How to copy text to Clipboard from TextField in Android

Question

I want to copy text from TextField to Clipboard. My TextField is named txtDetails and i have a button named btnCopyToClipBoard.I want to be able to copy the contents of my textfield to clipboard when i press the button.

Name Of InputBox Is "txtDetails" Name Of Button Is "btnCopyToClipBoard"

String StrTemp  = txtDetails.getText();

So How We Can Set "OnClickListener" Of "btnCopyToClipBoard" To Copy Value In "StrTemp" To ClipBoard

possible duplicate of [how to copy a text to the Clipboard in android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16435151/how-to-copy-a-text-to-the-clipboard-in-android) — Zied R., Feb 27 '14 at 13:33
Possible duplicate of [How to copy text programmatically in my Android app?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/238284/how-to-copy-text-programmatically-in-my-android-app) — Kristján, Nov 17 '15 at 07:39

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 05 '18 at 10:10

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Use ClipBoardManager's setText method:

String StrTemp  = txtDetails.getText();
btnCopyToClipBoard.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View arg0) {
        ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
        ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("label", StrTemp);
        clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip);
    }
});

edited Mar 05 '18 at 10:10

answered Feb 27 '14 at 13:21

Zied R.

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Unable, getSystemService in Unknown, can not use it in custom spinner – Hossein Kurd Jun 03 '14 at 10:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '14 at 10:44

use global class extends Application for example:

public class G extends Application

And Call In manifiest

and use

public static Context               context;

// OnCreate
context = getApplicationContext();

And Then Change That Line As:

 ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) G.context.getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

Or Use

ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getContext().getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

How to copy text to Clipboard from TextField in Android

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