WhatsApp Group Links

[Nikki_Everard]

I’ve tried on a LG and a huawei phone and it does the same thing. Would you be able to help guide me through the code on changing it once a person clicks that particular eagle? That why the initial page still looks smooth like a app but it will function when they get to the whatsapp links

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

I tested it on a Samsung (13), a Redmi (14), and the emulator on my PC (12), and it works on all of them
Did you use my AIA file for the test?

@RaYzZz

CustomWebViewDL.aia (77.2 KB)

[Nikki_Everard]

I used the apk and installed it as the app

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

Download that file and import it in Kodular creator, then export to APK

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Hi @Ibrahim_Jamar ,
if you have the time and feel like it, could you also try and see if it works for you?
I really can’t figure out where the problem could be.
From what I understand, the deeplink being used should be compatible,

whatsapp://chat/?code=XXXXX

but on his devices, it gives an error.

[Other_Clap]

@RaYzZz

Hi @Ibrahim_Jamar ,
if you have the time and feel like it, could you also try and see if it works for you?
I really can’t figure out where the problem could be.
From what I understand, the deeplink being used should be compatible,

I tested it, and when I try to open the different links within my page, instead of taking me to the Discord application, they open inside the same app I’m creating, and it doesn’t work properly

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Thanks a lot for the feedback,
I tried it myself, and the Discord links don’t work for me either.

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

@RaYzZz

I did a very simple test like this, and it works correctly.

What could be the issue? Here not working also

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Have you tried the AIA project?

@RaYzZz

I did a very simple test like this, and it works correctly.

I just noticed that this example might be confusing,
I simply opened a website that contained a deep link and clicked on it with SupportMultipleWindows=false.

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

Yes I did, don’t know why it’s not working, but I guess few days ago, you helped someone with the same issue and it was working

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

He didn’t put the solution mark, so I don’t know if he solved it

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

But after test it yourself it was working?

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Yeah, it works fine for me with Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and several other apps only Discord gives me problems

@RaYzZz

Discord links don’t work for me either.

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

If you use another app, is discord works, maybe try from different apps

[Nikki_Everard]

Thank you so so much! it works! now I only need to make a back button to take me back to the main screen when viewing the different pages and then it is complete.

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Very good

How did you solve it? (I still haven’t quite understood whether the project works or not )
And if you run into other issues, check the community, or open another topic.

Happy oding!

[mittal (muskie mahel)]

WhatsApp links fail because the WebView blocks external intents.
Turn on “Open external links” or allow whatsapp:// in your app wrapper settings.
After enabling this, WhatsApp group links will open normally.

[messituna (fredick muse)]

@Nikki_Everard

Hello. I wanted to take my Google sites website and turn it into an app that is simple for parents to have access too. All was working perfectly except, I can’t get my WhatsApp Group links to open. I can get them to open if I click external browser but then the app no longer looks like an app as it reverts to the desktop mode. Does anyone have any suggestions. I have tried coding it with ChatGPT but we haven’t been able to come up with anything that works. Any ideas?

It’s a common issue when converting Google Sites into a WebView-based app — WhatsApp group links often don’t open because the WebView blocks deep-link URLs like wa.me. The app will only open them if you force it to use an external browser, which is why it suddenly stops behaving like an app.

The best fix is to enable deep-link handling inside the WebView so the app can detect WhatsApp URLs and launch them directly in the WhatsApp app without switching to a full external browser. If your current app builder doesn’t support this, you’ll need either a custom WebView wrapper or an app builder like Kodular, AppSheet, App Inventor, or FlutterFlow, which allow “open external app” actions for WhatsApp links. This keeps your design inside the app while still opening the group links correctly.