iPhone Programming: In-App Email - How to attach files
A tutorial teaching you how to attach .png and .jpeg images to your in-app emails.
Main code used:
-(IBAction) openEmail:(id)sender
{
//Open MFMail and set preferences
MFMailComposeViewController *mailComposer = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
[mailComposer setMailComposeDelegate:self];
if ([MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail]) {
[mailComposer setToRecipients:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"[email protected]", nil]];
[mailComposer setSubject:@"Awesome Image"];
[mailComposer setMessageBody:@"Hey,\n\nCheck out this awesome image!\n\n" isHTML:NO];
[mailComposer setModalTransitionStyle:UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve];
if ([sender tag] == 0) {
UIImage *lion = [UIImage imageNamed:@"01-Mac-OS-X-Lion.jpg"];
NSData *lionData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(lion, 1);
[mailComposer addAttachmentData:lionData mimeType:@"image/jpeg" fileName:@"01-Mac-OS-X-Lion.jpg"];
} else if ([sender tag] == 1) {
UIImage *xcode = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Xcode_icon.png"];
NSData *xcodeData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(xcode);
[mailComposer addAttachmentData:xcodeData mimeType:@"image/png" fileName:@"Xcode_icon.png"];
}
[self presentModalViewController:mailComposer animated:YES];
[mailComposer release];
} else {
[mailComposer release];
}
}
//Dismiss MFMail
(void)mailComposeController:(MFMailComposeViewController*)controller didFinishWithResult:(MFMailComposeResult)result error:(NSError*)error {
if (error) {
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error" message:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Error %@", [error description]] delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
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