How to open WhatsApp using an Intent in your Android App

Question

I want an Intent to take control you directly to WhatsApp. So the moment the user clicks on the button, the Intent is supposed to take you to WhatsApp. This is the code I wrote after following a few guide lines but it doesn't work

buttonWhatsapp.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // Performs action on click
            Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
            sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");
            sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
            sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, ""));
            startActivity(sendIntent);
            //opens the portfolio details class
        }
    });

score 95 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '18 at 10:29

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Using the 2018 api:

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

answered Aug 27 '18 at 10:29

Pablo Cegarra

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It worked for me. Want to mention that I needed to send the number in the format of +00 0000000000 – Hitesh Gupta Oct 09 '18 at 16:08
1

If WhatsApp is not installed on the device, it will open a web browser to handle this. Nice! – iadcialim24 Aug 19 '19 at 04:53
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I've opened this URL with my number in my mobile browser. I've my own chat now, which will make non IT people go wow – Prabs Nov 04 '19 at 17:21
This is better, because do not need the Whatsapp Installed on App – luke cross Jun 16 '20 at 18:43
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to add `message` you have to use `"https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=$phoneNumber"+"&text=" + URLEncoder.encode(message, "UTF-8")` – Zohab Ali Mar 09 '21 at 11:59
how I can make it not open browser when the app is not installed ? – Sattar Oct 22 '21 at 21:17
@sattar check if whatsapp is installed, before passing the intent to the OS – Hossein Farrokhi Jul 20 '22 at 14:06

score 42 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '18 at 17:44

This code working for me

String contact = "+00 9876543210"; // use country code with your phone number
    String url = "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=" + contact;
    try {
         PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
         pm.getPackageInfo("com.whatsapp", PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
         Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
         i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
         startActivity(i);                            
    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.activity, "Whatsapp app not installed in your phone", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    e.printStackTrace();
    }

on Android 11 you also need to add ` ` on manifest – moonLander_ Apr 07 '22 at 16:20 — moonLander_, Apr 07 '22 at 16:20

score 18 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 02 '21 at 19:02

This works perfectly 2021

Expansion of short forms:

numero = number phone

mensaje= message to send

private void openWhatsApp(String numero,String mensaje){

    try{
        PackageManager packageManager = getActivity().getPackageManager();
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        String url = "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone="+ numero +"&text=" + URLEncoder.encode(mensaje, "UTF-8");
        i.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
        i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
        if (i.resolveActivity(packageManager) != null) {
            startActivity(i);
        }else {
            KToast.errorToast(getActivity(), getString(R.string.no_whatsapp), Gravity.BOTTOM, KToast.LENGTH_SHORT);
        }
    } catch(Exception e) {
        Log.e("ERROR WHATSAPP",e.toString());
        KToast.errorToast(getActivity(), getString(R.string.no_whatsapp), Gravity.BOTTOM, KToast.LENGTH_SHORT);
    }

}

Hope, This Helps!

ucMedia · Answer 4 · 2023-05-06T11:56:50.113

Just a little more peachy answer (May 2023):

public static void setClickToChat(View v,String toNumber){
    String url = "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=" + toNumber;
    try {
        PackageManager pm = v.getContext().getPackageManager();
        pm.getPackageInfo("com.whatsapp", PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
        v.getContext().startActivity(i);
    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
        v.getContext().startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)));
    }
}

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 18:11

The easiest way i know is by calling the following method (Use the String variable (message) to input the text you want to send via WhatAapp):

private void sendWhatsapp(String message){
    Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
    sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
    sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
    sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
    if (sendIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
        startActivity(sendIntent);
    }
}

I hope this helps you.

how you can add phone number here ? – Sattar Oct 22 '21 at 21:17 — Sattar, Oct 22 '21 at 21:17

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 23 '19 at 05:21

btnWhatsapp.setOnClickListener ( new View.OnClickListener () {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                startSupportChat ();
            }
        } );

private void startSupportChat() {

        try {
            String headerReceiver = "";// Replace with your message.
            String bodyMessageFormal = "";// Replace with your message.
            String whatsappContain = headerReceiver + bodyMessageFormal;
            String trimToNumner = "+910000000000"; //10 digit number
            Intent intent = new Intent ( Intent.ACTION_VIEW );
            intent.setData ( Uri.parse ( "https://wa.me/" + trimToNumner + "/?text=" + "" ) );
            startActivity ( intent );
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace ();
        }

    }

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 22 '21 at 08:41

In Kotlin, this is how you would do it.

