Dealing with deprecated android.text.ClipboardManager

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android.text.ClipboardManager was deprecated since API level 11, and replaced with android.content.ClipboardManager (source).

How do I write code that supports both cases? Importing android.content.ClipboardManager and using that works in 11+ but force closes in 10. Changing the import to android.text.ClipboardManager throws a bunch of deprecation warnings in 11+.

How can I handle both cases smoothly? What do I need to import?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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I ended up just using the old way (android.text.ClipboardManager and the code from this answer), along with a couple @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") annotations.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Nov 08 '11 at 21:25

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Then what about the deprecation solution ..?? – Kirtikumar A. Dec 04 '14 at 05:10

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Referring to this answer:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
final android.content.ClipboardManager clipboardManager = (android.content.ClipboardManager) context
        .getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
final android.content.ClipData clipData = android.content.ClipData
        .newPlainText("text label", "text to clip");
clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clipData);
} else {
final android.text.ClipboardManager clipboardManager = (android.text.ClipboardManager) context
        .getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
clipboardManager.setText("text to clip");
}

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered May 05 '12 at 21:25

Explicitly:

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    android.text.ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.text.ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
    clipboard.setText(shareViaSMSBody);

Since this has to keep working on older devices, it is likely that the deprecated code will not be removed from Android.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 09 '14 at 19:33

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If you are still supporting < SDK 11 you are doing too much work. Set min to 15 and use this code:

 ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
 ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("label for text", "text to copy");
 clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip);

answered Oct 09 '14 at 19:33

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well, my gf use an old kindle so sdk 15 is not a choice – Dũng Trần Trung Mar 30 '15 at 15:13

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 30 '21 at 18:19

Reading the latest clipboard as text:

val clipboardManager = context.getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as ClipboardManager
clipboardManager.addPrimaryClipChangedListener {
    val clipboardAsText = clipboardManager.primaryClip?.getItemAt(0)?.text
    if (clipboardAsText != null) {
        Toast.makeText(context, "Text in clipboard: $clipboardAsText", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }
}

Dealing with deprecated android.text.ClipboardManager

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