New iPhone 12 mini Whatsapp issue

I started using an iPhone 12 IOS 16.5mini yesterday. When I want to use the “share” option (send a photo, etc) Whatsapp just bounces a little and it won’t proceed with sending (basically no response). However, if I clicked on recent Whatsapp profiles listed along with messages, etc I can send the image, etc. The other options (Message, Mail) work normally. This never happened on any all the iphones I’ve used since Whatsapp appeared. I removed and reinstalled Whatsapp but no change. I can copy the photo or link and then go to Whatsapp and paste and send, I can use whatsapp once in it, but it won’t generate a message from another app. Very frustrating! I would appreciate your help. Thank you!