I will check if g-mail has implemented support for 'mailto' url. But in some cases you do not have any e-mail app installed and this can cause some confusion for the user. I am adding ubuntu-ux team on this bug, to help us to find a good solution.
** Also affects: address-book-app Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-ux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to address-book-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470309 Title: The e-mail icon is no response after tap on it Status in Address Book App: New Status in Ubuntu UX bugs: New Status in The Webapps-core project: Triaged Status in Webapps Team Task Tracking Project: Triaged Status in address-book-app package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: $ system-image-cli -i current build number: 41 device name: arale channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/meizu.en last update: 2015-06-30 06:35:30 version version: 41 version ubuntu: 20150630 version device: 20150608-6e66f3c version custom: 20150602-731-5-32 Reproduce Steps: Reproduce steps: Prerequistes: There should be a contact in the contacts app,and it's need contains e-mail address 1,Enter the contacts app 2,Tap on the contact to enter the detail of contact 3,Tap on the e-mail icon Expect Result : It's can be open the gmail application Actual Result : The button is no response after tap on it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/address-book-app/+bug/1470309/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp