Using MFMailController in UITabbar controller - iphone

Question

I am using UITabbarcontroller in one of the viewcontroller, In one tabbar i need to have only Mail controller, when i am doing so , then that is entering into infinite loop, how would i overcome it, The Code related to
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
MFMailComposeViewController *mailViewController = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
mailViewController.mailComposeDelegate = self;
if ([MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail]) {
[mailViewController setToRecipients:[NSArray arrayWithObject:#"k.sourish.k#gmail.com"]];
[mailViewController setSubject:#"Subject Goes Here."];
[mailViewController setMessageBody:#"Your message goes here." isHTML:NO];
[self presentModalViewController:mailViewController animated:YES];
}
else {
NSLog(#"Device is unable to send email in its current state.");
UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"Error" message:#" Please Configure Your Mail Account" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
}
[mailViewController release];
}
- (void)mailComposeController:(MFMailComposeViewController*)controller didFinishWithResult:(MFMailComposeResult)result error:(NSError*)error { NSString *message = #"";
// Notifies users about errors associated with the interface
switch (result) {
case MFMailComposeResultCancelled:
message = #"Mail: canceled";
break;
case MFMailComposeResultSaved:
message = #"Mail: saved";
break;
case MFMailComposeResultSent:
message = #"Mail: sent";
break;
case MFMailComposeResultFailed:
message = #"Mail: failed";
break;
default:
message = #"Mail: not sent";
break;
}
UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"Alert" message:message delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
[controller dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

Answer 1

This is how I would do it
Drag and drop a UITabBarButton object on your UITabBar and call it "Email". Now create this IBAction
-(IBAction)composeMyEmail
{
MFMailComposeViewController *mailViewController = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
mailViewController.mailComposeDelegate = self;
if ([MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail]) {
[mailViewController setToRecipients:[NSArray arrayWithObject:#"k.sourish.k#gmail.com"]];
[mailViewController setSubject:#"Subject Goes Here."];
[mailViewController setMessageBody:#"Your message goes here." isHTML:NO];
[self presentModalViewController:mailViewController animated:YES];
}
else {
NSLog(#"Device is unable to send email in its current state.");
UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"Error" message:#" Please Configure Your Mail Account" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
}
[mailViewController release];
}
Connect your IBAction to your "Email" button.
Remove all the code you have under viewWillAppear
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
}