How to remove default context menu in Edit Text?

Question

I am using EditText in my Android application. When i long press on the EditText, i want to remove/hide all the default context menu like Copy,Cut,Select All etc. Only paste menu should be shown. I have tried with the solution in the below link, but along with Paste, SelectAll option is also showing. How can i remove it.

EditText: Disable Paste/Replace menu pop-up on Text Selection Handler click event

There is a requirement in my project, where if a user copies a text from his phone and the returns to our app, on long pressing in edit text he should be only provided with option to Paste — Arunabha Dutta Choudhury, Nov 16 '17 at 09:47
@Prem Partially it is. But here i want to show Paste option instead of totally disabling all the default menus — Arunabha Dutta Choudhury, Nov 16 '17 at 09:49
hope this helps: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12995439/custom-cut-copy-action-bar-for-edittext-that-shows-text-selection-handles — Sara Tirmizi, Nov 16 '17 at 10:35

Muhammad Saad Rafique · Answer 1 · 2017-11-16T10:31:57.357

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EditText yourEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.your_edit_text);
yourEditText.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback() 
{
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode actionMode, Menu menu) 
    { 
        return false; 
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode actionMode, Menu menu) 
    { 
        return false; 
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode actionMode, MenuItem menuItem) 
    { 
        return false; 
    }
    @Override
    public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode actionMode) 
    { 
        // Do your stuff here when you destroy
    }
    });
}

In your xml file, add following line to your respective editText:

android:textIsSelectable="false"

For further operations you can use that library:

https://github.com/neopixl/PixlUI

edited Nov 16 '17 at 10:31

answered Nov 16 '17 at 10:08

Muhammad Saad Rafique

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@MSaasLakhan "Do your stuff here when you destroy" how can i only enable Paste option here and hide rest including select all. – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 10:13
please check updated answer. Let me know if it works for you buddy and dont forget to mark this post as answer if this works for you. Happy Coding :) – Muhammad Saad Rafique Nov 16 '17 at 10:23
@MSaadLakhan Thank you for for your code,but sorry to say, it didnt helped much. – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 10:28
I have updated my Question with a photo. As you can see select all is still showing up.I want only paste to be there – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 10:30
bro look updated answer – Muhammad Saad Rafique Nov 16 '17 at 10:32
Even that library didnt meet my requirement. Tried it. – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 10:51
Buddy then you are in real mess. Best of luck keep digging :) – Muhammad Saad Rafique Nov 16 '17 at 10:52
It seems so. Basically i need to figure it out how to remove the Select All menu option. – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 10:55
Like there is a method named canPaste, is there any similar method for Select? – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 11:44
All the solutions work when we select a text in EditText and long press. But when we long press next to the text, none of the solutions work – Arunabha Dutta Choudhury Nov 16 '17 at 13:30

How to remove default context menu in Edit Text?

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