How to get the Android device's primary e-mail address
AndroidEmailAndroid Problem Overview
How do you get the Android's primary e-mail address (or a list of e-mail addresses)?
It's my understanding that on OS 2.0+ there's support for multiple e-mail addresses, but below 2.0 you can only have one e-mail address per device.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
There are several ways to do this, shown below.
As a friendly warning, be careful and up-front to the user when dealing with account, profile, and contact data. If you misuse a user's email address or other personal information, bad things can happen.
AccountManager (API level 5+)
Method A: UseYou can use AccountManager.getAccounts
or AccountManager.getAccountsByType
to get a list of all account names on the device. Fortunately, for certain account types (including com.google
), the account names are email addresses. Example snippet below.
Pattern emailPattern = Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS; // API level 8+
Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(context).getAccounts();
for (Account account : accounts) {
if (emailPattern.matcher(account.name).matches()) {
String possibleEmail = account.name;
...
}
}
Note that this requires the GET_ACCOUNTS
permission:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
More on using AccountManager
can be found at the http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ContactManager/src/com/example/android/contactmanager/ContactAdder.html">Contact Manager sample code in the SDK.
ContactsContract.Profile (API level 14+)
Method B: UseAs of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), you can get the user's email addresses by accessing their profile. Accessing the user profile is a bit heavyweight as it requires two permissions (more on that below), but email addresses are fairly sensitive pieces of data, so this is the price of admission.
Below is a full example that uses a CursorLoader
to retrieve profile data rows containing email addresses.
public class ExampleActivity extends Activity implements LoaderManager.LoaderCallbacks<Cursor> {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getLoaderManager().initLoader(0, null, this);
}
@Override
public Loader<Cursor> onCreateLoader(int id, Bundle arguments) {
return new CursorLoader(this,
// Retrieve data rows for the device user's 'profile' contact.
Uri.withAppendedPath(
ContactsContract.Profile.CONTENT_URI,
ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.CONTENT_DIRECTORY),
ProfileQuery.PROJECTION,
// Select only email addresses.
ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.MIMETYPE + " = ?",
new String[]{ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE},
// Show primary email addresses first. Note that there won't be
// a primary email address if the user hasn't specified one.
ContactsContract.Contacts.Data.IS_PRIMARY + " DESC");
}
@Override
public void onLoadFinished(Loader<Cursor> cursorLoader, Cursor cursor) {
List<String> emails = new ArrayList<String>();
cursor.moveToFirst();
while (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {
emails.add(cursor.getString(ProfileQuery.ADDRESS));
// Potentially filter on ProfileQuery.IS_PRIMARY
cursor.moveToNext();
}
...
}
@Override
public void onLoaderReset(Loader<Cursor> cursorLoader) {
}
private interface ProfileQuery {
String[] PROJECTION = {
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.ADDRESS,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.IS_PRIMARY,
};
int ADDRESS = 0;
int IS_PRIMARY = 1;
}
}
This requires both the READ_PROFILE
and READ_CONTACTS
permissions:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
Solution 2 - Android
This could be useful to others:
Using AccountPicker to get user's email address without any global permissions, and allowing the user to be aware and authorize or cancel the process.
Solution 3 - Android
I would use Android's AccountPicker, introduced in ICS.
Intent googlePicker = AccountPicker.newChooseAccountIntent(null, null, new String[]{GoogleAuthUtil.GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE}, true, null, null, null, null);
startActivityForResult(googlePicker, REQUEST_CODE);
And then wait for the result:
protected void onActivityResult(final int requestCode, final int resultCode,
final Intent data) {
if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
String accountName = data.getStringExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME);
}
}
Solution 4 - Android
public String getUsername() {
AccountManager manager = AccountManager.get(this);
Account[] accounts = manager.getAccountsByType("com.google");
List<String> possibleEmails = new LinkedList<String>();
for (Account account : accounts) {
// TODO: Check possibleEmail against an email regex or treat
// account.name as an email address only for certain account.type values.
possibleEmails.add(account.name);
}
if (!possibleEmails.isEmpty() && possibleEmails.get(0) != null) {
String email = possibleEmails.get(0);
String[] parts = email.split("@");
if (parts.length > 1)
return parts[0];
}
return null;
}
Solution 5 - Android
There is an Android api that allows the user to select their email address without the need for a permission. Take a look at: https://developers.google.com/identity/smartlock-passwords/android/retrieve-hints
HintRequest hintRequest = new HintRequest.Builder()
.setHintPickerConfig(new CredentialPickerConfig.Builder()
.setShowCancelButton(true)
.build())
.setEmailAddressIdentifierSupported(true)
.setAccountTypes(IdentityProviders.GOOGLE)
.build();
PendingIntent intent = mCredentialsClient.getHintPickerIntent(hintRequest);
try {
startIntentSenderForResult(intent.getIntentSender(), RC_HINT, null, 0, 0, 0);
} catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Could not start hint picker Intent", e);
}
This will show a picker where the user can select an emailaddress. The result will be delivered in onActivityResult()
Solution 6 - Android
Sadly accepted answer isn't working.
