JavaMail on Android throwing a file not found exception

Question

So I'm trying to send an email on android using the Javamail android library ( https://code.google.com/p/javamail-android/ ) and everything compiles and runs from the sample code I found with minor tweaks (asynctask, etc). However, no emails would be sent, and after enabling debugging, I'm noticing a few exceptions being thrown, the first of which is that /system/lib/javamail.providers cannot be found. Has anyone dealt with this issue using javamail on android and can weigh in?

EmailActivity.java :

package com.myapplication;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class EmailActivity extends Activity {

/**
 * Called when the activity is first created.
 */
@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    super.onCreate(icicle);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    Button addImage = (Button) findViewById(R.id.send);
    addImage.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View view) {
            Email m = new Email("fromtest@gmail.com", "password");
            String[] toArr = {"totest@gmail.com"};
            m.set_to(toArr);
            m.set_from("fromtest@gmail.com");
            m.set_subject("Subject");
            m.setBody("Email body.");

            try {
                // m.addAttachment("/sdcard/filelocation");
                boolean sent = m.send();
                if (sent) {
                    Toast.makeText(EmailActivity.this, "Email was sent successfully.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(EmailActivity.this, "Email was not sent.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                //Toast.makeText(MailApp.this, "There was a problem sending the email.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                Log.e("MailApp", "Could not send email", e);
            }
        }
    });
}
}

Email.java:

package com.myapplication;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Message;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.activation.CommandMap;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.activation.MailcapCommandMap;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;


public class Email extends javax.mail.Authenticator {
private String _user;
private String _pass;


public String[] get_to() {
    return _to;
}

public void set_to(String[] _to) {
    this._to = _to;
}

public String get_user() {
    return _user;
}

public void set_user(String _user) {
    this._user = _user;
}

public String get_pass() {
    return _pass;
}

public void set_pass(String _pass) {
    this._pass = _pass;
}

public String get_from() {
    return _from;
}

public void set_from(String _from) {
    this._from = _from;
}

public String get_port() {
    return _port;
}

public void set_port(String _port) {
    this._port = _port;
}

public String get_sport() {
    return _sport;
}

public void set_sport(String _sport) {
    this._sport = _sport;
}

public String get_host() {
    return _host;
}

public void set_host(String _host) {
    this._host = _host;
}

public String get_subject() {
    return _subject;
}

public void set_subject(String _subject) {
    this._subject = _subject;
}

public String get_body() {
    return _body;
}

public void set_body(String _body) {
    this._body = _body;
}

public boolean is_auth() {
    return _auth;
}

public void set_auth(boolean _auth) {
    this._auth = _auth;
}

public boolean is_debuggable() {
    return _debuggable;
}

public void set_debuggable(boolean _debuggable) {
    this._debuggable = _debuggable;
}

public Multipart get_multipart() {
    return _multipart;
}

public void set_multipart(Multipart _multipart) {
    this._multipart = _multipart;
}

private String[] _to;
private String _from;

private String _port;
private String _sport;

private String _host;

private String _subject;
private String _body;

private boolean _auth;

private boolean _debuggable;

private Multipart _multipart;


public Email() {
    _host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // default smtp server
    _port = "465"; // default smtp port
    _sport = "465"; // default  socketfactory port

    _user = ""; // username
    _pass = ""; // password
    _from = ""; // email sent from
    _subject = ""; // email subject
    _body = ""; // email body

    _debuggable = true; // debug mode on or off - default off
    _auth = true; // smtp authentication - default on

    _multipart = new MimeMultipart();

    // There is something wrong with MailCap, javamail can not find a handler for the multipart/mixed part, so this bit needs to be added.
    MailcapCommandMap mc = (MailcapCommandMap) CommandMap.getDefaultCommandMap();
    mc.addMailcap("text/html;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.text_html");
    mc.addMailcap("text/xml;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.text_xml");
    mc.addMailcap("text/plain;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.text_plain");
    mc.addMailcap("multipart/*;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.multipart_mixed");
    mc.addMailcap("message/rfc822;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.message_rfc822");
    CommandMap.setDefaultCommandMap(mc);
}

public Email(String user, String pass) {
    this();

