Questions tagged [whatsapp]

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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How to make my Android app appear in the app chooser when emailing a WhatsApp chat?

I am interested in making my app appear in the apps list shown when I use the "email conversation" feature in WhatsApp. When logging my phone while using the "email conversation" WhatsApp feature I can see a SEND_MULTIPLE intent being received by…
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Cordova Share via WhatsApp from a click inside WebView

I've my app built with Cordova (5.5.1) and I'm trying to share Url's via WhatsApp. I'm using the following protocol: whatsapp://send?text= test If I open my website on a mobile browser it's working. On iOS it's working as well. I've tried to add…
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send whatsapp message to specfic contact

In the past you could use Google Now to send SMSes, Hangouts and emails. However, a recent update will allow you to use the service to send messages through WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, Telegram and NextPlus. The process looks like this: Say "Ok,…
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Open whatsapp on iOS with new phone number pre-filled

I know there is scheme to communicate with whatsapp like: NSURL *whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"whatsapp://send?text=Hello%2C%20World!"]; if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) { [[UIApplication sharedApplication]…
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WhatsApp share button on website. Easy way to detect if WhatsApp exists?

I'm adding WhatsApp share button on my website and I would like to hide this button when WhatsApp functionality does not exists (is not supported) on user device. Is there an easy way? Or any way? I found http://whatsapp-sharing.com, but it has some…
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Send message to user in WhatsApp from my app (Android)

I've gone through plenty of WhatsApp posts here in StackOverflow. Like these: Is it legal to use WhatsAPI? Android Whatsapp/Chat Examples Sending message through WhatsApp My question is this. I manage to send a message from my app to WhatsApp for…
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Whatsapp data storage - all data stored locally on phone?

Its possible to receive a huge number of images/text if you are part of Whatsapp groups. Are these stored locally on my phone ? I'm able to continuously "Load earlier messages" even when the phone isnt connected to internet so these must be…
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Sending message to WhatsApp using java

Since I found some older posts, that tell that whatsapp doesn't support this, I was wondering if something had changed and if there is a way to open a whatsapp 'chat' with a number that I'm sending. so which api will be useful to me??
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How can I open WhatsApp's conversation activity using contact data?

I want open what's app conversation activity cmp=com.whatsapp/.Conversation from my app. How can I do this? I have contact phone number, contact id, contact raw id and also have what's app uri for a particular contact. private void…
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Android Phone Number Verification

I need a way to verify that the mobile number set in my Android application is correct as in "ownership" - not data validation of mobile number. E.g. the way WhatsApp is doing it... I know how this can be done by SMS verification using codes and…
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Open WhatsApp Desktop with VB6

Well, hello, i've a doubt. The question is how i can open whatsapp desktop from a button in VB6 in a specific number with a message. For example in C# i can do that with the property Process: var process =…
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Facebook APP - There is no WhatsApp when adding product to my APP

I'm trying to create a Facebook APP to use the WhatsApp Business Cloud API. Following this guide: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/get-started It says: "From the App Dashboard, click on the app you would like to connect to…
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I can't configure a webhook URI for "Whatsapp Cloud API"

I created an app and configure whatsapp but in configuring webhook I have issues The error URL can't be saved. The URL is ok, the endpoint was tested wih postman with no issues. Server Code I use Asp.Net Core - WebApi project and create a…
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Whatsapp API (#132000) Number of parameters does not match the expected number of params

I created below template in Whatsapp API. And I want to set the parameter value in the API call. What is the correct payload ? I have been following the Meta docs and trying but everytime I get error. Please Help. Template: You order # {{1}} is…
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Whatsapp Manager option is not showing in facebook business manager. I am Working on whatsapp business api integration

I am working on whatsapp business api integration. I need certificate to do registration. I Followed the steps mentioned in the documents, added whatsapp account in facebook business manager but "Whatsapp manager" option is not showing. It is…