I have a website that a lot of people view on mobile. I have link for : Call and SMS and I want to add one for Whatsapp, so a user can click the whatsapp link I create and start a conversation with me.
If this is possible can someone point me in the right direction on how?
Check this link out Launching Your iPhone App Via Custom URL Scheme
and more on the whats up url scheme document
I did a quick mock up and tried it on my iphone with a link like this from a webpage and it opened the app on my iphone.
I could not try to send a message as I don't have a current Whatsapp account sorry.
Add user name using abid parameter
let's say your whatsapp username was username then it would be
once again sorry I can't test this. Also I have no idea what would happen if the username is the actual user of the current mobile device. eg. You try to whatsapp yourself.