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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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Send message via whatsapp programmatically

I'm trying to send messages via Whatsapp programmatically, the code works except the user needs to click the send button. I need the app to do everything (all user interactions). One way to do to it as follows . Go to Menu Button > Settings >…
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how does whatsapp service gets restarted even if i force stop app?

I am running whatsapp (we could call it appX from now on) in device A. I go to manage applications -> force close so appX gets closed and i no longer see appX as running services. Now, after 5 minutes, I send a message from another device 's appX…
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How to get whatsapp Contacts from Android Programmatically?

I have to try to get WhatsApp contacts from phone and I get a total Count of WhatsApp contact but from RawContacts how to get WhatsApp numbers and names that I don't know. I have tried to find a solution but can't get the exact solution for that.…
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Answering a Whatsapp video call programmatically

Is there a way to auto answer whatsapp video call using AccessibilityService in Android? OR is there a way to stimulate a click on headset's/bluetooth's call answering button? How can i get the id of the answering button?? to perform a click with…
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Why doesn't whatsapp play all gifs?

When I create a gif, which works fine in Chrome, I cannot make it play in WhatsApp. It just shows a static image. To give an example, I am using lua with the lua-gd package to draw gifs. Even the example code given, which gives a nice gif of an…
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Open Whatsapp on a particular number in swift

I am trying to open a particular contact chat in whatsapp but not getting any solution. Please help i am totally stuck. I have tried this: let whatsAppURL: NSURL = NSURL(string: "whatsapp://send?abid=\(primary)&;text=lOL;")! if…
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Share a link from my website to WhatsApp web application

I have a web application and in that, I am trying to share a link to WhatsApp web application and but not in mobile app. I have gone through Sharing link for WhatsApp Web version? but no solution is provided. Is it feasible? What have I tried till…
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How does Whatsapp Authentication work?

I want to develop a mobile app and use a whatsapp like user registration. Now I remember the security problems that were discussed some years ago. Whatsapp used to authenticate users simply by their phone number and IMEI. Now of course this is not…
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How to share pdf and text through whatsapp in android?

I tried with the following code but it is not attaching the pdf file. Intent sendIntent = new Intent(); sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND); sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message); …
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Send a link to whatsapp group directly from browser (or from app)

I want to enable users to share a URL+ text with a WhatsApp group. I want this to work both from iPhones and Androids. However my app is in a browser (it's a website). I'm currently looking into 2 options, but both have issues: 1) The first…
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How to launch whatsapp and facebook messenger window from Flutter to point to a specific contact?

Using url_launcher I can open phone to call a number. var phone = "+123456789"; launch("tel://$phone"); How can I do the same for facebook messenger and whatsapp?
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How to send message on WhatsApp Group using official API

I know about send message to any number using WhatsApp official API using https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone= But is there any way to send message to WhatsApp Group is user is joined that group. I have a form and want this form data to be shared…
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Open whatsapp app from a link in a mobile web site?

Is there any way to open whatsapp application from a website being in a mobile? I know if you use whatsapp:// you can open whatsapp app, but how can I open whatsapp and create a new conversation with a given number? is it possible? thank you!
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I want to get whatsApp profilepicture but only getting name and contactnumber?

I want to get WhatsApp profile picture and number but using contentResolver I will getting only name and number using following snippet code. private void showContactWhatsApp(){ ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver(); Cursor…
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Run multiple android app instances like parallel space

I want to know how parallel space https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lbe.parallel.intl&hl=en is working. It is an app for logging in with another facebook, whatsapp etc account. You can find the detailed description in the play store…
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