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ClipboardManager
abstract class ClipboardManager
Known Direct Subclasses
| ClipboardManager |
Interface to the clipboard service, for placing and retrieving text in the global clipboard.
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Summary
| Public methods |
| abstract CharSequence! |
Returns the text on the clipboard.
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| abstract Boolean |
Returns true if the clipboard contains text; false otherwise.
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| abstract Unit |
Sets the contents of the clipboard to the specified text.
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Public constructors
ClipboardManager
ClipboardManager()
Public methods
getText
abstract fun getText(): CharSequence!
Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.
Returns the text on the clipboard. It will eventually be possible to store types other than text too, in which case this will return null if the type cannot be coerced to text.
hasText
abstract fun hasText(): Boolean
Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.
Returns true if the clipboard contains text; false otherwise.
setText
abstract fun setText(text: CharSequence!): Unit
Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.
Sets the contents of the clipboard to the specified text.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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