mailto: links unsupported in Android?

Question

I dont have a real Android device so I'm using emulators for all my development for now, are mailto: web links really unsupported on Android devices 2.1 and below? 2.2 works, but every time I click a mailto: link on 1.6 or 2.1 even, I get an [unsupported action] dialog. Anybody with a real device want to test this out?

Answer 1

You have to handle it yourself in a WebViewClient

public class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
Activity mContext;
public myWebViewClient(Activity context){
    this.mContext = context;
}
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {     
    if(url.startsWith("mailto:")){
        MailTo mt = MailTo.parse(url);
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        i.setType("plain/text");
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{mt.getTo()});
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, mt.getSubject());
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, mt.getCc());
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, mt.getBody());
        mContext.startActivity(i);
        view.reload();
        return true;
    }
    view.loadUrl(url);
    return true;
}

}

In your activity you keep a reference to MyWebViewClient and assign it to your webview with setWebViewClient(mWebClient)