How to integrate whatsapp with android application or a website
We can
integrate whatsapp with the android app in two ways:
1,
Using the Android Intent System which we discussed in my previous blog: “How
to share the media and text with the social android apps“
Using the Android Intent System which we discussed in my previous blog: “How
to share the media and text with the social android apps“
2.
Using the custom URL scheme provided by whatsapp itself.
Using the custom URL scheme provided by whatsapp itself.
We
will discuss the second one in this blog.
will discuss the second one in this blog.
WhatsApp provides a custom URL scheme to
interact with whatsapp. If you have a website and want to open a WhatsApp chat with
a pre-defined message, you can use whatsapp’s custom URL scheme.
interact with whatsapp. If you have a website and want to open a WhatsApp chat with
a pre-defined message, you can use whatsapp’s custom URL scheme.
Opening
whatsapp://send?text= followed by the text to send, will open WhatsApp, allow
the user to choose a contact, and pre-defined the input field with the
specified text.
whatsapp://send?text= followed by the text to send, will open WhatsApp, allow
the user to choose a contact, and pre-defined the input field with the
specified text.
Here
is an example of how to write this on your website:
is an example of how to write this on your website:
<a href="whatsapp://send?text=Hello%20World!">Hello, world!</a>
This opens a Whatsapp application to select the contact. Once you select the contact, the predefined text “Hello World” will be posted to the chat window.
That’s
it. Happy Coding…
it. Happy Coding…
