Sharing link on WhatsApp from mobile website not application for Android

Question

I created a website that is primarily used on mobile devices.
I want to make it possible for users to send data directly from a website into WhatsApp.

I can differentiate between iOS and Android using UserAgent detection.
I was able to learn that I could use the following URL to implement the aforementioned in iOS:

href="whatsapp://send?text=http://www.example.com"
Since the aforementioned does not function when the operating system is Android, I am still hunting for a solution.
I suppose that has something to do with leveraging Android's "intent" feature, but I'm not sure how to use it as a href parameter.

Edureka · Answer 1 · Nov 7, 2022

<html>

<head>

    <title> Add a WhatsApp sharing link on a website </title>

</head>

<style>

     //css code to hide the WhatsApp sharing link on the large screen

    @media screen and (min-width: 1000px) {

a {

            display: none

</style>

```
  
```

<body>

    <h3 style="color:brown"> WhatsApp sharing Link </h3>

    <!-- create a link using anchor tab -->

    <a href="whatsapp://send?text=This is WhatsApp sharing example using link"       data-action="share/whatsapp/share"

        target="_blank"> Share to WhatsApp </a>

</body>

</html>

Instead of using a desktop or laptop, test the code above on a mobile device. You will receive the reply detailed below. Click the Share to WhatsApp link here to be taken to your mobile device's WhatsApp messenger.