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\' wit

Answer 1

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.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;
}