Open Specific user WhatsApp Number and send a typed message

startActivity(
        Intent(
            Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
            Uri.parse(
                "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=Phone Number&text=Message to send"
            )
        )
    )

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 17 '16 at 14:49

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Hey this snippet is from the official whatsapp site

https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/android/28000012

Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
startActivity(sendIntent);

answered Jul 17 '16 at 14:49

SaravInfern

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yep, I know that and thats what I wrote first but it doesn't work – Prateek Mahesh Jul 17 '16 at 14:57
It's working, but then you have to manually, select target receiver. – Aryo Mar 05 '23 at 00:45

AMAN SINGH · Answer 9 · 2022-03-14T15:31:59.297

This is working method. To call this method call like

call like this - openWhatsApp(919876543210)

 private void openWhatsApp(String smsNumber) {
    Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
    sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hi, This is " + PreferenceManager.get(this, Constants.USERNAME));
    sendIntent.putExtra("jid", smsNumber + "@s.whatsapp.net"); //phone number without "+" prefix
    sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
    if (sendIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) == null) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Error/n", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        return;
    }
    startActivity(sendIntent);
}

aligur · Answer 10 · 2016-07-17T14:33:48.067

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 PackageManager pm = getActivity().getPackageManager();

    try
    {
        // Raise exception if whatsapp doesn't exist
        PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageInfo("com.whatsapp", PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

        Intent waIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        waIntent.setType("text/plain");
        waIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
        waIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "YOUR TEXT");
        startActivity(waIntent);
    }
    catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
    {
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.activity, "Please install whatsapp app", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                .show();
    }

edited Jul 17 '16 at 14:33

answered Jul 17 '16 at 14:32

aligur

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yea I will try it now – Prateek Mahesh Jul 17 '16 at 14:33
@ Ali Gürelli It says that it cannot resolve the symbol activity – Prateek Mahesh Jul 17 '16 at 14:37
It now has an error that it cannot resolve the method getActivity() – Prateek Mahesh Jul 17 '16 at 14:52

score 2 · Answer 11 · edited Jul 17 '16 at 17:04

I am showing you how to share text and image both here, For sharing text you can use these code ,

private void shareTextUrl() {
    Intent share = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("text/plain");
    share.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);

    // Add data to the intent, the receiving app will decide
    // what to do with it.
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Title Of The Post");
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "http://www.codeofaninja.com");

    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share link!"));
}

Now if you want to share image then you can use these code ,

private void shareImage() {
    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);

    // If you want to share a png image only, you can do:
    // setType("image/png"); OR for jpeg: setType("image/jpeg");
    share.setType("image/*");

    // Make sure you put example png image named myImage.png in your
    // directory
    String imagePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
            + "/myImage.png";

    File imageFileToShare = new File(imagePath);

    Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(imageFileToShare);
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);

    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Image!"));
}

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 09 '21 at 20:00

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this solution work for me :)

 val url = "https://wa.me/WHATSAPP_NUMBER"
        val i = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
        i.data = Uri.parse(url)
        startActivity(i)

answered Aug 09 '21 at 20:00

MohammadMehdi Taheri

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Mohammed Junaid · Answer 13 · 2022-03-26T09:14:00.293

For Business Whatsapp and normal Whatsapp:

To handle both business whatsapp and normal whatsapp, the url scheme intent needs to be used, since the normal method of using package "com.whatsapp" only works for normal whatsapp.

