How to forward sms to selected contacts to whatsapp from my Android app?

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Here i am stuck from few days, i am trying to send sms(that predefined set from my app ) with selected contact to whats app, with the help of stackoverflow i found two method to send sms to whatsapp.

1st method: one method is forward sms to whatsapp well, but not with selected contact, contact can be select from whatsapp but i not want that. I want contact also should be select from my app.now

2nd method: second method is opposite to first. This method send selected contact to whatsapp for sms but not with (predefined sms). My problem is that i want both things should be passed to whatsapp from my app sms+Contact.When i try merge both method gives error. Please Help me here is my code for 1st method and 2nd method.

    //1st method: for forward sms to whatsapp
        Intent waIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        waIntent.setType("text/plain");
        String text = "YOUR TEXT HERE";
        waIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
        waIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
        startActivity(waIntent);


    //2nd method: send sms with selected contact but not with predefined sms 
       void openWhatsappContact(String number) {
       Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:" + number);
       Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
       i.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
       startActivity(i);


  //here i am trying to send both SMS and contact from my Android app but not working and get error. 
        Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:" + "065214585756");
        Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
        sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hai Good Morning");
        sendIntent.putExtra("chat",true);
        sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
        sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
        startActivity(sendIntent);

Please any one help me.How i can do it.

@sajidHussain its not possible yet as whatsapp don't provide such facility of sending text from some other app. — jack jay, Feb 06 '17 at 17:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '17 at 11:51

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Untill and unless Whatsapp developers expose API s to send messages programmatically it cant be done. As far as i know only Google Now has a special permission for sending messages in Whatsapp, you can check the same in Google Now (Voice message send) .

Let me know if any issues.

Best Regds

answered Feb 08 '17 at 11:51

RaghavPai

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question is not about sending messages its about **sending messages with a particular contact** read the question first ! – Charuක Feb 08 '17 at 19:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '17 at 08:13

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As far as I know, you can´t do it. There's no publicly exposed API for whatsapp.

answered Feb 10 '17 at 08:13

ldepablo

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 13 '17 at 10:12

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You can't. WhatsApp allows the user to pick only contact or group manually , and you cannot change that in any way. Your both methods are fine.

for more details

https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/android/28000012

answered Feb 13 '17 at 10:12

Ajay Venugopal

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 02 '18 at 18:35

If you want to send a message to the particular number then you can use this code. It works for me.

// number should be with country code but without plus(+) and any space. For example 919876543210
private void send(String number, String message) {
    Intent sendIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN");
    sendIntent.putExtra("jid", number + "@s.whatsapp.net");
    sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
    sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
    sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
    startActivity(sendIntent);
}

It will directly open whatsapp with the particular then you just need to press Enter or Tap send button.

Enjoy it.

How to forward sms to selected contacts to whatsapp from my Android app?

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