    _user = user;
    _pass = pass;
}

public boolean send() throws Exception {
    Properties props = _setProperties();

    if(!_user.equals("") && !_pass.equals("") && _to.length > 0 && !_from.equals("") && !_subject.equals("") && !_body.equals("")) {
        Session session = Session.getInstance(props, this);

        MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);

        msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(_from));

        InternetAddress[] addressTo = new InternetAddress[_to.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < _to.length; i++) {
            addressTo[i] = new InternetAddress(_to[i]);
        }
        msg.setRecipients(MimeMessage.RecipientType.TO, addressTo);

        msg.setSubject(_subject);
        msg.setSentDate(new Date());

        // setup message body
        BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
        messageBodyPart.setText(_body);
        _multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);

        // Put parts in message
        msg.setContent(_multipart);

        // send email
        new LongRunningTask().execute(msg);

        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

//   public void addAttachment(String filename) throws Exception {
//        BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
//        DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);
//        messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
//        messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename);

//        _multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
//  }

@Override
public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
    return new PasswordAuthentication(_user, _pass);
}

private Properties _setProperties() {
    Properties props = new Properties();

    props.put("mail.smtp.host", _host);

    if(_debuggable) {
        props.put("mail.debug", "true");
    }

    if(_auth) {
        props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
    }

    props.put("mail.smtp.port", _port);
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", _sport);
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");

    return props;
}

// the getters and setters
public String getBody() {
    return _body;
}

public void setBody(String _body) {
    this._body = _body;
}


private class LongRunningTask extends AsyncTask <MimeMessage, Void, Void>{
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(MimeMessage... params) {
        MimeMessage msg = params[0];
        try {
            Transport.send(msg);
        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

// more of the getters and setters …..



 }

Here is what the debug is outputting:

com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: JavaMail version 1.4.1
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: not loading file: /system/lib/javamail.providers
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /system/lib/javamail.providers: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: !anyLoaded
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: not loading resource: /META-INF/javamail.providers
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: not loading resource: /META-INF/javamail.default.providers
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: failed to load any providers, using defaults
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: Tables of loaded providers
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: Providers Listed By Class Name: {com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3SSLStore=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,pop3s,com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3SSLStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPSSLStore=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,imaps,com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPSSLStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport=javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtp,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSSLTransport=javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtps,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSSLTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,pop3,com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,imap,com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1]}
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: Providers Listed By Protocol: {pop3=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,pop3,com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], pop3s=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,pop3s,com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3SSLStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], imap=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,imap,com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], smtps=javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtps,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSSLTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], imaps=javax.mail.Provider[STORE,imaps,com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPSSLStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1], smtp=javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtp,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1]}
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: not loading resource: /META-INF/javamail.default.address.map
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: !anyLoaded
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: not loading resource: /META-INF/javamail.address.map
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: not loading file: /system/lib/javamail.address.map
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /system/lib/javamail.address.map: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: failed to load address map, using defaults
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG: getProvider() returning javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtp,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc.,1.4.1]
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth true
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth true
com.myapplication I/System.out﹕ DEBUG SMTP: trying to connect to host "smtp.gmail.com", port 465, isSSL false
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com, port: 465;
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ nested exception is:
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ java.net.ConnectException: failed to connect to smtp.gmail.com/74.125.196.108 (port 465): connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1391)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:412)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:310)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:169)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:118)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:188)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:118)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.myapplication.Email$LongRunningTask.doInBackground(Email.java:265)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.myapplication.Email$LongRunningTask.doInBackground(Email.java:260)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:288)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: failed to connect to smtp.gmail.com/74.125.196.108 (port 465): connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:114)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:192)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:460)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:833)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:786)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:233)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:163)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1359)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ ... 14 more
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: connect failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.Posix.connect(Native Method)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.connect(BlockGuardOs.java:85)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.IoBridge.connectErrno(IoBridge.java:127)
com.myapplication w/System.err﹕ at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:112)

Answer 1

1.Add this permission to your android manifest

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>

2.Check your port

3.You cannot do network operation from any UI activity in android, use AsyncTask to avoid network on main thread exception.

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