Get text from the clipboard. - Android Android OS

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Description

Get text from the clipboard.

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;
import android.content.ClipData;
import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.Context;

public class Main {
    /**/*w w w .  j  av a 2s. co  m*/
     * Get text from the clipboard.
     * @param context the application {@link Context}
     * @return Returns the clipboard text if the clipboard contains text.
     */
    public static String readFromClipboard(Context context) {
        // Gets the ClipboardManager
        ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) context
                .getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

        // Gets the clipboard data from the clipboard
        ClipData clip = clipboard.getPrimaryClip();
        if (clip != null) {

            // Gets the first item from the clipboard data
            ClipData.Item item = clip.getItemAt(0);

            CharSequence text = item.getText();
            if (text != null && text.length() > 0) {
                return text.toString();
            }
            // return coerceToText(context, item).toString();
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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