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

Tested on Marshmallow S5 and it works!

    Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:" + "phone number with country code");
    Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
    sendIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
    startActivity(sendIntent); 

This will open a direct chat with a person, if whatsapp not installed this will throw exception, if phone number not known to whatsapp they will offer to send invite via sms or simple sms message