iOS 14 - How to open Default Mail App programmatically?

Question

With iOS14 users can set different email client apps as their default.

Is there a way to open the selected default mail app programmatically?

Using mailto: URLs, after setting the default mail app to Gmail, don't do anything.

Theisen

Answer 1

Apparently you have to add mailto to the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes to make it work.

Theisen

the issue with this solution is that it will open the compose new mail in the clients.. do you know another way that open just the default without any action @peter-lendvay – Tuba

Answer 2

Add following to info.plist

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
    <string>https</string>
    <string>http</string>
    <string>mailto</string>
</array>

Castellano

http and https do not need to be in that list – Sirrah

I didn't know how to edit the info.plist file directly, so here is how it looks like in Xcode 14 in Info -> Custom iOS Target Properties. – Achromatism

Answer 3

I just saw this in the doc url_launcher package, that's why it didn't work for me:

URL schemes are only supported if there are apps installed on the device that can support them. For example, iOS simulators don't have a default email or phone apps installed, so can't open tel: or mailto: links.

Ernestinaernestine