How to open Whatsapp with a specific phone number from a Xamarin Forms iOS app?

Asked Dec 02 '18 at 10:26

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I need to know how can I open WhatsApp from my app to a specific number. For Android, the following is working fine but I don't know if it works with iOS. Here is my code for Android:

try
{
    Device.OpenUri(new Uri("whatsapp://send?phone=+678115361041"));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    await DisplayAlert("Not Installed", "Whatsapp Not Installed", "ok");
    await DisplayAlert("", ex.Message, "ok");
}

edited Dec 02 '18 at 13:35

Happypig375

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asked Dec 02 '18 at 10:26

waqas waqas

Tried this? https://stackoverflow.com/a/45765458/613087 – Depechie Dec 02 '18 at 20:57
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Use `UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(new Uri("https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=phoneNum"));`, there are several duplicate iusses in stack overflow. – nevermore Dec 03 '18 at 05:25
UIApplication what is reference for that? – waqas waqas Dec 03 '18 at 06:56
@waqaswaqas `UIKit` is reference for `UIApplication` in `Xamarin.iOS` project. – nevermore Dec 04 '18 at 08:30

How to open Whatsapp with a specific phone number from a Xamarin Forms iOS app?

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