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' with a number that I'm sending through an intent?

Answer 1

I found the following solution, first you'll need the whatsapp id:

Matching with reports from some other threads here and in other forums the login name I found was some sort of: international area code without the 0's or + in the beginning + phone number without the first 0 + @s.whatsapp.net

For example if you live in the Netherlands and having the phone number 0612325032 it would be [e-mail] -> +31 for the Netherlands without the 0's or + and the phone number without the 0.

public void sendWhatsAppMessageTo(String whatsappid) {

Cursor c = getSherlockActivity().getContentResolver().query(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
        new String[] { ContactsContract.Contacts.Data._ID }, ContactsContract.Data.DATA1 + "=?",
        new String[] { whatsappid }, null);
c.moveToFirst();

Intent whatsapp = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("content://com.android.contacts/data/" + c.getString(0)));
c.close();

 if (whatsapp != null) {

startActivity(whatsapp);      

} else {
        Toast.makeText(this, "WhatsApp not Installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                .show();
//download for example after dialog
                Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.whatsapp");
                Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    }

}

Answer 2

This should work whether Whatsapp is installed or not.

boolean isWhatsappInstalled = whatsappInstalledOrNot("com.whatsapp");
        if (isWhatsappInstalled) {
            Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:" + "98*********7")
            Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
            sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hai Good Morning");
            sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
            sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
            startActivity(sendIntent);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "WhatsApp not Installed",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.whatsapp");
            Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
            startActivity(goToMarket);

        }

private boolean whatsappInstalledOrNot(String uri) {
    PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
    boolean app_installed = false;
    try {
        pm.getPackageInfo(uri, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
        app_installed = true;
    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
        app_installed = false;
    }
    return app_installed;
}

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();
    }
}