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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Sharing image to Whatsapp & Facebook

I'm already able to share photos to Whatsapp but the way I do this is by providing Whatsapp option in a UIActivityViewController and then showing a UIDocumentInteractionController. From this UIDocumentInteractionController, I choose the Whatsapp…
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Whatsapp link on products?

For the iPhone Apps, is it possible to have a Whatsapp link on products? Once link it would send a message to my mobile number through whatsapp. Please advice.
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reading whatsapp messages

I want to create an android app which reads inbox as well as whatsapp messages. I want to make a backup kind of thing. Though there is option for doing so in whatsapp. But I want to read the messages and then back them up from my app. I got to know…
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WhatsApp Ruby gem

I was just wondering if there is a ruby gem for Whatsapp similar to what is available in PHP. I searched on Google, but could not find one.
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How to get permanent token for using whatsapp cloud api?

The access token provided by Whatsapp cloud API expires in 24 hours. Is there a way to get a permanent access token? There is an official link for getting a permanent token on the whatsapp website : Learn how to create a permanent token but it is…
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How can I show days by group like Whatsapp chat screen?

How can I excatly do a similar Date system like the one in the Whatsapp chat screen? As you can see the messages are in a group by date, I mean they are separated by date. Here is a ScreenShot that i found for better explanation: I do this in a…
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Send WhatsApp Stickers programmatically

I'm working on an app in Android that needs to open a WhatsApp conversation with a previously chosen sticker. Maybe is there a way to do it like when a picture is sent, like this: Intent sendIntent = new…
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Slide Show images/Video like Whatsapp status in Android?

I want to implement slide show like whatsapp status/Airbnb Image/Videos. Auto Progressing with Timer By Tapping indicators, switch to particular image While scrolling images, timer/slideshow should pause Is there any specific library made…
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Unable to get the image path from whatsapp share URI

Uri = content://com.whatsapp.provider.media/item/118727 I'm not able to get the actual path from this URI
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Send WhatsApp message programmatically in background without opening WhatsApp application

I have found a lot of threads for the similar question but nowhere I have found what I was looking for. Given a contact number and text message, I want to send WhatsApp message to that contact programmatically without opening the app or choosing…
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How whatsapp get updated contacts from addressbook faster in iOS?

My findings I am designing a logic to sync contact with my Backend. I gone through some apps that doing same thing in IOS. I will take the example of WhatsApp, I found that When I update any contact in Native Addressbook, it reflect that change into…
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UIActivityViewController - plugin net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.ShareExtension invalidated

I'm using UIActivityViewController and after sending an image via Whatsapp, I'm getting this message in the console - plugin net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.ShareExtension invalidated Why is this message showing in log? jaba edited - I am using iOS 9.2,…
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UIActivityViewController image share not working for Whatsapp

When I am sharing an image data to Whatsapp app using UIActivityViewController I am getting an alert saying: This item cannot be shared. Please select a different item. I am able to share the image data to all other apps except Whatsapp, does…
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Technology stack used by Web Whatapp [Chrome]

Just curious to know, what technology WhatApp engineering guys are using for https://web.whatsapp.com/ that work specific to Chrome Browser. If you sync your mobile to chrome(mirroring) then what protocol they used to get all chat of mobile on…
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How Does WhatsApp overcome the GCM Push notifications delay?

I am trying to use GCM service, Every thing is OK except of the long delay that GCM push notification or deliver payload... some times it take to my App 5 minutes receive notification or payload. I need Immediate delivering... I know about the roles…
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