ClipDescription


public class ClipDescription
extends Object implements Parcelable

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.ClipDescription


Meta-data describing the contents of a ClipData. Provides enough information to know if you can handle the ClipData, but not the data itself.

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For more information about using the clipboard framework, read the Copy and Paste developer guide.

Summary

Constants

int CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE

Value returned by getConfidenceScore(java.lang.String) if text classification has been completed.

int CLASSIFICATION_NOT_COMPLETE

Value returned by getConfidenceScore(java.lang.String) if text classification has not been completed on the associated clip.

int CLASSIFICATION_NOT_PERFORMED

Value returned by getConfidenceScore(java.lang.String) if text classification was not and will not be performed on the associated clip.

String EXTRA_IS_REMOTE_DEVICE

Indicates that a ClipData's source is a remote device.

String EXTRA_IS_SENSITIVE

Indicates that a ClipData contains potentially sensitive information, such as a password or credit card number.

String MIMETYPE_TEXT_HTML

The MIME type for a clip holding HTML text.

String MIMETYPE_TEXT_INTENT

The MIME type for a clip holding an Intent.

String MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN

The MIME type for a clip holding plain text.

String MIMETYPE_TEXT_URILIST

The MIME type for a clip holding one or more URIs.

String MIMETYPE_UNKNOWN

The MIME type for data whose type is otherwise unknown.

Inherited constants

Fields

public static final Creator<ClipDescription> CREATOR

Public constructors

ClipDescription(ClipDescription o)

Create a copy of a ClipDescription.

ClipDescription(CharSequence label, String[] mimeTypes)

Create a new clip.

Public methods

static boolean compareMimeTypes(String concreteType, String desiredType)

Helper to compare two MIME types, where one may be a pattern.

int describeContents()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.

String[] filterMimeTypes(String mimeType)

Filter the clip description MIME types by the given MIME type.

int getClassificationStatus()

Returns CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE if text classification has been performed on the associated ClipData.

float getConfidenceScore(String entity)

Returns a score indicating confidence that an instance of the given entity is present in the first item of the clip data, if that item is plain text and text classification has been performed.

PersistableBundle getExtras()

Retrieve extended data from the clip description.

CharSequence getLabel()

Return the label for this clip.

String getMimeType(int index)

Return one of the possible clip MIME types.

int getMimeTypeCount()

Return the number of MIME types the clip is available in.

long getTimestamp()

Return the timestamp at which the associated ClipData is copied to global clipboard in the System.currentTimeMillis() time base.

boolean hasMimeType(String mimeType)

Check whether the clip description contains the given MIME type.

boolean isStyledText()

Returns true if the first item of the associated ClipData contains styled text, i.e.

void setExtras(PersistableBundle extras)

Add extended data to the clip description.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

Constants

CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE

Added in API level 31
public static final int CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE

Value returned by getConfidenceScore(java.lang.String) if text classification has been completed.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

CLASSIFICATION_NOT_COMPLETE

Added in API level 31
public static final int CLASSIFICATION_NOT_COMPLETE

Value returned by getConfidenceScore(java.lang.String) if text classification has not been completed on the associated clip. This will be always be the case if the clip has not been copied to clipboard, or if there is no associated clip.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

CLASSIFICATION_NOT_PERFORMED

Added in API level 31
public static final int CLASSIFICATION_NOT_PERFORMED

Value returned by getConfidenceScore(java.lang.String) if text classification was not and will not be performed on the associated clip. This may be the case if the clip does not contain text in its first item, or if the text is too long.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

EXTRA_IS_REMOTE_DEVICE

Added in API level 34
public static final String EXTRA_IS_REMOTE_DEVICE

Indicates that a ClipData's source is a remote device.

Type: boolean

This extra can be used to indicate that a ClipData comes from a separate device rather than being local. It is a rendering hint that can be used to take different behavior based on the source device of copied data.

Constant Value: "android.content.extra.IS_REMOTE_DEVICE"

EXTRA_IS_SENSITIVE

Added in API level 33
public static final String EXTRA_IS_SENSITIVE

Indicates that a ClipData contains potentially sensitive information, such as a password or credit card number.

Type: boolean

This extra can be used to indicate that a ClipData contains sensitive information that should be redacted or hidden from view until a user takes explicit action to reveal it (e.g., by pasting).

Adding this extra does not change clipboard behavior or add additional security to the ClipData. Its purpose is essentially a rendering hint from the source application, asking that the data within be obfuscated or redacted, unless the user has taken action to make it visible.

Constant Value: "android.content.extra.IS_SENSITIVE"

MIMETYPE_TEXT_HTML

Added in API level 16
public static final String MIMETYPE_TEXT_HTML

The MIME type for a clip holding HTML text.

Constant Value: "text/html"

MIMETYPE_TEXT_INTENT

Added in API level 11
public static final String MIMETYPE_TEXT_INTENT

The MIME type for a clip holding an Intent.

Constant Value: "text/vnd.android.intent"

MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN

Added in API level 11
public static final String MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN

The MIME type for a clip holding plain text.

Constant Value: "text/plain"

MIMETYPE_TEXT_URILIST

Added in API level 11
public static final String MIMETYPE_TEXT_URILIST

The MIME type for a clip holding one or more URIs. This should be used for URIs that are meaningful to a user (such as an http: URI). It should not be used for a content: URI that references some other piece of data; in that case the MIME type should be the type of the referenced data.

