How to copy text programmatically in my Android app?

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Zach picture Zach · Oct 26, 2008 · Viewed 104k times · Source

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?

Answer

FlySwat picture FlySwat · Oct 26, 2008

Use ClipboardManager#setPrimaryClip method:

import android.content.ClipboardManager;

// ...

ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("label", "Text to copy");
clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip);

ClipboardManager API reference

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