Android: Clipboard issue

Question

I am having a very annoying problem. I'm developing an app and now I need to get the text that is in a TextView and pass it to the clipboard. In other words, i need to copy the text.

android:textIsSelectable = "true" works on newe versions, but i need this app to run on API10 ( 2.3.3 )

I tried this:

    import android.text.ClipboardManager;
    [ . . . ]
    private CharSequence code;
    [ . . . ]
    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {

        codeTextView.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {

            public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                code = codeTextView.getText();
                ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.text.ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
                clipboard.setText(code);
                Log.i(TAG, "COPIED! ->" + (clipboard.getText()));

                return false;
            }
        });

Okay. The problem is: CLIPBOARD_SERVICE has an error: CLIPBOARD_SERVICE cannot be resolved to a variable

How to get rid of this? I mean, if I try and remove this, it seems that the method "getSystemService" doesn't exist. What's going on?

Notes:

I'm using appcompat_v7
Running normally on Honeycomb and above
The version checking works fine

FD_ · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25T17:59:35.860

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Simple:

Use Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE:

ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.text.ClipboardManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

CLIPBOARD_SERVICE is a static field of Context. I guess the code was used in a subclass of Context in the place you got it from, and as yours is no subclass of Context, you have to put the Context before.

edited Sep 25 '14 at 17:59

answered Sep 25 '14 at 17:43

FD_

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Thanks. I got rid from the error. But then, another one appeared: `The method getSystemService(String) is undefined for the type new View.OnLongClickListener(){}` – igorfeiden Sep 25 '14 at 17:45
Yeah. You need an instance of `Context` to call that method on. It's a method of `Context`. – FD_ Sep 25 '14 at 17:47
So how do I do this exactly? – igorfeiden Sep 25 '14 at 17:54
You have to pass a reference to an instance of Context to the place where you are executing this code. Where do you run this code? What is the super class of the class? – FD_ Sep 25 '14 at 17:56
`public class BarCodeFragment extends Fragment implements OnItemClickListener` The call is in `OnCreateView` after I set content to the textview. – igorfeiden Sep 25 '14 at 17:57

Android: Clipboard issue

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