CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidcopy
user3410344
user3410344

Reputation: 41

just copying from textview in API 7 in android?

I want to copy text from a TextView to clipboard in API 7.

I have this xml file : 

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:textColor="#0000ff"
        android:textSize="15dp" 
        android:shadowDx="4"
        android:shadowDy="4"
        android:shadowRadius="20"
        android:textIsSelectable="true"

         />

android:textIsSelectable="true" has two problems :

  1. Just works API 11 and higher
  2. This code allows a user to cut from TextView, but when user cuts from TextView the app fails. Can I do something that the user can't cut the TextView ???

Upvotes: 2

Views: 134

Answers (1)

Naddy
Naddy

Reputation: 2674

In your java code use this :

TextView textView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
textView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
        ClipboardManager cm = (ClipboardManager)getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
        cm.setText(textView.getText());
        Toast.makeText(context, "Copied to clipboard", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

EDIT- Above code is for click;For long press use below code- In your onCreate method register your TextView for a context menu-

TextView textView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
registerForContextMenu(textView);

Then override onCreateContextMenu -

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
    //user has long pressed your TextView
    menu.add(0, v.getId(), 0, "Copy");

    //cast the received View to TextView so that you can get its text
    TextView textView = (TextView) v;

    //place your TextView's text in clipboard
    ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
    clipboard.setText(textView.getText());
}

Upvotes: 2

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