Sending PDF through WhatsApp in Android

Question

My intention is to send a PDF file via whatsapp through my application.What happening now is its not opening whatsapp appliation.Below is my code:

                Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(pdfFile);
                Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                //share.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                share.setType("application/pdf");
                share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
                share.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
                startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share,""));

weird, your code worked fine on my vm, are you sure you have whatsApp installed on your testing device ? — Benkerroum Mohamed, Jun 18 '18 at 11:17

Nakul · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-19T04:45:32.703

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As per my understanding you don't need to create chooser, and I hope you want to directly share to WhatsApp.

Whatsapp Documentation :
If you prefer to share directly to WhatsApp and bypass the system picker, you can do so by using setPackage in your intent.

WhatsApp Documentation

 Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(pdfFile);
 Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
 share.setType("application/pdf");
 share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
 share.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
 startActivity(share);

Edit

For target Sdk 24 or above you need to use FileProvider class to be able to use specific file. follow directions which are listed here.

edited Jun 19 '18 at 04:45

answered Jun 18 '18 at 11:50

Nakul

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This logic was my first try. Unfortunately this too dosen't works. – Siva Jun 18 '18 at 11:56
Ahhh... Damn it... Can you provide your respective log entries ? Just a suggestion to include try-catch and print all exceptions ... – Nakul Jun 18 '18 at 12:04
What is your targetSdkVersion ? Is it 24 or higher ? – Nakul Jun 18 '18 at 12:11
Targetversion was 26 – Siva Jun 18 '18 at 12:12
check this link answer, You need to handle this https://stackoverflow.com/a/47203508/2930834 – Nakul Jun 18 '18 at 12:13
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This trick done my job. Please post this as answer. i will accept. Thanks – Siva Jun 18 '18 at 13:14
Updated answer. – Nakul Jun 19 '18 at 04:45

Sending PDF through WhatsApp in Android

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