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iOS OpenURL queryString not sent

I want to share message from iOS app to whatsApp. For this I am using the following code:

NSString *strMsg = @"whatsapp://send?text=I%20found%20this.%20Check%20it%20out.Deal_1403803205.6628140%20http://MyiOSApp/register.php?deal_id=978&l_id=198&share=true&customer_id=34&domain=5";
    NSURL *whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:strMsg];
    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL];
    } else {
        UIAlertView * alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"" message:@"WhatsApp is not installed on your device" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
    }

The problem is that the message after the ? is not sent.

This works: @"whatsapp://send?text=I%20found%20this.%20Check%20it%20out.Deal_1403803205.6628140%20http://MyiOSApp/register.php

But this doesn't :

@"whatsapp://send?text=I%20found%20this.%20Check%20it%20out.Deal_1403803205.6628140%20http://MyiOSApp/register.php?deal_id=978&l_id=198&share=true&customer_id=34&domain=5";

Where am I getting wrong? How do I solve this?

Solution

  • You have to encode it properly, use -

    @"whatsapp://send?text=I%20found%20this.%20Check%20it%20out.Deal_1403803205.6628140%20http://MyiOSApp/register.php%3Fdeal_id=978&l_id=198&share=true&customer_id=34&domain=5";

    "?" character is not encoded, you need to encode that as above.