Custom Whatsapp URL Scheme Code in mail

Question

is there a way to open in gmail? if i send this in an email:

<a href="whatsapp://send?text=wow%20check%20this%20out!%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeemanshop.com%2Fassortiment%2Fheren">deel dit bericht via Whatsapp!</a>

deel dit bericht via Whatsapp!

If i send this to iphone mail it works, but gmail doesn't recognise this kind of custom scheme url. Is there a way to get this working without a safari/chrome redirect?

Answer 1

I think the issue is the 'intent' required from Android, see this similar post for more info on it - Sharing link on WhatsApp from mobile website (not application) for Android

try replacing your above link with:

<a href="whatsapp://send?text=wow%20check%20this%20out!%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeemanshop.com%2Fassortiment%2Fheren" data-action="share/whatsapp/share">deel dit bericht via Whatsapp!</a>

Hopefully adding the 'data-action' property will solve the issue. I get the feeling that at least some of the email clients will not be able to use the link correctly due to the varied support across client though.