Re: [android-developers] How to use the "new" clipboard function?

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Dominik Erbsland <derbsland@gmail.com> wrote:
> I use the clipboard function to let the user copy some text out of my
> app into the clipboard. but now it says that the way I use the
> clipboard is deprecated.
>
> Unfortunately I could not find an example how I have to use the
> clipboard the "new" way.
> I found the docs here:
> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/clipboard/copy-paste.html
>
> but I already use the code:
> ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager)
> getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
>
> and Eclipse tells me that this is deprecated.

getSystemService() is not deprecated, and neither is
CLIPBOARD_SERVICE, at least according to the docs.

> Also the "NotePad" example app is deprecated on
> http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/NotePad/index.html

How can an example app be deprecated?

> Could anyone please post me a short example how to add a String to the
> clipboard the "new" way?

The same as the old way:

https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/SystemServices/ClipIP

If you want to clip rich stuff, you can do that too:

https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/SystemServices/ClipMusic

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