How to send message and link to WhatsApp in Swift 3?

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How to send a message and link to WhatsApp in Swift 3

I'm using this code: Code

Message errore to the console:

...failed for URL: "whatsapp://send?text=Check" - error: "This app is not allowed to query for scheme whatsapp"

Thank you

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2 Answers

Swift 5

Please follow the below steps for sharing on WhatsApp through URL Schemes

  1. Add this code in your app "info.plist"

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
  <string>whatsapp</string>
</array>

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  1. For sharing text and URL

     @IBAction func whatsappShareText(_ sender: AnyObject) {
 let message = "First Whatsapp Share & https://www.google.co.in"
 var queryCharSet = NSCharacterSet.urlQueryAllowed

 // if your text message contains special char like **+ and &** then add this line
 queryCharSet.remove(charactersIn: "+&")

 if let escapedString = message.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: queryCharSet) {
     if let whatsappURL = URL(string: "whatsapp://send?text=\(escapedString)") {
         if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(whatsappURL) {
             UIApplication.shared.open(whatsappURL, options: [: ], completionHandler: nil)
         } else {
             debugPrint("please install WhatsApp")
         }
     }
 }

    }

Happy Coding!

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