How To Disable Copy and Paste from EditText

Question

I am using following code but it is not working when cursor blink and I click on that paste button display.

edittext.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.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;
    }
});

I don't want to hide Cursor.

How do I solve this issue?

Possible duplicate of [How to disable copy/paste from/to EditText](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6275299/how-to-disable-copy-paste-from-to-edittext) — phpdroid, Sep 15 '17 at 09:57
Do you have a paste button in your XML or is it the menu which opens in EditText itself? — Sufian, Sep 15 '17 at 10:00
This seems to be a bug with Android versions provided by your device's manufacturer. See the question [Custom ActionMode for TextView doesn't work on all devices](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21531237/custom-actionmode-for-textview-doesnt-work-on-all-devices). I wish they had put their solution in the answer. You could ask them though. — Sufian, Sep 18 '17 at 09:06

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:54

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Try this:

edittext.setLongClickable(false);
edittext.setTextIsSelectable(false);

answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:54

R.R.M

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:58

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You can use longClickable in xml file like:

 <EditText
    ... your edittext
   android:longClickable = "false"/>

or you can try in java like

youredittext.setLongClickable(false);

answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:58

Zaigham Raza

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:52

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you can try this just make your editext LongClickable false like below code

from XML

android:longClickable="false"

from JAVA

edittext.setLongClickable(false);

answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:52

AskNilesh

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 09:53

edittext.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.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;
        }
    });`

This is the same as what the OP has written in his question. Also, please add some text explaining the code you've added. — Sufian, Sep 15 '17 at 10:09

How To Disable Copy and Paste from EditText

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