Copy text to clipboard with iOS

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What is the best way to copy text to the iPhone's clipboard in your application?

Their docs are sketchy and have way more features than what I want... I just want to set a string as the users clipboard.

it's been 7 years and you still haven't accepted the correct answer below — sudoExclaimationExclaimation, Sep 26 '16 at 03:35

score 633 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 24 '20 at 15:46

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Although the accepted answer is a good walkthrough of how UIPasteboard works, I figured I'd post the relevant snippet right here for everyone's convenience:

Obj-C

UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pasteboard.string = @"Paste me!";

Swift 2.2

let pasteBoard = UIPasteboard.generalPasteboard()
pasteBoard.string = "Paste me!"

Swift 3+:

let pasteBoard = UIPasteboard.general
pasteBoard.string = "Paste me!"

edited Aug 24 '20 at 15:46

Iulian Onofrei

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answered Nov 05 '11 at 19:58

samvermette

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Thanks for that, much more helpful than sifting through a big tutorial. – Chris Feb 26 '12 at 00:35
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Yep, thanks for this. This is IMO how a question should be answered. – GeneCode Apr 05 '12 at 09:42
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Even in 2017 this is still the accepted answer to be. – shinyuX Jan 17 '17 at 17:12

score 35 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 21 '16 at 15:38

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Swift 2.2 :

let pasteBoard = UIPasteboard.generalPasteboard()
pasteBoard.string = "Paste Me !"

Swift 3:

let pasteBoard = UIPasteboard.general
pasteBoard.string = "Paste me!"

edited Oct 21 '16 at 15:38

Gilad Green

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answered Aug 14 '15 at 17:07

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Copy text to clipboard with iOS

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