Copy Text to Clip Board

How to Copy Text to Clip Board in Android? - Android Studio

In this tutorial we will learn how to copy text to Clip Board. We will copy the text of TextView when Button is clicked.

Step 1: Create a new project OR Open your project

Step 2: Code:

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="10dp"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This is the text to be copied..." />

   <Button
       android:id="@+id/btnCopy"
       android:text="Copy Text"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.devofandroid.myapplication;


import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        final TextView mTextView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
        Button mBtnCopy = findViewById(R.id.btnCopy);
        mBtnCopy.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                String text = mTextView.getText().toString();
                ClipboardManager cb = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
                ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("Label For Text", text);

                cb.setPrimaryClip(clip);
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), text+"\nCopied", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });
    }

}

Step 3: Output