Sending message through WhatsApp

Question

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\' wit

Answer 1

Use direct URL of whatsapp

String url = "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone="+number;
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(i);

Answer 2

UPDATE Please refer to https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000030/?category=5245251

WhatsApp's Click to Chat feature allows you to begin a chat with someone without having their phone number saved in your phone's address book. As long as you know this person’s phone number, you can create a link that will allow you to start a chat with them.

Use: https://wa.me/15551234567

Don't use: https://wa.me/+001-(555)1234567

Example: https://wa.me/15551234567?text=I'm%20interested%20in%20your%20car%20for%20sale

Original answer Here is the solution

public void onClickWhatsApp(View view) {

    PackageManager pm=getPackageManager();
    try {

        Intent waIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        waIntent.setType("text/plain");
        String text = "YOUR TEXT HERE";

        PackageInfo info=pm.getPackageInfo("com.whatsapp", PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
        //Check if package exists or not. If not then code 
        //in catch block will be called
        waIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");

        waIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(waIntent, "Share with"));

   } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "WhatsApp not Installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                .show();
   }  

}

Also see http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/28000012

Answer 3

Currently, the only official API that you may make a GET request to:

https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=919773207706&text=Hello

Anyways, there is a secret API program already being ran by WhatsApp

Answer 4

This works to me:

public static void shareWhatsApp(Activity appActivity, String texto) {

    Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);     
    sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
    sendIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, texto);

    PackageManager pm = appActivity.getApplicationContext().getPackageManager();
    final List<ResolveInfo> matches = pm.queryIntentActivities(sendIntent, 0);
    boolean temWhatsApp = false;
    for (final ResolveInfo info : matches) {
      if (info.activityInfo.packageName.startsWith("com.whatsapp"))  {
          final ComponentName name = new ComponentName(info.activityInfo.applicationInfo.packageName, info.activityInfo.name);
          sendIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
          sendIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
          sendIntent.setComponent(name);
          temWhatsApp = true;
          break;
      }
    }               

    if(temWhatsApp) {
        //abre whatsapp
        appActivity.startActivity(sendIntent);
    } else {
        //alerta - você deve ter o whatsapp instalado
        Toast.makeText(appActivity, appActivity.getString(R.string.share_whatsapp), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

Answer 5

This works to me:

PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
try {
    pm.getPackageInfo("com.whatsapp", PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
    Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(packageName,
                    ri.activityInfo.name));
            intent.setType("text/plain");
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, element);

} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    ToastHelper.MakeShortText("Whatsapp have not been installed.");
}

Answer 6

From the documentation

To create your own link with a pre-filled message that will automatically appear in the text field of a chat, use https://wa.me/whatsappphonenumber/?text=urlencodedtext where whatsappphonenumber is a full phone number in international format and URL-encodedtext is the URL-encoded pre-filled message.

Example:https://wa.me/15551234567?text=I'm%20interested%20in%20your%20car%20for%20sale

Code example

val phoneNumber = "13492838472"
    val text = "Hey, you know... I love StackOverflow :)"
    val uri = Uri.parse("https://wa.me/$phoneNumber/?text=$text")
    val sendIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri)
    startActivity(sendIntent)