Flatten form before e-mailing

I have a PDF form for used as a bid/estimate. I'd like to be able to flatten it after filling out the fields before e-mailing it to a customer. And not just because I don't want them to edit it, but because when they open it on an iPhone or iPad (not sure about other mobile devices), it shows up blank.
Is there a way to do this in Adobe Reader?

I'm just opening it in the default e-mail app. Which I suppose is the "viewer" as you said, which corrupts it? I assume Apple knows this and maybe someday will fix it? I wonder if it works on a mobile device that's not iOS.
It'd still be nice to have an easy way to just flatten it so it's no longer a fillable form. I see I have the option to Export or Create PDF files, but neither work for PDF format.

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