canShareVia('whatsapp') says no, but shareViaWhatsApp works?

[arielweinberger]

Hello. I am using the plugin on Ionic. So I used the default code provided to check if sharing is possible within certain platforms.

<button onclick="window.plugins.socialsharing.canShareVia('com.tencent.mm/com.tencent.mm.ui.tools.ShareToTimeLineUI', 'msg', null, img, null, function(e){alert(e)}, function(e){alert(e)})">is WeChat available on Android?</button>
<button onclick="window.plugins.socialsharing.canShareVia('com.apple.social.facebook', 'msg', null, null, null, function(e){alert(e)}, function(e){alert(e)})">is facebook available on iOS?</button>
// this one requires whitelisting of whatsapp:// on iOS9 in your .plist file
<button onclick="window.plugins.socialsharing.canShareVia('whatsapp', 'msg', null, null, null, function(e){alert(e)}, function(e){alert(e)})">is WhatsApp available?</button>
<button onclick="window.plugins.socialsharing.canShareVia('sms', 'msg', null, null, null, function(e){alert(e)}, function(e){alert(e)})">is SMS available?</button>
<button onclick="window.plugins.socialsharing.canShareVia('instagram', 'msg', null, null, null, function(e){alert(e)}, function(e){alert(e)})">is Instagram available?</button>
<!-- Email is a different beast, so I added a specific method for it -->
<button onclick="window.plugins.socialsharing.canShareViaEmail(function(e){alert(e)}, function(e){alert(e)})">is Email available?</button>

For apps like Instagram and WhatsApp I get "not available", but Instagram and WhatsApp are installed on the device.

I am running iOS 9.

Any ideas?

[arielweinberger]

Solved by adding 'whatsapp' and 'instagram' to the LSApplicationQuriesSchemes array in info.plist.

Still wondering, is there any way to add values to this array via Cordova's config.xml?

[erperejildo]

I'm facing the same issue. Where is LSApplicationQuriesSchemes to add that info?

[natronite]

To add entries to LSApplicationQueriesSchemes in the plist file use the cordova-custom-config plugin. According to the documentation you would add whatsapp and instagram like so:

<platform name="ios">
   ...
   <config-file parent="LSApplicationQueriesSchemes" target="*-Info.plist">
      <array>
         <string>whatsapp</string>
         <string>instagram</string>
      </array>
   </config-file>
</platform>

By the way. It is also noted in the social sharing documentation.

[sohanpc]

Yes i got same issue on android canShareVia('whatsapp') says no, but shareViaWhatsApp works . any solution ?