Help with EmailComposer

b1p

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Feb 21, 2011, 2:57:39 PM2/21/11

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I read all the posts but can't make it work. Pretty sure I'm missing
something very basic.

What I've done:
1. Added the .m & .h files like so:

2. Added MessageUI.framework to the project like so:

3. This is my code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="json2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="phonegap.js"></
script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="EmailComposer.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery-1.5.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.mobile-1.0a3.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jsStuff.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

// Wait for PhoneGap to load
//
function onLoad() {
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady,
false);
}

// PhoneGap is ready
//
function onDeviceReady() {
// Empty
}

// alert dialog dismissed
function alertDismissed() {
// do something
}

// Show a custom alert
//
function doEmail() {

window.plugins.emailComposer.showEmailComposer("Subject","PlainTextBody",
"recipient,recipient", "ccRecipient", "bccRecipient",false);
}
</script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />

And then:

<body onload="onLoad()">

<a href="#" onclick="doEmail(); return false;">Send email</a>

When I click the link nothing happens.
Can anyone shed some light on this?

Jesse MacFadyen

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Feb 21, 2011, 3:32:51 PM2/21/11

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Did you put EmailComposer.js in the www folder on the filesystem?

The rest looks good.

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b1p

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Feb 21, 2011, 3:37:23 PM2/21/11

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Yep, I did.

Maybe I'm missing something in xCode? I'm not sure I understand the
idea behind "adding existing files" for the .m & .h....

On Feb 21, 10:32 pm, Jesse MacFadyen <jesse.macfad...@nitobi.com>
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ScottP

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Feb 21, 2011, 4:17:29 PM2/21/11

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If you throw an alert into doEmail() does it fire? Is the function
being called at all?
I see you have the json2.js in the includes but I had to physically
download and copy it to my www folder. Did you do that? (Especially if
you are running on iOS 3.x.)
Other than that - I agree, everything else looks ok.

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Jesse MacFadyen

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Feb 21, 2011, 4:49:39 PM2/21/11

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Any native code source files ( .m / .h ) need to be added to the project in XCode so the build process can link against them.

Any files that reside inside the www folder are automatically packaged with the app, and should NOT be added to the XCode project, because XCode will consider them resources and move them to the root of your app.

After you have verified that your function is being called, via Scott's method, you can see if native code is being called by opening EmailComposer.m in XCode and putting a break-point inside the showEmailComposer method. Then Build+Debug and see if you hit the breakpoint.

Hope this helps.

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b1p

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Feb 23, 2011, 3:55:36 PM2/23/11

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Thanks guys! It was indeed related to the .m & .h files.

The documentation is not very clear about these.

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kenny

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Apr 24, 2011, 7:03:20 AM4/24/11

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Hi all this might me a daft question but what do you mean when you say
try adding the message ui framework.

I cant seem to get the email plugin to work :(

any help would be much greatful

kenny

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Apr 24, 2011, 7:07:31 AM4/24/11

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never mind I found it, yay that really was easy to install, even for a
novice like me.

thank you

WellAppy

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Sep 11, 2013, 9:41:12 AM9/11/13

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I have an almost identical setup with the same error - nothing happens!

I have a console.log in the doEmail function, which is firing ok, and I know the .m and .h files are loading because it came up with an error about DLog so I changed it to NSlog instead and the error went away.

Any ideas what I could do?

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