I want to implement a feature in my android app, when I copy some text or link from anywhere(from messages, whatsapp or instagram post link) in my phone and open my app, so I want the text to be auto pasted if text is in my clipboard.
Requirements:
if someone know about this then help me.
Thanks in advance.
I found the solution for auto pasting copied text on my App launch.
I added a button and when the button is clicked then I paste text from Clipboard.
We cannot use paste feature directly in onCreate(), so I automate the button click and set the button visibility to gone because I don't to show the button to the users.
So I added a Handler which is trigger after 2 seconds (2000 milliseconds) and inside the handler I added button.perforClick().
Below is the solution code.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
TextView textView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
Button button = findViewById(R.id.button);
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
button.performClick();
}
}, 2000);
button.setOnClickListener(view -> {
pasteText();
});
}
private void pasteText() {
ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
String pasteData = "";
// If it does contain data, decide if you can handle the data.
if (!(clipboard.hasPrimaryClip())) {
} else if (!(clipboard.getPrimaryClipDescription().hasMimeType(MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN))) {
// since the clipboard has data but it is not plain text
} else {
//since the clipboard contains plain text.
ClipData.Item item = clipboard.getPrimaryClip().getItemAt(0);
// Gets the clipboard as text.
pasteData = item.getText().toString();
textView.setText(pasteData);
Log.i("PastedText", "text: " + pasteData);
}
}