I'm late, but here's the solution for internal Android Email application unless the content uri is changed by provider:
Uri EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_DATABASE_CONTENT_URI =
Uri.parse("content://com.android.email.provider/account");
public ArrayList<String> GET_EMAIL_ADDRESSES ()
{
ArrayList<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
ContentResolver cr = m_context.getContentResolver();
Cursor cursor = cr.query(EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_DATABASE_CONTENT_URI ,null,
null, null, null);
if (cursor == null) {
Log.e("TEST", "Cannot access email accounts database");
return null;
}
if (cursor.getCount() <= 0) {
Log.e("TEST", "No accounts");
return null;
}
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
names.add(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("emailAddress")));
Log.i("TEST", cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("emailAddress")));
}
return names;
}
Solution 7 - Android
This is quite the tricky thing to do in Android and I haven't done it yet. But maybe these links may help you:
Solution 8 - Android
Use this method:
public String getUserEmail() {
AccountManager manager = AccountManager.get(App.getInstance());
Account[] accounts = manager.getAccountsByType("com.google");
List<String> possibleEmails = new LinkedList<>();
for (Account account : accounts) {
possibleEmails.add(account.name);
}
if (!possibleEmails.isEmpty() && possibleEmails.get(0) != null) {
return possibleEmails.get(0);
}
return "";
}
Note that this requires the GET_ACCOUNTS
permission:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
Then:
editTextEmailAddress.setText(getUserEmail());
Solution 9 - Android
Add this single line in manifest (for permission)
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
Then paste this code in your activity
private ArrayList<String> getPrimaryMailId() {
ArrayList<String> accountsList = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(this).getAccountsByType("com.google");
for (Account account : accounts) {
accountsList.add(account.name);
Log.e("GetPrimaryMailId ", account.name);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("GetPrimaryMailId", " Exception : " + e);
}
return accountsList;
}
Solution 10 - Android
The suggested answers won't work anymore as there is a new restriction imposed from android 8 onwards.
more info here: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes.html#aaad
Solution 11 - Android
For Android 8 and above -
Step 1 - Add the following code in AndroidManifest.xml -
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
Step 2 - Add the following code in your activity asking for permissions at runtime.
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
if ((ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) && (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)) {
getGoogleAccounts();
}
else {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS}, 1);
//return false;
}
}
Step 3 - Add code for onRequestPermissionsResult -
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
if(grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
getGoogleAccounts();
}
}
Step 4 - Finally add code to retrieve account using AccountManager
private void getGoogleAccounts(){
AccountManager am = AccountManager.get(this); // "this" references the current Context
Account[] accounts = am.getAccountsByType("com.google");
for (Account acc : accounts){
System.out.println("http accounts " + acc);
}
}
Please refer to following link for changes in android 8 - https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes#aaad
Solution 12 - Android
Working In MarshMallow Operating System
btn_click=(Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_click);
btn_click.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0)
{
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
{
int permissionCheck = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(PermissionActivity.this,
android.Manifest.permission.CAMERA);
if (permissionCheck == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
{
//showing dialog to select image
String possibleEmail=null;
Pattern emailPattern = Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS; // API level 8+
Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(PermissionActivity.this).getAccounts();
for (Account account : accounts) {
if (emailPattern.matcher(account.name).matches()) {
possibleEmail = account.name;
Log.e("keshav","possibleEmail"+possibleEmail);
}
}
Log.e("keshav","possibleEmail gjhh->"+possibleEmail);
Log.e("permission", "granted Marshmallow O/S");
} else { ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(PermissionActivity.this,
new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
android.Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE,
Manifest.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS,
android.Manifest.permission.CAMERA}, 1);
}
} else {
// Lower then Marshmallow
String possibleEmail=null;
Pattern emailPattern = Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS; // API level 8+
Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(PermissionActivity.this).getAccounts();
for (Account account : accounts) {
if (emailPattern.matcher(account.name).matches()) {
possibleEmail = account.name;
Log.e("keshav","possibleEmail"+possibleEmail);
}
Log.e("keshav","possibleEmail gjhh->"+possibleEmail);
}
}
});
Solution 13 - Android
Android locked down GET_ACCOUNTS
recently so some of the answers did not work for me. I got this working on Android 7.0 with the caveat that your users have to endure a permission dialog.
AndroidManifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
MainActivity.java
package com.example.patrick.app2;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.accounts.AccountManager;
import android.accounts.Account;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.*;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
final static int requestcode = 4; //arbitrary constant less than 2^16
private static String getEmailId(Context context) {
AccountManager accountManager = AccountManager.get(context);
Account[] accounts = accountManager.getAccountsByType("com.google");
Account account;
if (accounts.length > 0) {
account = accounts[0];
} else {
return "length is zero";
}
return account.name;
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
switch (requestCode) {
case requestcode:
if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
String emailAddr = getEmailId(getApplicationContext());
ShowMessage(emailAddr);
} else {
ShowMessage("Permission Denied");
}
}
}
public void ShowMessage(String email)
{
AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this).create();
alertDialog.setTitle("Alert");
alertDialog.setMessage(email);
alertDialog.setButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_NEUTRAL, "OK",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
alertDialog.show();
}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Context context = getApplicationContext();
if ( ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission( context, android.Manifest.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS )
!= PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
{
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions( this, new String[]
{ android.Manifest.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS },requestcode );
}
else
{
String possibleEmail = getEmailId(getApplicationContext());
ShowMessage(possibleEmail);
}
}
}