This example shows how to use clipboard manager to copy text/intent/url in android.
Algorithm:
1.) Create a new project by File-> New -> Android Project name it ClipBoardExample.
2.) Write following into main.xml:
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?-->
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<button> android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="pasteStyledText"
android:text="@string/copy_text" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/styled_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textStyle="normal" />
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</button><button> android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="pastePlainText"
android:text="@string/copy_text" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/plain_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textStyle="normal" />
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</button><button> android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="pasteIntent"
android:text="@string/copy_intent" />
</button><button> android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="pasteUri"
android:text="@string/copy_uri" />
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
android:prompt="@string/clip_type_prompt"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/clip_mime_types"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:textStyle="normal"
/>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/clip_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0px"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textStyle="normal"
/>
3.) Create and write following into res/values/arrays.xml:
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?-->
No data in clipboard
Text clip
Intent clip
Uri clip
4.) Write following into res/values/strings.xml:
ClipBoardExample
Hello world!
Settings
ClipBoardExample
Copy Text
Copy Intent
Copy URI
Clip Type
Plain, <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, <b><i>bold-italic</i></b>
5.) Run for output.
Steps:
1.) Create a project named ClipBoardExample and set the information as stated in the image.
Build Target: Android 4.0
Application Name: ClipBoardExample
Package Name: com. example. ClipBoardExample
Activity Name: ClipBoardExample
Min SDK Version: 11
2.) Open ClipBoardExample.java file and write following code there:
package com.example.clipboardexample;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ClipData;
import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class ClipBoardExample extends Activity {
ClipboardManager mClipboard;
Spinner mSpinner;
TextView mMimeTypes;
EditText mEditText;
CharSequence mStyledText;
String mPlainText;
ClipboardManager.OnPrimaryClipChangedListener mPrimaryChangeListener
= new ClipboardManager.OnPrimaryClipChangedListener() {
public void onPrimaryClipChanged() {
updateClipData();
}
};
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mClipboard = (ClipboardManager)getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
// See res/any/layout/resources.xml for this view layout definition.
setContentView(R.layout.main);
TextView tv;
mStyledText = getText(R.string.styled_text);
tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.styled_text);
tv.setText(mStyledText);
mPlainText = mStyledText.toString();
tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.plain_text);
tv.setText(mPlainText);
mSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.clip_type);
ArrayAdapter adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
this, R.array.clip_data_types, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
mSpinner.setAdapter(adapter);
mSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(
new OnItemSelectedListener() {
public void onItemSelected(
AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
}
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
}
});
mMimeTypes = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.clip_mime_types);
mEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.clip_text);
mClipboard.addPrimaryClipChangedListener(mPrimaryChangeListener);
updateClipData();
}
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
mClipboard.removePrimaryClipChangedListener(mPrimaryChangeListener);
}
public void pasteStyledText(View button) {
mClipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("Styled Text", mStyledText));
}
public void pastePlainText(View button) {
mClipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("Styled Text", mPlainText));
}
public void pasteIntent(View button) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.android.com/"));
mClipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newIntent("VIEW intent", intent));
}
public void pasteUri(View button) {
mClipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newRawUri("URI", Uri.parse("http://www.android.com/")));
}
void updateClipData() {
ClipData clip = mClipboard.getPrimaryClip();
String[] mimeTypes = clip != null ? clip.getDescription().filterMimeTypes("*/*") : null;
mMimeTypes.setText("");
if (mimeTypes != null) {
for (int i=0; i<mimeTypes.length; i++) {
mMimeTypes.append(mimeTypes[i]);
mMimeTypes.append("n");
}
}
if (clip == null) {
mSpinner.setSelection(0);
mEditText.setText("");
} else if (clip.getItemAt(0).getText() != null) {
mSpinner.setSelection(1);
mEditText.setText(clip.getItemAt(0).getText());
} else if (clip.getItemAt(0).getIntent() != null) {
mSpinner.setSelection(2);
mEditText.setText(clip.getItemAt(0).getIntent().toUri(0));
} else if (clip.getItemAt(0).getUri() != null) {
mSpinner.setSelection(3);
mEditText.setText(clip.getItemAt(0).getUri().toString());
} else {
mSpinner.setSelection(0);
mEditText.setText("Clip containing no data");
}
}
}
3.) Compile and build the project.
Output
