{"id":20394,"date":"2017-05-22T14:55:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=20394"},"modified":"2017-05-22T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:25:38","slug":"send-document-via-whatsapp-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/send-document-via-whatsapp-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Send Any Document Via WhatsApp (Other than PDF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp recently progressed out the quite requested document sharing feature for Android yet tragically, it&#8217;s just constrained to sharing PDF files. We can surely anticipate that WhatsApp will bring support for more file types soon yet in the event that you essentially can hardly wait, there&#8217;s a way. The truth of the matter is, WhatsApp has officially included code to supported documents like doc, txt, docx, pptx and xls yet it has not empowered it in the application. Notwithstanding, you can simply ahead and empower it, if you have a rooted device.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you have a rooted Android smartphone,\u00a0<strong>here\u2019s how you can start\u00a0sending any document on WhatsApp<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, you will need a decent file manager app that includes root access support. If you have one installed, great, or you can download one from the many great\u00a0file manager apps available on Android.<\/li>\n<li>Then, open the File Manager and go to\u00a0<strong>data-&gt;data-&gt;com.whatsapp-&gt;shared_prefs\u00a0<\/strong>folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Root-files.png\" alt=\"How to Send Any Document Via WhatsApp (Other than PDF)\" width=\"640\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Root-files.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-Root-files-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong>: Some file managers don\u2019t show system files by default, so search the \u201c<strong>data<\/strong>\u201d folder and you should find it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the shared_prefs folder, open the\u00a0<strong>com.whatsapp_preferences.xml file\u00a0<\/strong>in a text editor (most file managers include a text editor).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong>: If you have a Root Management app like\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SuperSU<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0installed, it will prompt you to grant root access to open the file. Select \u201c<strong>Grant<\/strong>\u201c,\u00a0and the file should open in the text editor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the file, search for the code\u00a0<strong>&lt;string name=\u201ddocuments\u201d&gt;pdf&lt;\/string&gt;<\/strong>, which\u00a0you should find at the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>Simply\u00a0<strong>edit it\u00a0<\/strong>to<strong>&lt;string name=\u201ddocuments\u201d&gt;pdf,doc,docx,xls,txt,pptx&lt;\/string&gt;<\/strong>\u00a0and save the file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-preferences-root-files.png\" alt=\"How to Send Any Document Via WhatsApp (Other than PDF)\" width=\"640\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-preferences-root-files.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-preferences-root-files-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Then, go to\u00a0<strong>Settings-&gt;Apps-&gt;WhatsApp\u00a0<\/strong>and \u201c<strong>Force Stop<\/strong>\u201d the app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-app-settings.png\" alt=\"How to Send Any Document Via WhatsApp (Other than PDF)\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-app-settings.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-app-settings-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Once done, open WhatsApp and\u00a0try sending any document and you will see that different document file types will be available to send along with PDF files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-document-sharing.png\" alt=\"How to Send Any Document Via WhatsApp (Other than PDF)\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-document-sharing.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WhatsApp-document-sharing-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While these steps carries support for sharing\u00a0different documents, there\u2019s still no support for files like ZIP, APK etc. Well, here\u2019s hoping WhatsApp includes these file types for sharing in the next update.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Ready to share different documents\u00a0on WhatsApp?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To total things up, these means ought to be truly simple to take after on the off chance that you have an established Android smartphone yet in the event that you have a non-rooted device, you can utilize outsider applications like <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.ampelement.cloudsend&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud Send<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to send assorted record sorts like ZIP, APK and reports easily on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Send Any Document Via WhatsApp (Other than PDF) &#8211; 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