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Android 5.1 Native Email App
Hi all - Im very confused about something and Im hoping someone can help!
Does Android Lollipop have a native email client? My clients and bosses phones that are on Lollipop all have a native email client. However, according to the internet it was replaced with gmail?
Does this email client support media queries?
Hi, I've a problem layout only to Android 5.1
I've try to set mediaquery device, but not show me my style.
Could you help me how set or give me device width&height
Every android client from 5.0 has the new gmail app - which is the native app.
Samsung phones prior to 5.0 had a reskinned/slightly edited version of the native android app which has since been replaced. This is where the requirement for THs instead of TDs for stacking came from.
There are 2 types of gmail accounts, one which supports media queries and one which doesn't. The responsive updates were rolled out for the majority of accounts but the IPOP/iMAP accounts were not.
Have a look at think link for more info:
https://litmus.com/blog/gmail-to-support-responsive-email-design
I could be wrong but I think some Android phones have a native email client added by the manufacturer (ie. Samsung) — but the "default" Mail app by Google/Android that supported media queries was replaced with the Gmail app starting with 5.0 (when we updated our Nexus tablet, it redirected to the Gmail app).
Android Lollipop supports media queries, Gmail does not. Gmail app renders it's own version of "mobile optimization" which enlarges text and squeezes content together. The only way I've found to get around content squeezing is to force a min-width:600px;
Your mobile media guery would then swap to min-width:100%;
You can see this same phenomenon by downloading the gmail app to an iphone.
Gmail launched an update around September 30th, 2016, and since then, media queries are supported. The version launched around that time was 6.9.11.134426830, so if you have this version or any updates since then, you should see responsive emails for Gmail accounts on both 5.1.1 and 6.0. If you use Gmail to view non-gmail account (such as yourname@outlook.com), your emails will not display responsively-this is the screenshot from "Gmail App IMAP(Android)" in Litmus. I'm not quite sure which email app is being used for screenshots from "Android 5.1" and "Android 6.0" - they don't display responsively. In fact, they look like how my emails used to display until adding in the image hack (using multiple non-breaking spaces and wrapping in a div with nowrap white-spacing) to force the "full width" version.
Hi Josh, in Litmus Android 5.1 and 6.0 are the native, vanilla email client for Android. While that's not technically available anymore (since Android 5.1 the default mail app for Android has been Gmail), some vendors use these apps as a starting point to build their own email clients on top of. You can read up a little bit more about it here - https://litmus.com/blog/3-keys-to-understanding-email-rendering-on-android
Can you show me an email that has working media queries in android 5.1? In my testing I was unable to get media queries to work in android 5.1. They ARE working in android 4.4. Not in 5.1. At least with the media queries that I tested.
Can you clarify and confirm please? Thank you for your time.
As well - What is the device that your 'android 5.1' uses for testing? Thank you :)
the only thing I can add to the discussion is that since Android 4.4, all responsive code has to be added on Tables, and not TD's as it used to be. From what I understand this is a known bug but should be irrelevant as of Android 5 since the mail client would be replaced by the Gmail app (thus have no support for responsive code at all)
Minaz, you can build a "future-proof responsive email without media queries", which will give you a responsive rendering on android 5.1, with this tutorial: https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/creating-a-future-proof-responsive-email-without-media-queries--cms-23919
It takes a little time, but... This is the game! ;)
It's not 100% correct to say media queries are supported in Android Lollipop in regards to email. It is completely app-dependent, depending on which email app you use to view the email, ie. currently the Gmail app does not support media queries, but the Outlook app does.