Copying and Pasting Text in an Edit Text Control in Android

In this example, We will learn that how to copy data from editText and paste data.

For copying and pasting different types of data , Android provides clipboard framework. In this example, we use ClipboardManager class which is used to allow you to copy and paste text via clipboard.

First of all that, You input some data in editText, then click on Copy Button to copy text from edit text. After for paste this copied , You click on Paste button. You will display copied text in text view after clicked on Paste Button.

Let's see the Example :

File Name : MainActivity.java

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package com.example.copypastedemo; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.view.Menu; import android.content.ClipData; import android.content.ClipboardManager; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends Activity { EditText ed1; TextView t1; Button b1,b2; private ClipboardManager myClipboard; private ClipData myClip; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); ed1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1); t1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1); b1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1); b2=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button2); myClipboard = (ClipboardManager)getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); b1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub String text; text = ed1.getText().toString(); myClip = ClipData.newPlainText("text", text); myClipboard.setPrimaryClip(myClip); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Text Copied",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } }); b2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub ClipData abc = myClipboard.getPrimaryClip(); ClipData.Item item = abc.getItemAt(0); String text = item.getText().toString(); t1.setText(text); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Text Pasted",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } }); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu); return true; } }

File Name : activity_main.xml

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<RelativeLayout 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" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <EditText android:id="@+id/editText1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginLeft="48dp" android:layout_marginTop="76dp" android:ems="10" android:hint="" > <requestFocus /> </EditText> <Button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:text="@string/b1" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/button1" android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/button1" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:text="@string/b2" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1" android:layout_below="@+id/editText1" android:layout_marginTop="20dp" android:text="Paste Text Here" /> </RelativeLayout>

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