Add whatsapp sharing to my Dynamic Views template

The Dynamic Views template uses a different rendering engine than other templates, handled on the client. For people using Contempo, Soho, Emporio or Notable, you can follow the instructions for the new templates - this article covers Dynamic Views.

Adding whatsapp for Dynamic views involves overriding the template used for sharing.

  1. Head to Theme -> Edit HTML
  2. Go to the very bottom of the page
  3. Copy and add the following script, above the existing one.
  4. Update the existing initialization script to include compliation of the sharing script's template contents.

Sharing template override

<script id='sharing' type='text/json'>
  {template:Sharing}
    <div class='share-controls {block:defer}defer{/block:defer} {block:delay}delay{/block:delay}' data-defer='{defer}' data-delay='{delay}'>
      {block:IfNotdisable-plusone}{SharePlusOne}{/block:IfNotdisable-plusone}
      {block:IfNotdisable-twitter}{ShareTwitter}{/block:IfNotdisable-twitter}
      {block:IfNotdisable-facebook}{ShareFacebook}{/block:IfNotdisable-facebook}
    </div>
    {block:IfMobile}{ShareWhatsapp}{/block:IfMobile}
  {/template:Sharing}
  {template:ShareWhatsapp}
    <a style='display:block' data-action='share/whatsapp/share' href='whatsapp://send?text={url}'>
    <span aria-label='Share to Whatsapp' class='sharing-platform-button sharing-element-whatsapp' role='menuitem' tabindex='-1' title='Share to Whatsapp'>
        <svg style='vertical-align:middle' class='svg-icon-24 sharing-whatsapp' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' width='24' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
          <path d='M.057 24l1.687-6.163c-1.041-1.804-1.588-3.849-1.587-5.946.003-6.556 5.338-11.891 11.893-11.891 3.181.001 6.167 1.24 8.413 3.488 2.245 2.248 3.481 5.236 3.48 8.414-.003 6.557-5.338 11.892-11.893 11.892-1.99-.001-3.951-.5-5.688-1.448l-6.305 1.654zm6.597-3.807c1.676.995 3.276 1.591 5.392 1.592 5.448 0 9.886-4.434 9.889-9.885.002-5.462-4.415-9.89-9.881-9.892-5.452 0-9.887 4.434-9.889 9.884-.001 2.225.651 3.891 1.746 5.634l-.999 3.648 3.742-.981zm11.387-5.464c-.074-.124-.272-.198-.57-.347-.297-.149-1.758-.868-2.031-.967-.272-.099-.47-.149-.669.149-.198.297-.768.967-.941 1.165-.173.198-.347.223-.644.074-.297-.149-1.255-.462-2.39-1.475-.883-.788-1.48-1.761-1.653-2.059-.173-.297-.018-.458.13-.606.134-.133.297-.347.446-.521.151-.172.2-.296.3-.495.099-.198.05-.372-.025-.521-.075-.148-.669-1.611-.916-2.206-.242-.579-.487-.501-.669-.51l-.57-.01c-.198 0-.52.074-.792.372s-1.04 1.016-1.04 2.479 1.065 2.876 1.213 3.074c.149.198 2.095 3.2 5.076 4.487.709.306 1.263.489 1.694.626.712.226 1.36.194 1.872.118.571-.085 1.758-.719 2.006-1.413.248-.695.248-1.29.173-1.414z'/>
        </svg>
      <span class='platform-sharing-text'>Whatsapp</span>
    </span>
    </a>
  {/template:ShareWhatsapp}
</script>

As mentioned in step 4 above, we also need add a hook to override/compile the sharing template. We do so by replacing the default script at the tail of the body with one that includes the compilation call.

Initialization script

<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'>
  window.onload = function() {
    blogger.templates().compile(document.getElementById('sharing').innerHTML);
    blogger.ui().configure().view();
  };
</script>

Once both scripts are included in your template's HTML, you should see Whatsapp sharing when ?m=1 is present.

Happy whatsapp'ing!

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