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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Android gallery pick like Whatsapp

This question has been asked before but I'm afraid answers might be outdated. How can I use the native gallery app (say API 14 on) to achieve multiple image selection like WhatsApp?
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Chat Application using UITableView Vs UIcollectionView (iOS)?

I am going to develop a chat application. but my concern is if i should go for UITableView or UICollectionView for that bubble chat view like in whatsapp. Given below is screenshot of WhatsApp Chat. If anyone Know what WhatsApp used for this…
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sharing image with whatsapp in android

I have image in assets folder and need to share it with whatsapp application I tried this code , it keeps give me sharing failed try again ! what's wrong ?! Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); share.setType("image/*"); …
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Android how to get contact list which used whats app application programmatically

i have working with small android application in this application i am try to get contact which used whats app application and also alert for my selected whats app contact from my application when contact updates his/her profile picture and status.
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Is there any API, or method to get whatsapp Chat messages inside your app

Is there any API provided by whatsapp, that lets other apps to extract chat messages from official whatsapp app, just like google/facebook does. Is there any method which can export the chat messages of users. I read about some methods which…
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Triggering a WhatsApp intent by clicking a browser link

I'm using Chrome to trigger intents by clicking on links in the browser: Take a QR code Works great with the barcode scanner.…
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whatsapp sniffing ssl traffic with wireshark

I've been reading a lot of things about sniffing whatsapp traffic and I already know is over ssl. But I need to know if is there any way to decrypt this ssl traffic once I dont know what is the private key that whatsapp is using for encrypting. So…
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Send message from webserver to mobile chat app (like WhatsApp, Viber or Kik) on my smartphone?

I would like to send notifications from my webserver to my smartphone, preferably through one of the popular mobile chat apps like WhatsApp, Viber or Kik. Is there any known documentation or API or something, that describes how to send a message to…
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Find out if app is installed

I think the question says it all: What is the best way to find out if the user has installed Facebook or Whatsapp on his phone? Do I have to go over the package or what is the best way for this?
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Share image and text through whatsapp

I use the following code to share an image and text through WhatsApp. It only shares the image, not the text, however. I have searched all over the Internet, but haven't found a solution. String message = Fname + Mobileno + Homeno + Workmail +…
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Can I use whatsapp in my app for sending message

I want to use whatsapp in my app to send message to other phone. I have seen this public API for whatsapp on Github, here. But I dont find that API for iOS. So is that possible to use whatsapp in iOS app? And is that legal? And where can I find…
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Broadcast Receivers - Whatsapp and similar services

I can't find an answer anywhere. I need to know if there is a broadcast receiver for Whatsapp message just like SMS and Phone calls broadcast receivers. If not, is there a way to perform certain action when messages are received on applications like…
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automatically add/synchronize contacts

I am developing an android chat app and would like to automatically add/synchronize contacts like whatsapp does when the user installs the app, and whenever a new contact is added or deleted. I intend using xmpp or a java library for the app. Thanks
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Whatsapp Cloud API uploading media files error

currently I am trying to make a thin wrapper around Whatsapp Cloud API. One of the problem I am currently facing is that the uploading media files isn't working. Looking through the documentation for uploading files, it seems that it expects a…
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Send a message to multiple recipients in whatsapp business cloud api

Is there a way to send a message to multiple recipients in one post request? The same way I send emails separated with a semicolon.
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