Android Intent to call Whatsapp from code

Question

I am using this code to call WhatsApp directly from my Call Logs app. This works well, but only if the phone number includes a valid country code. For example calling WhatsApp

Answer 1

  Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        sharingIntent.setType("text/html");
        sharingIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml("
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + context.getPackageName() + "
"));
        context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share using"));