Send a camera image in Mit App Inventor using whatsapp

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Everything is working great but the file send to Whatsapp cannot open.

Any ideas.

Peter

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it is not possible to send an image via the activity starter
you might want to use the Sharing extension and its WhatsApp method
https://puravidaapps.com/sharing.php
There are also other extensions around, see also https://puravidaapps.com/extensions.php

Taifun

Trying to push the limits! Snippets, Tutorials and Extensions from Pura Vida Apps by Taifun.

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This old post on StackOverflow seems to indicate sending an image using AS might be possible using this code … adapt the Java script as required.

Share Image on Whatsapp

Intent whatsappIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
whatsappIntent.setType("image/*");
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + file));//add image path
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share image using"));

which uses a different set of instructions than you tried.

Of course, the above advice might not work either (see Taifun’s opinion). However the DataType should probably be image/* and not text/plain . I haven’t tried but YOU can.

Regards,
Steve