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WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform instant messaging application for smartphones. In addition to basic messaging and video calling, WhatsApp Messenger users can send each other images, video and audio media messages.

WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messenger supporting end-to-end encryption. It replaces SMS and works through the existing internet data plan of a device. Aside from supporting text messages, it also supports sharing (GIF) images, videos and audio messages.

WhatsApp is available for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone devices. It can additionally be accessed via the internet browser of desktops.

For more information, visit WhatsApp.com or read the Wikipedia entry on WhatsApp.

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Point to point messaging in scalabale application?

After googling how message is sent/received in chat messenger like whatsapp, i came across they use queues based messaging system. I am just trying to figure out what can be high level design of this feature HLD per mine understanding :- Say Friend…
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How to send emoji in intent to whatsapp?

I know that we can send plain text to whatsapp through an intent like : Intent sendIntent = new Intent(); sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND); sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"Text to be sent on whatsapp"); …
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Android Whatsapp Call Start Broadcast Receiver

I am working on an application that needs to get some sort of notification/ Receiver when the WhatsApp call is being started (Both on the Caller and Receiver end) or ended. Is it possible to get Incoming/Outgoing WhatsApp call information within my…
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How can I access whatsapp messages from an Android app?

I need to know if there is a smart way to access whatsapp messages, in order to read them and check for some text. I've already done this for Android messages. Could you help me? Thanks.
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How to stop whatsapp from interpreting string as hyperlink

In my android app, I have a feature to share some information. I use an intent (plain text) to share the information in whatever way the user chooses (Whatsapp, E-mail etc). Now, the string I have contains a phrase like "foo.me". If this is shared…
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WhatsApp web RegExp issue in Google Chrome

I'm facing RegExp issue with WhatsApp web in Chrome. WhatsApp web is working fine in Firefox but in chrome it gives following error Uncaught TypeError: RegExp.prototype.sticky getter called on non-RegExp object Is there any fix for that? I'm using…
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How to add my apps connection in Phonebook/Contacts as Whatsapp and Viber does?

I want my Android apps connection to be added in contact. I will check whether the user is using my app or not, based o the result I need to add connection in the existing contacts. I have taken many reference but it adds a new contact with…
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How do I gracefully interrupt loading of a certain URL in Cordova's InAppBrowser and open it in the system browser?

I am using Cordova's inappbrowser plugin to display web parts in my app. On the website, there are sharing links, e.g. for WhatsApp: Share on WhatsApp Now when clicking these links in inappbrowser,…
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Whatsapp API php code request

Following is my code to CodeRequest. $username = "91xxxxxxxxxx"; $identity = strtolower(urlencode(sha1($username, true))); $w = new WhatsProt($username, $identity, "test", true); $r = $w->codeRequest(); print_r($r); It gives the response…
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WhatsApp API in rails

I want to use the whatsapp API in my rails app. Is there any recommended guide or gem to implement WhatsApp APIs in ruby on rails? Thanks.
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add caption to image on new whatsapp ver 2.11.399 (android)

Friends, On android "whatsapp messenger" version 2.11.399 (Sep 30, 2014) it is possible to add a caption (textual decription) to a shared image. I share image via intent as follows: Intent share = new…
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Send link to Whatsapp via Android Intent

I'm trying to send a text message with a link from my android app to chat applications like Whatsapp or SMS message. These apps don't accept text/html type as an Intent type and when I'm using text/plain type my message is being sent with the…
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Is it possible to detect whether whatsapp is installed?

On an iPhone device, on an HTML page you can always compose an sms (via an sms:1234567890 URL), and if WhatsApp is installed, you can compose a WhatsApp message (via the WhatsApp protocol). Is it possible to detect such features on an HTML page?
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How to get contacts which are used in whatsapp or other application in android

Hi i want to get contact which are used by other application (like whatsapp or viber ) please see in below image please help me about this issue thanks
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How to read whatsapp contact list

I'm trying to make a text-view which on click shows the contact or when we type any letter its shows suggestions of contact. I'm able to read contact from contact book,now i want a text-view which shows only WHATS-APP contact to select. please help…
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