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1. 

   Herman Jakobi
   Member

   Many apps uses a "Challenge" button..when pressed..they compose a e-mail with images

   i.e Doodle Jump does this

   A nice way to promote the app.

   Anyone have an idea how to send a e-mail with images in the body of the mail?

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Herman Jakobi
   Member

   Just looked thru a Challenge e-mail...they just included the images via links to external url's
   where the images are located

   so now I need to know who to compose that e-mail..anyone already did this?

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Paul
   Member

   Take a look at MFMailComposeViewController.

   Example:
   

   MFMailComposeViewController *mailController = [[[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
   [mailController setMessageBody:@"Your e-mail contents" isHTML:no]; // HTML is also possible
   mailController.mailComposeDelegate = self;
   [self presentModalViewController:mailController animated:yes];

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   cybergreg
   Member

   I took a different approach to my (non-cocos2d) game. I have several in-app email options, I'll post the code but basically what I did was to add a folder with the items (images, pdf's, etc) that I wanted to email (named HTML). This way if the user pulls up the email, even in airplane mode (yeah I know, but hey users are stupid... ;-]). So it all boils down to using the right mime type for your attachment. Anyhow... here's some code which is by no means complete - just give you an idea:

   #pragma mark -
   #pragma mark Compose Mail
   // Displays an email composition interface inside the application. Populates all the Mail fields.
   -(void)displayComposerSheet {
   	MFMailComposeViewController *picker = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
   	picker.mailComposeDelegate = self;
   
   	switch (emailType) {
   		case 0: {
   			[picker setSubject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Game Support"]];
   			// Set up recipients
   			NSArray *toRecipients = [NSArray arrayWithObject:@"email@gmail.com"];
   			[picker setToRecipients:toRecipients];
   			NSString *emailBody = @"> Please provide as much detail as you can <  \n\n\n\n";
   			[picker setMessageBody:emailBody isHTML:NO];
   		}
   			break;
   		case 1: {
   			[picker setSubject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"... is a great game!"]];
   			NSString *emailBody = @"Check out this awesome iPhone game, it's called ....\n\nhttp://website.com/link.html";
   			[picker setMessageBody:emailBody isHTML:NO];
   		}
   			break;
   		case 2: { //quickstart
   			[picker setSubject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Quick Start"]];
   			NSString *emailBody = @"Attached is the Quick Start PDF.\n\nhttp://website.com";
   			[picker setMessageBody:emailBody isHTML:NO];
   			// Attach a text to the email
   			NSString *pdfFilePath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"HTML/QuickStart.pdf"];
   			NSData *myTXT = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:pdfFilePath];
   			[picker addAttachmentData:myTXT mimeType:@"text/plain" fileName:@"QuickStart.pdf"];
   		}
   			break;
   		case 3: { //usersguide
   			[picker setSubject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Users Guide"]];
   			NSString *emailBody = @"Attached is the Users Guide PDF.\n\nhttp://website.com";
   			[picker setMessageBody:emailBody isHTML:NO];
   			// Attach a text to the email
   			NSString *pdfFilePath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"HTML/UsersGuide.pdf"];
   			NSData *myTXT = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:pdfFilePath];
   			[picker addAttachmentData:myTXT mimeType:@"text/plain" fileName:@"UsersGuide.pdf"];
   		}
   			break;
   		case 4: { //iBook
   			[picker setSubject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"iBook: Users Guide"]];
   			NSString *emailBody = @"Attached is the Users Guide iBook. Save the attachment, then unzip the file and finally drag the \"Users Guide v2.0 - MeachWare.epub\" file into iTunes and sync your iPad.\n\nhttp://website.com";
   			[picker setMessageBody:emailBody isHTML:NO];
   			// Attach a text to the email
   			NSString *pdfFilePath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"HTML/Guide.epub.zip"];
   			NSData *myTXT = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:pdfFilePath];
   			[picker addAttachmentData:myTXT mimeType:@"application/zip" fileName:@"Guide.epub.zip"];
   		}
   			break;
   		default:
   			break;
   	}
   
   #ifdef LITE_VERSION
   	// Attach an image to the email
   	NSString *iconpath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"HTML/EmailIconLite.png"];
       NSData *icondata = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:iconpath];
   	[picker addAttachmentData:icondata mimeType:@"image/png" fileName:@"AppIcon"];
   #else
   	// Attach an image to the email
   	NSString *iconpath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"HTML/EmailIconFull.png"];
       NSData *icondata = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:iconpath];
   	[picker addAttachmentData:icondata mimeType:@"image/png" fileName:@"AppIcon"];
   #endif
   
   	[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
       [picker release];
   }

   Edit: Oh and I found you need to use a folder so that your .png files don't get compressed, otherwise when you email to a non-iDevice they won't display.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Herman Jakobi
   Member

   @cybergreg Thanks a lot

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Herman Jakobi
   Member

   Ha! I have found what I have looking for.

   It's in the MailComposer sample project from Apple

   http://bit.ly/bGebX9

   Posted 1 year ago #

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