Using WhatsApp custom URL scheme in mobile app?

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Hi There,

I have successfully tested the following WhatsApp URL scheme using a Link element to an external URL like so:

whatsapp://send?text=Hey!

Testing in the Bubble test app this works perfectly, it opens the WhatsApp app installed on my phone and pre-populates a message.

When I deploy this to Live this does not work and I get this load error (see screen below).

I have other similar URL scheme links for Facebook, Twitter, SMS and Email which all work perfectly fine in Live mode.

any ideas?

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That’s weird! Especially because it works with everything but Whatsapp Could you share a link to the app?

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yeah very weird!

it’s a mobile app, so a sending a link won’t help to see the results unless you have it in your bubble test app and a live version installed.

@emmanuel perhaps there’s something different that happens in Live mode as oppose to Test for this not to work?