iosobjective-cios9whatsappurl-scheme

iOS9: canOpenURL returning false for WhatApp's url scheme

In my current project I need to share text on whatsapp from iOS app.

Here is my code to share text on whatsapp:

NSURL *whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"whatsapp://send?text=Hello%2C%20World!"];
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL];
}

but canOpenURL always returning false in iOS9.

Is there any iOS9 privacy policy? Can anyone help me out?

Solution

  • In iOS 9 you must whitelist any URL schemes your App wants to query in Info.plist under the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes key (an array of strings):

    For example:

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    So in your case, instead of fb and twitter you will have to specify whatsapp.

    Note that this mechanism only applies to canOpenURL and not openURL. You do not need to have a scheme listed in Info.plist to be able to open it with openURL.