share URL on whatsapp - iOS

Asked Nov 29 '15 at 16:34

Active Nov 30 '15 at 06:23

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I want to share iTunes URL of application on whatsapp via app. I am using below code:

NSString * urlWhats = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"whatsapp://send?text=Hi, I am using test app. You can also download it from here %@",strUrl];
    NSURL * whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlWhats stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL];
    } else {
        UIAlertView * alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"WhatsApp not installed." message:@"Your device has WhatsApp installed." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
    }

But, I can't share it as it contains https url. I have tried various solutions which I found on stackoverflow.

Is there any way to do that ?

--Updated: I got the solution by converting the iTunes url to tinyURL. Thanks for the help.

-Thanks in advance.

edited Nov 30 '15 at 06:23

asked Nov 29 '15 at 16:34

Aakil Ladhani

So what does your code produce that you would like to change? – LinusGeffarth Nov 29 '15 at 16:38
It shares nil. But if I remove https url, it will work perfectly. – Aakil Ladhani Nov 29 '15 at 16:40
What's `nil`? Please clarify your issue. – rmaddy Nov 29 '15 at 16:42
I mean it will share nothing if https is there in the string – Aakil Ladhani Nov 29 '15 at 17:07
You are still being far too vague. What actually happens? Is the whatsapp app actually launched or not? Do you see any message? – rmaddy Nov 29 '15 at 17:10
It will launch whatsapp image but am not able to share any text with link text – Aakil Ladhani Nov 29 '15 at 17:20
You must use `stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding` only on the text you want to share, not the full URL. – fluidsonic Nov 29 '15 at 17:30

share URL on whatsapp - iOS

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