When copying String
from any browser page, pasteData
works properly.
However when copying SpannedString
from a message sent item editor(field), the application crashes and shows this error message:
java.lang.ClassCastException: android.text.SpannableString cannot be cast to java.lang.String
My code:
// since the clipboard contains plain text.
ClipData.Item item = clipBoard.getPrimaryClip().getItemAt(0);
// Gets the clipboard as text.
String pasteData = new String();
pasteData = (String) item.getText();
where the ClipboardManager
instance defined as clipBoard
, below:
clipBoard = (ClipboardManager) context.getSystemService(context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
clipBoard.addPrimaryClipChangedListener(new ClipboardListener());
All I'm trying to do is use pasteData
in String
format.
How to get rid of this error?
Any help is appreciated.
Returns a string with the same characters in the same order as in this sequence.
You need to use next code.
String pasteData = item.getText().toString();
You can not cast to android.text.SpannableString
because item.getText()
returns CharSequence
, there are a lot of implementations of it