Alternative Menus in Android's Native Email Application

[Tasneem]

Hi,

I am a Newbie in android and i wanted to add a menu option in native email app in android . I have used intent filters but i am not successful in achieving it.

Actuaaly i want to a menu option to the native mail application in Android.. so that my activity / app can be launced on clicking that option. This feature has been successfully achieved in Blackberry and even in android for gallery application.

On android i have achieved it by using intent filters.

<activity android:name=".DisplayAlternativeMenu"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
<intent-filter android:label="My Activity">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE"/>
<data android:mimeType="image/*" />
</intent-filter>
/activity>

This basically display an menu item"My Activity" when u press share in Gallery. and clicking on that launches my activity

But unfortunately it didn't work for Email Application.

Looks like the pair of action & mimetype i am specifying is not correct.

Can you please tell me which action & which mimetype should be used. Also if there are any permission required,what are they?


My aim is to add an alternative menu while pressing menu in Compose Email(When a mail is composed) of the native email application

Thanks
Tasneem