A SwiftUI component to make handling of email links better

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EmailLink

A SwiftUI component to make handling of email links better. Not only will EmailLink use the correct default client, it will also prompt the user to select which to use if they have multiple installed.

Platforms

Tested on iOS 16.0 but should work on iOS and iPadOS 13.0 and up.

Setup

  1. Add the package to your Swift Package Dependencies
  2. Whitelist the URL schemes in your Info.plist. Refer to the Schemes section for more information. 

    <key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
    <string>googlegmail://</string>
    <string>ms-outlook://</string>
    <string>readdle-spark://</string>
    <string>ymail://</string>
    <string>airmail://</string>
</array>
  3. Add the component where you want to use it 

    EmailLink("contact@example.com") {
    Text("Contact Us")
}

Parameters

Below are the parameters available on EmailLink.

Parameter Type Required Note
to String Yes Where to send the email
subject String No Subject to populate
body String No Email body to populate
color UIColor No Color for ActionSheet buttons
label View Yes View to show as the EmailLink

Schemes

In order for EmailLink to work, you must include LSApplicationQueriesSchemes along with the associated values in your Info.plist. The most common iOS email clients are supported. If an email client is not listed here, it will default to the built-in iOS mailto: scheme which will use the system default app.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Joe Scotto

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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