Android Drag and Drop getClipData returns always null

Question

I am designing a drag and drop operation but I don't know how to access my data. Has anyone experience with Clip Data objects? Here is my code:

Starting the drag and drop:

ClipData dragData= ClipData.newPlainText("my", "test") );
                    v.startDrag(dragData, 
                            new MyDragShadowBuilder(v),
                              v, 0);

Listening on the events:

case DragEvent.ACTION_DROP:{
    if (event.getClipDescription().getLabel().equals("my"))
           Log.d("myLog","Data:"+event.getClipData()+" "+event.getClipData().getItemCount());

sam sha · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-09T04:46:43.957

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not in every drag event can get the clip data, but some of them, such as ACTION_DROP type

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    dropableCanvas.setOnDragListener(new OnDragListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onDrag(View v, DragEvent event) {
            switch (event.getAction()) {
            case DragEvent.ACTION_DRAG_STARTED:
                return true;
            case DragEvent.ACTION_DROP:
                ClipData clipData = event.getClipData();
                //...
                return true;
            default:
                return false;
            }
        }

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edited Nov 09 '12 at 04:46

answered Nov 09 '12 at 04:02

sam sha

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In case someone wonders which events contain what, you can find it in DragEvent documentation (see the first table): http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/DragEvent.html – Pijusn Jul 23 '14 at 07:53

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '12 at 00:22

Before you start your drag set some clip data using the following code

ClipData.Item item = new ClipData.Item((CharSequence) v.getTag());
String[] mimeTypes = {ClipDescription.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN};
ClipData dragData = new ClipData(v.getTag().toString(), mimeTypes, item);

And then after you start dragging with v.startDrag(......); in the event DragEvent.ACTION_DROP you have to catch the clip data using the following code

String clipData = event.getClipDescription().getLabel().toString()

Once you have the clipData you can play around. This didn't return me null, check you at your end.

Android Drag and Drop getClipData returns always null

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