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Send a message to a friend. Sending messages with Kik is easy! On the speech bubble menu, touch a friend’s name to open a chat. Touch the "Type a message" box, then type your message. Touch "Send" when you're done. That's it!
- Note that, on some devices, the "Send" button will look like a blue speech bubble. If you don’t see the Send button, touch the speech bubble to send your message instead.
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Add an emoticon to a message. Emoticons are fun themed graphics and smiley faces that you can use to add character and flair to your messages. To add an emoticon, touch the smiley face button while you're typing a message to a friend. A menu with many different choices should pop up. Touch an emoticon to choose it.
- If you want more options, you can buy additional emoticons in the Kik store. In the emoticon window, touch the + button to go to the Kik store. See "Using Extra Features" below for more information.
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Send a photo or video. When you're typing a message to a friend, to the left of the "Type a message" box, you should see a small + button. Press this. If you’ve given Kik access to your camera roll, you should see your photos and videos. Touch a photo to add it to your message. If you want, you can also type a message with your photo or video. Touch Send or the speech bubble button as normal to send the content.
- Note: On some mobile devices, especially iOS, the first time you try to send a photo or video from your camera roll, Kik will ask you if it can access your photos. Give the program your permission to continue.
- You can also change this setting in your iOS Settings app by scrolling down to the Kik app settings, and then changing the Privacy settings.
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Take a photo to send. You aren't limited to sending photos you've already taken — with Kik, you can also record and send them on the fly! To the left of the "Type a message field," touch the + button, then touch the camera button. You should see a view of your device's camera pop up. Touch the white circle to take a picture, then touch the Send button.
- Note: Again, on some devices, especially iOS, the first time you try to take a photo or video using Kik, it will ask you if it can access the Camera app.
- You can also change this setting in your iOS Settings app by scrolling down to the Kik settings, and then changing the Privacy settings.
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Use the globe icon to send other content. In addition to photos and videos from your phone, with Kik, you can also send YouTube videos, sketches, images and more. Doing this is easy — just touch the + button, then touch the globe icon. A small menu of options should pop up. Select the one you want. Your options are:
- Stickers: Small images that you can buy in the Kik store. Some stickers are free, while others require money or Kik points (Kp).
- Youtube Videos: Lets you browse and send videos from YouTube.
- Sketch: Lets you draw a picture.
- Image Search: Lets you search the internet for images according to the keyword you type in (e.g., "flowers," "landscapes," etc.)
- Memes: Lets you create your own custom "meme" images (e.g., Socially Awkward Penguin, etc.)
- Top Sites: Lets you browse and link from a list of hot websites. Note that the Kik points site, where you can earn Kp for buying stickers and so on, is in this list.
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Know how to delete images or videos before sending. Accidentally tap on the wrong picture? Undoing a mistake is easy. To delete an image or video, before sending it, touch the image or video, and then touch "Delete." Careful — you can't delete content after you've already sent it.
SOURCE : WIKIHOW