How to get the text from a ClipData object?

Question

In Android, the way to get the clipboard text used to be simple:

ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
String text = clipboard.getText();

The getText() method has now been deprecated, and the documentation says to use getPrimaryClip() instead:

getText()

This method was deprecated in API level 11. Use getPrimaryClip() instead. This retrieves the primary clip and tries to coerce it to a string.

However, getPrimaryClip() returns a ClipData object, and it is not clear how to get the text content in this object. How can that be achieved?

Answer 1

Use this code:

public CharSequence getText() {
    ClipData clip = getPrimaryClip();
    if (clip != null && clip.getItemCount() > 0) {
        return clip.getItemAt(0).coerceToText(mContext);
    }
    return null;
}

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