whatsapp shares whatsapp://send?text=content_here

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i am using below code to share content from my android app which shows webview page to whatsapp.

it works just fine except one issues. it shares complete link including whatsapp://send?text= i want only content to be shared.

  Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
 Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
  sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
 sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, ""  + uri);
 sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
 sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
 startActivity(sendIntent);

i tried using replace for replacing the whatsapp://send?text but it gives error that replace(string,string) is undefined.

is there any better way to achieve this

@VulovicVukasin yes string uri is full string including whatsapp://send?text= — anamika, Aug 23 '15 at 21:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Ok, so, you need to go one char by char until you get to the char "?".Create a loop and go character by character. When you get to the "?" leave the loop, and select the rest of the string as a new string. What is the easiest/best/most correct way to iterate through the characters of a string in Java?

After that, your strin is from charAt(where the "?" is + 1) to the end.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Aug 23 '15 at 21:38

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you have the tutorial and the idea, create it yourself. – Vulovic Vukasin Aug 23 '15 at 21:46
its giving error The method charAt(int) in the type String is not applicable for the arguments (String) – anamika Aug 23 '15 at 21:49

whatsapp shares whatsapp://send?text=content_here

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