iPhone Copy Something to Clipboard via Code

Question

I was wondering if I could copy some text to the iphone keyboard via code - I.E. They press a button named "Copy Link to Clipboard" and it would copy a link to the Clipboard?

Thanks.

Answer 1

A normal string would be copied via

UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pasteboard.string = @"my test string";

a URL via e.g

UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pasteboard.URL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4060471/iphone-copy-something-to-clipboard-via-code"];

Answer 2

UIPasteboard is what you need:

http://mobileorchard.com/new-in-iphone-30-tutorial-series-part-3-copy-paste-with-uipasteboard/