How to Copy Text to Clip Board in Android?

Question

Can anybody please tell me how to copy the text present in a particular textview to clipboard when a button is pressed?

@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     setContentView(R.layout.mainpage);     textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview);     copyText = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bCopy);     copyText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {         @Override         public void onClick(View v) {             // TODO Auto-generated method stub                          ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);             String getstring = textView.getText().toString();                          // Help to continue :)         }     }); } 

I want to copy the Text in TextView textView to clipboard when the Button bCopy is pressed.

Answer 1

use ClipboardManager

 ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);   ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText(label, text);  clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip); 

make sure you have imported android.content.ClipboardManager and NOT android.text.ClipboardManager. Latter is deprecated. Check this link for Further information.