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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React Native - can we share an image and text into whatsapp?

I've spent an hours to find a way to send/share an image (and text if possible) into whatsapp app using react native, I've read this question (in android) and this question (using linking) on android, it is possible to send image and text to…
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How to keep uppercase when passing parameters from url into whatsapp api web?

I have a problem here. Here is my sample code: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=[International Ph. Number]&text=GoodMorning! Copy the following codes and insert into any browser and change the [International Ph. Number] to any international phone…
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How can I open WhatsApp from iPhone (swift) app?

I am using webview for my Swift app and I have "Share on WhatsApp" button on my website which works fine on a browser. But on iPhone app, when I click on the button, nothing happens. How to open WhatsApp from my app? I am using Xcode 8 and iOS 10.
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How WhatsApp works?

I am currently learning about web programming. I started to learn more about internet protocols and other internet applications. I just wanna understand how WhatsApp works? It's using XMPP and just a code to communicate with the server. But what's…
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Google now handles whatsapp messaging

I see there are many threads on How to send whatsApp message without opening WhatsApp? All the answers lead to either of these two options: Open whatsApp -> select contact. Message set in intent would be sent to that contact. Open whatsApp with…
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Get WhatsApp messages

Is it possible to create a listener to get a message from whatsApp in android? I mean like you have a broadcastReceiver to listen to incoming SMS in android... Is any API is needed for that thing, or is it legal thing to do or I need to get any…
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WhatsApp cannot detect local backup file

I did a backup for my messages then uninstalled WhatsApp. The next day, I reinstalled it for a quick thing and it restored locally without problems then I uninstalled it again. 2 weeks later, when I tried to install WhatsApp, it never detected my…
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When Samsung “Dual Messenger” is enabled, how to launch the second messenger programmatically?

Dual Messenger is a feature on Samsung Android phones [Screenshot from Samsung A70 (Android 9] For example I can launch the first copy of WhatsApp using intent by calling package name "com.whatsapp". Intent waIntent = new…
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How to download an image with Python 3/Selenium if the URL begins with "blob:"?

When using web.whatsapp.de one can see that the link to a recieved image may look like this: blob:https://web.whatsapp.com/3565e574-b363-4aca-85cd-2d84aa715c39 If the link is copied in to an address window it will open up the image, however - if…
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How to get whatsapp profile picture using contact number

is there any whatsapp api/url to get whatsapp profile picture of any user using contact number like facebook provide open url for get user profile picture using facebook id.
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Android share image Intent: WhatsApp - The file format is not supported

I've problems with sharing images from my App to WhatsApp. int imageId = getResources().getIdentifier("image_name", "drawable", getPackageName()); Uri imageUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.companyname.packagename/drawable/"+…
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WhatsApp deep link to a specific mobile number

So, a friend of mine told me they have been using Facebook ads to post a deep link to send a whatsapp message and ask for the information about the ad via whatsapp. Bad news: this friend is not very tech savvy so that's all he knows. Now, the…
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PhoneGap and WhatsApp

I hope you'll can help me to find an issue to my problem. I'm developping an application who should use WhatsApp. This application is using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. I am using this link to send an message with WhatsApp :
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How to add "Share on whatsapp" button on mobile website for iOS

Adding whatsapp share button on website, for iOS8. I am using the following:
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Why chrome developer tool does not show WhatsApp web app requests?

Today, i uses new WhatsApp web app and tried to learn about what libraries they used and how they communicate with the server. I opened Chrome developer tool and then tried some actions in UI. But no requests is displayed in Chrome developer tool.…
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