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ClipboardManager is an Android service that is responsible for system-wide clipboard management.

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How to Copy Text to Clipboard in Android?

Can anybody please tell me how to copy the text present in a particular textview to clipboard when a button is pressed? @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); …
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How to copy text programmatically in my Android app?

I'm building an Android app and I want to copy the text value of an EditText widget. It's possible for the user to press Menu+A then Menu+C to copy the value, but how would I do this programmatically?
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What exactly is "label" parameter in ClipData in Android?

According to the Android documentation, ClipData use "label" as a kind of representation to the copied data. ClippedData is a complex type containing one or Item instances, each of which can hold one or more representations of an item of data. For…
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Android copy/paste from clipboard manager

Is it possible to send past command so that it pastes text into currently focused edit text. Scenario: Background service listening for notification (done) When notification is received text needs to be copied to clipboard (done) Paste text to any…
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Permanently listen to Clipboard changes

I'm building an application that will launch a service capable to listen to clipboard changes. What i really want is to record (and write it in storage) every single change in the clipboard permanently, so when i launch my app i can read the stored…
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service - android clipboard listener

I need a simple service (which will run in the background), when user copies anything from the browser or sms etc., there will be a toast showing that text. example: this service must be run on android 2.1 and later. Today (from 10:35 AM to…
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getPrimaryClip() returns ClipData { text/plain {NULL} }

Please help me to solve this problem. This is my code @Override public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) { clipboard = (ClipboardManager)getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); …
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How to access clipboard data programmatically in Android Q (10)?

As we know read data by Clipboard Manager in the background was stopped by Google in android Q, so I need anyway to paste data copied directly in edit text when a user returns to activity without user make a paste and without paste button. The issue…
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Android paste text from clipboard after restarting the phone

I am using android clipboard manager and trying to paste a string to my android app as mentioned in developer.android.com tutorial. I can paste string in normal circumstances but there is a problem in following scenario. Scenario: I copy a string…
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Android how to get string from clipboard onPrimaryClipChanged?

I'm trying to get text copied into the clipboard using the following listener: import android.content.ClipboardManager.OnPrimaryClipChangedListener; import com.orhanobut.logger.Logger; public class ClipboardListener implements…
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Copy HTML from WebView and paste into EditText

In Android 4.1.1 copying some content from a WebView (like paragraphs, bullets, spans, links) and pasting it into an EditText renders the HTML almost like the original (since many tags aren't supported it's not exactly the same but close…
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SecurityException: <> from uid xxx not allowed to perform READ_CLIPBOARD when calling setPrimaryClip

I've been getting reports of the following crash SecurityException: <> from uid xxx not allowed to perform READ_CLIPBOARD The crash occurred when a user clicks on a button that copies a text into clipboard as shown below. val…
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ClipBoardManager.OnPrimaryClipChangedListener Not Working

I want to get notified if the user copies something to the clipboard. I created a service and started it in the HomeActivity, also I write a timer to check if my service is working. I checked and my service is working Log cat shows that. But my…
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Clearing Clipboard Data in Android

I'm trying to clear the Clipboard data in android as follow but its not clearing it. ClipboardManager clipman = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); clipman.setPrimaryClip(null); Any ideas ?
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How to copy image to clipboardManager on Android, example?

I want to copy an image stored in resources folder to clipboard manager to later be pasted on another app, like mail,whatapp or chat. i have researcher severals links some mention this can be done making an uri to a file. This is the best i got, can…
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