Enable copy and paste in webview android

Question

Is it possible to select text from webview, then copy and paste. Is there any special method for this? Please help me..

Answer 1

Hope this helps you ...

public void selectAndCopyText() { try { Method m = WebView.class.getMethod("emulateShiftHeld", Boolean.TYPE); m.invoke(BookView.mWebView, false); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); // fallback KeyEvent shiftPressEvent = new KeyEvent(0,0, KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN,KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SHIFT_LEFT,0,0); shiftPressEvent.dispatch(this); } } 

override touch events

 private void emulateShiftHeld(WebView view) { try { KeyEvent shiftPressEvent = new KeyEvent(0, 0, KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SHIFT_LEFT, 0, 0); shiftPressEvent.dispatch(view); Toast.makeText(this, "select_text_now", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } catch (Exception e) { Log.e("dd", "Exception in emulateShiftHeld()", e); } } 

Answer 2

According to this blog site , someone says: “Copy function in WebView is available by default in Android 3.0 and higher”, and this information may be useful, Android: how to select text from a website