I have a widget with a button and a text field. when the user clicks on the button I'd like to copy the text from the textfield to the cliboard. As this is a widget I have to used remoteviews and pending intent. Does anybody has a simple way to do it ?
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I have a widget with a button and a text field.
No, you don't. You have an app widget with a Button and a TextView. EditText is not supported by app widgets. If you have evidence to the contrary, please upload a project somewhere so I can examine it.
Does anybody has a simple way to do it ?
Even if EditText were supported, there is no way to get the value out of it at runtime, since it is not in your application.
CommonsWare
2010-08-31 14:12:20
My bad. I have a textview. But I still want to copy the value of the textview to clipboard when I press the button. Is there a specific intent for that or should I use a service ?
PinouinFictif
2010-08-31 14:49:49
Not sure if this is the most elegant way, but I created an intent that triggers an activity which reads from the textview and copies to clipboard. The activity is themed with "@android:style/Theme.Dialog" to display a confirmation that the text has been copied
PinouinFictif
2010-09-01 15:57:59