Unable to share text to Whatsapp in iOS 9

Question

When sharing text to Whatsapp on iOS 8 and below this code is working fine, but while sharing on iOS 9 it is not working.

- (IBAction)btnWhatsApp:(id)sender {
    NSString *msg = shareText;
    NSString *urlWhats = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"whatsapp://send?text=%@",msg];
    NSURL *whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlWhats stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL];
    }
    else {
        UIAlertView * alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"WhatsApp not installed." message:@"Your device has no WhatsApp installed." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
    }

    [self.tabBarController.tabBar setHidden:NO];
    [viewShare setHidden:YES];
}

What's the error you're getting? – Ralph Melhem May 11 '16 at 13:08 — Ralph Melhem, May 11 '16 at 13:08

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '16 at 13:08

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In iOS 9, LSApplicationQueriesSchemes need for any call, ensure once are you added the following information in youre .plist:

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
 <array>
  <string>whatsapp</string>
 </array>

then try

answered May 11 '16 at 13:08

Anbu.Karthik

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Thanks it work.... – PPreeti May 12 '16 at 06:40
@PPreeti - happy to hear this – Anbu.Karthik May 12 '16 at 06:41

Daniel Storm · Answer 2 · 2016-05-11T13:19:29.923

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If you build for iOS 9 or above you need to whitelist the schemes your app will query.

edited May 11 '16 at 13:19

answered May 11 '16 at 13:09

Daniel Storm

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any key for opening message app? – Neeraj Joshi Jan 24 '17 at 05:24
@Nij you wouldn't go about opening messages this way. Use `MFMessageComposeViewController` https://developer.apple.com/reference/messageui/mfmessagecomposeviewcontroller – Daniel Storm Jan 24 '17 at 14:04

Unable to share text to Whatsapp in iOS 9

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