Here's the code sample to handle both normal and business whatsapp :

try {
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        i.setData(Uri.parse("whatsapp://send?text=The text message goes here");
        context.startActivity(i);
    } catch (Exception e){
        Toast.makeText(context, "Whatsapp not installed!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

This will open a chooser if both whatsapp are installed and if only either one of them is installed that particular version will be launched.

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 11 '21 at 06:23

This code worked for me.

public void openWhatsapp(View view) {
    String message = mMessOpenWhatEdit.getText().toString();     // take message from the user

    // create an Intent to send data to the whatsapp
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);    // setting action

    // setting data url, if we not catch the exception then it shows an error
    try {
        String url = "https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=+91 0000000000" + "&text=" + URLEncoder.encode(message, "UTF-8");
        intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
        startActivity(intent);
    }
    catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e){
        Log.d("notSupport", "thrown by encoder");
    }
}

openWhatsapp is a onclick method(I mean it is called after clicking button in ui) — Kanha Tomar, Dec 15 '21 at 03:46

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 15:51

this work for this days ago

 private void openWhatsApp(String number) {
    try {
        number = number.replace(" ", "").replace("+", "");

        Intent sendIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN");
        sendIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.whatsapp","com.whatsapp.Conversation"));
        sendIntent.putExtra("jid", PhoneNumberUtils.stripSeparators(number)+"@s.whatsapp.net");
       // getApplication().startActivity(sendIntent);

        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Compartir en")
                .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK));

    } catch(Exception e) {
        Log.e("WS", "ERROR_OPEN_MESSANGER"+e.toString());
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 16 · edited Dec 27 '22 at 15:45

If you want to launch/open WhatsApp application or WhatsApp Business application in android on button click then follow these code.

Launch WhatsApp Business application:

public void launchWhatsAppBusinessApp(View v)
{ 
   PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
   try
   {
      
       Intent intent = this.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.whatsapp.w4b");
       startActivity(intent);
       }
catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
       {
           Toast.makeText(this, "Please install WA Business App", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
       }
catch(NullPointerException exception){}
   }

Launch WhatsApp application:

public void openWhatsApp(View v)
{
    PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
    try
    {
        
        Intent intent = this.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.whatsapp");
        startActivity(intent);
    }
    catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
    {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Please install WhatsApp App", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    catch(NullPointerException exception){}

}

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 23 '22 at 19:05

My code is a little bit the same but I handled this in a very effective way that runs in all devices up to API 30+ you can try this

//to open whats app app
    fun openApp(activity: Activity,packageName:String) {

        if (isAppInstalled(activity, packageName))
            activity.startActivity(activity.packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName))
        else
            Toast.makeText(activity, "App not installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }

    fun isAppInstalled(activity: Activity, packageName: String?): Boolean {
        val pm = activity.packageManager
        try {
            pm.getPackageInfo(packageName!!, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES)
            return true
        } catch (e: PackageManager.NameNotFoundException) {
            Log.e("isAppInstalled", "error :${e.message}")
        }
        return false
    }

In AndroidManifest.xml outside of the application scope just add this query

<manifest>

/*user permissions here whatever you want according to your need*/

    <queries>
             <package android:name="com.whatsapp"/>
             <package android:name="com.whatsapp.w4b"/>
             <package android:name="com.gbwhatsapp"/>
        </queries>
<application> /*here you have registered your activities*/ </application>
</manifest>

I hope this will help anyone you find helpful vote me up. Remember me in your prayer.

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Oct 24 '22 at 20:15

You can use below code snipped for kotin.

try {
                val sendIntent = Intent().apply {
                    action = Intent.ACTION_SEND
                    putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hello Swapz")
                    putExtra("jid", "${data.phone}@s.whatsapp.net")
                    type = "text/plain"
                    setPackage("com.whatsapp")
                }
                startActivity(sendIntent)
            }catch (e: Exception){
                e.printStackTrace()
               val appPackageName = "com.whatsapp"
                try {
                    startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=$appPackageName")))
                } catch (e :android.content.ActivityNotFoundException) {
                    startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=$appPackageName")))
                }
            }

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