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Social media share buttons and share counts for React
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whatsapp popup shows error #157

Open dillon opened 6 years ago

dillon commented 6 years ago

Everything's working perfectly except for my whatsapp button. I've tested on iOS and Firefox 60

browser popup attempts the following URL whatsapp://send?text=I%2520filled%2520out%2520my%2520Midterm%2520Elections%2520voting%2520card%2520at%2520Example.com%20https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com

On Firefox 60, this Firefox error fills the popup "The address wasn't understood: Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (whatsapp) isn't associated with any program or is not allowed in this context. You might need to install other software to open this address."

On iOS, it seems to bring me to the exact correct page, but still has an error overlay that I have to click away from.

I'm using react-router-dom with create-react.

murilomentor commented 5 years ago

For me it works fine on Google Chrome, but I get the same error while trying to send from Firefox. When I use Chrome the url path in the address bar starts with: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?... But on Firefox the url path starts with whatsapp://send?...

cborboni commented 5 years ago

I have the same problem in Safari, due to the address that starts with whatsapp:// protocol. I found this article that maybe can help: https://medium.com/@jeanlivino/how-to-fix-whatsapp-api-in-desktop-browsers-fc661b513dc

MadalenaGoncalves commented 5 years ago

Hi there! I am seeing the same problem, both in Firefox and in Safari (desktop). I saw in #196 and in #194 that a possible solution is already merged but not yet released. Any idea when will be the next release?