Constant Value: "text/uri-list"

MIMETYPE_UNKNOWN

Added in API level 30
public static final String MIMETYPE_UNKNOWN

The MIME type for data whose type is otherwise unknown.

Per RFC 2046, the "application" media type is to be used for discrete data which do not fit in any of the other categories, and the "octet-stream" subtype is used to indicate that a body contains arbitrary binary data.

Constant Value: "application/octet-stream"

Fields

CREATOR

Added in API level 11
public static final Creator<ClipDescription> CREATOR

Public constructors

ClipDescription

Added in API level 11
public ClipDescription (ClipDescription o)

Create a copy of a ClipDescription.

Parameters
o ClipDescription

ClipDescription

Added in API level 11
public ClipDescription (CharSequence label, 
                String[] mimeTypes)

Create a new clip.

Parameters
label CharSequence: Label to show to the user describing this clip.

mimeTypes String: An array of MIME types this data is available as.

Public methods

compareMimeTypes

Added in API level 11
public static boolean compareMimeTypes (String concreteType, 
                String desiredType)

Helper to compare two MIME types, where one may be a pattern.

Parameters
concreteType String: A fully-specified MIME type.

desiredType String: A desired MIME type that may be a pattern such as */*.

Returns
boolean Returns true if the two MIME types match.

describeContents

Added in API level 11
public int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
int a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either 0 or CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR

filterMimeTypes

Added in API level 11
public String[] filterMimeTypes (String mimeType)

Filter the clip description MIME types by the given MIME type. Returns all MIME types in the clip that match the given MIME type.

Parameters
mimeType String: The desired MIME type. May be a pattern.

Returns
String[] Returns an array of all matching MIME types. If there are no matching MIME types, null is returned.

getClassificationStatus

Added in API level 31
public int getClassificationStatus ()

Returns CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE if text classification has been performed on the associated ClipData. If this is the case then getConfidenceScore(String) may be used to retrieve information about entities within the text. Otherwise, returns CLASSIFICATION_NOT_COMPLETE if classification has not yet returned results, or CLASSIFICATION_NOT_PERFORMED if classification was not attempted (e.g. because the text was too long).

Returns
int Value is CLASSIFICATION_NOT_COMPLETE, CLASSIFICATION_NOT_PERFORMED, or CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE

getConfidenceScore

Added in API level 31
public float getConfidenceScore (String entity)

Returns a score indicating confidence that an instance of the given entity is present in the first item of the clip data, if that item is plain text and text classification has been performed. The value ranges from 0 (low confidence) to 1 (high confidence). 0 indicates that the entity was not found in the classified text.

Entities should be as defined in the TextClassifier class, such as TextClassifier.TYPE_ADDRESS, TextClassifier.TYPE_URL, or TextClassifier.TYPE_EMAIL.

If the result is positive for any entity, the full classification result as a TextLinks object may be obtained using the ClipData.Item.getTextLinks() method.

Parameters
entity String: This value cannot be null. Value is TextClassifier.TYPE_UNKNOWN, TextClassifier.TYPE_OTHER, TextClassifier.TYPE_EMAIL, TextClassifier.TYPE_PHONE, TextClassifier.TYPE_ADDRESS, TextClassifier.TYPE_URL, TextClassifier.TYPE_DATE, TextClassifier.TYPE_DATE_TIME, TextClassifier.TYPE_FLIGHT_NUMBER, or android.view.textclassifier.TextClassifier.TYPE_DICTIONARY

Returns
float Value is between 0.0 and 1.0 inclusive

Throws
IllegalStateException if getClassificationStatus() is not CLASSIFICATION_COMPLETE

getExtras

Added in API level 24
public PersistableBundle getExtras ()

Retrieve extended data from the clip description.

Returns
PersistableBundle the bundle containing extended data previously set with setExtras(android.os.PersistableBundle), or null if no extras have been set.

getLabel

Added in API level 11
public CharSequence getLabel ()

Return the label for this clip.

Returns
CharSequence

getMimeType

Added in API level 11
public String getMimeType (int index)

Return one of the possible clip MIME types.

Parameters
index int

Returns
String

getMimeTypeCount

Added in API level 11
public int getMimeTypeCount ()

Return the number of MIME types the clip is available in.

Returns
int

getTimestamp

Added in API level 26
public long getTimestamp ()

Return the timestamp at which the associated ClipData is copied to global clipboard in the System.currentTimeMillis() time base.

Returns
long timestamp at which the associated ClipData is copied to global clipboard or 0 if it is not copied to clipboard.

hasMimeType

Added in API level 11
public boolean hasMimeType (String mimeType)

Check whether the clip description contains the given MIME type.

Parameters
mimeType String: The desired MIME type. May be a pattern.

Returns
boolean Returns true if one of the MIME types in the clip description matches the desired MIME type, else false.

isStyledText

Added in API level 31
public boolean isStyledText ()

Returns true if the first item of the associated ClipData contains styled text, i.e. if it contains spans such as CharacterStyle, ParagraphStyle, or UpdateAppearance. Returns false if it does not, or if there is no associated clip data.

Returns
boolean

setExtras

Added in API level 24
public void setExtras (PersistableBundle extras)

Add extended data to the clip description.

Parameters
extras PersistableBundle

See also:

toString

Added in API level 11
public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Returns
String a string representation of the object.

writeToParcel

Added in API level 11
public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, 
                int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
dest Parcel: The Parcel in which the object should be written. This value cannot be null.

flags int: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE. Value is either 0 or a combination of Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES