In this short piece we want to look at several easy ways to copy textview content into the clipboard. For example, suppose you want to copy TextView content into an edittext for saving.

(a). Use CopyButton

CopyButton is a simple library created for just that purpose. It is free from boilerplate code and can be attached to a textview. For example you can listen to double click or long click events in a textview, then react by copying the text content of that textview.

Step 1: Installation 

Install it from jitpack:

allprojects {
	repositories {
		...
		maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
	}
}

dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.hajiyevelnur92:Copy-button:1.0'
}

Step 2: Code

Then in the code:

import codehive.copybuttonlibrary.CopyButtonLibrary;
...

CopyButtonLibrary copyButtonLibrary = new CopyButtonLibrary(getApplicationContext(),textView);
copyButtonLibrary.init();

Links

1. Download the code here and follow the author here.