't sending either.