Set text and get text from clipboard

Question

In Android, I need some code to "get text" and "set text" in the clipboard.

For example I want to put "asd" in memory and after that paste it from clipboard.

Why are you trying to do this? As an Android user, I've never seen an app that does this. — Wesley Wiser, Jul 11 '11 at 13:58
@Wesley for example keepass does this, to automatically clear the clipboard after some time. — , May 19 '15 at 21:47
`ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); if (clipboard != null && clipboard.getPrimaryClipDescription().hasMimeType(MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN)) { ClipData.Item item = clipboard.getPrimaryClip().getItemAt(0); String yourText =item.getText().toString(); }` — Choletski, May 23 '18 at 12:04

score 90 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '11 at 13:58

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ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
clipboard.setText("Text to copy");
clipboard.getText();

answered Jul 11 '11 at 13:58

Chirag

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which package is ClipboardManager? android.cotent or android.text, hm and it seems to be deprecated – wutzebaer Jul 22 '13 at 16:37
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@wutzebaer The ClipboardManager as used here is in [`android.text`](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/ClipboardManager.html). The newer interface is at [`android.content`](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ClipboardManager.html) – Lekensteyn Sep 09 '13 at 15:33
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Now **deprecated**! – Ujjwal Singh Dec 29 '14 at 09:38
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**Since API 11** clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText(text, text)); – Mats de Swart Feb 18 '15 at 01:46
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Do this w/ the new API: ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("message", msgText.getText()); clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip); – kenyee Feb 26 '15 at 16:41
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getText returns only the last copied data. How can I access all data from clipboard ? – partho Nov 03 '16 at 12:28

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