how to disable paste option in android EditText

Question

I have a requirement where EditText doesn't allow paste but it should allow copy. I tried setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback but it disables the copy option.

EditText  etxt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
etxt.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new Callback() {
             
            public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                return false;
            }
 
            public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {                  
            }
 
            public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                return false;
            }
 
            public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
                return false;
            }
        });

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/a/12331404/501483 — dharam, Apr 16 '14 at 05:47
@dhams:this should disable both copy and paste the question is to only disable paste functionality. — Born To Win, Apr 16 '14 at 06:06
Follow this one is right answer:- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41673185/disable-edittext-context-menu — vicky, Jan 24 '17 at 16:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 26 '21 at 20:23

I did it myself..credit goes to Android intercept paste\copy\cut on editText

I just changed onTextContextMenuItem() based on my requirement..

@Override
    public boolean onTextContextMenuItem(int id) {
        // Do your thing:
        //boolean consumed = super.onTextContextMenuItem(id); // Change1
        // React:
        switch (id){
            case android.R.id.cut:
                onTextCut();
                break;
            case android.R.id.paste:
                onTextPaste();
                return false;       //Change2
                //break;
            case android.R.id.copy:
                onTextCopy();
        }
        return true; // Change3
    }

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '14 at 05:44

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If you are using API level 11 or above use this

      edittext.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new Callback() {

        public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
            return false;
        }

        public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {                  
        }

        public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
            return false;
        }

        public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
            return false;
        }
    });

answered Apr 16 '14 at 05:44

Maxwell

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You should demonstrate to the OP how to use that. – Mike M. Apr 16 '14 at 05:51
what you mean? it wrks for me, just get the id of the edittext and do the above code :) – Maxwell Apr 16 '14 at 05:54
And what menu pops up? – Mike M. Apr 16 '14 at 05:58
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I think the above code will restrict both copy and paste functionality.But the @surendra wants only to disable paste not copy operation. – Born To Win Apr 16 '14 at 06:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 19 '15 at 17:28

If you want to disable only the paste option, I think it is better to remove the paste context menu item, this is a util method I implemented in my apps to achieve that (I also removed cut item)

    public static void toggleContextMenuType(EditText editText) {

    if (editText.getCustomSelectionActionModeCallback() == null) {
        editText.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback() {
            @Override
            public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                return true;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                menu.removeItem(16908322);
                menu.removeItem(16908320);
                return true;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
            }
        });
    }else{
        editText.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(null);
    }
}

Don't hard-code integer values of IDs, use Android constants for that: `android.R.id.paste` (16908322), `android.R.id.cut` (16908320) — Dmitry K, Jul 20 '21 at 07:31

how to disable paste option in android EditText

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