WhatsApp button not working on Android in Bubble Native app (works fine on iOS)

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Hey everyone, I’m running into a problem with my Bubble Native Mobile app (already live on both App Store and Google Play).

I’ve implemented a button that opens WhatsApp using this setup:

  • Workflow → “Open an external website”
  • Destination URL: wa.me/[number], where the number is cleaned using regex (:find & replace \D → "")
    On iOS, everything works perfectly — it opens WhatsApp as expected.
    But on Android, when tapping the button, nothing happens. No app opens, no browser, no error — just silence.

Has anyone faced this issue specifically with Android in Bubble Native builds? Could it be due to some default WebView limitation or intent restriction on Android?
Any reliable workaround to launch WhatsApp from Bubble Native on Android?

Happy to share more details/screenshots of the workflow if needed.
Thanks in advance for any help! :folded_hands:

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I had a similar issue with Google Docs. If you have the Google Docs app installed, and try to open a Google Docs link, nothing happens, only on Android. On iOS it opens the app as expected. If you uninstall the Google Docs app on Android, then it works and opens the link in a web browser.

Seems to be some issue when it needs to open a link in another app on the phone instead of the browser. I didn’t find a workaround unfortunately, and haven’t heard anything on the bug report after a couple months.

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hey, facing that same issue with android builds. iOS seems to be working fine. I noticed most of the links dont open when on Android.

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