Android Clipboard Tutorial with Examples

Android Clipboard
Example of Clipboard (Plain Text)
Example of Clipboard (Intent)
Example of Clipboard (URI)

1. Android Clipboard

In Android, Clipboard is a useful framework for copying and pasting different types of data, for example, text, image, binary stream data and other complex data types.

Specifically speaking, if the data is a plain text type, when copied, it will be directly stored in the Clipboard.

Complex data when copied will be stored as a reference. And the pasting application may have to use ContentProvider to parse the content.

In order to use Android Clipboard Framework, your application needs to place the data in the ClipData object, then put this object into the Clipboard system. All applications following the above rules can copy and paste the data to one another.

A ClipData object is created by one of the following static methods:

* Copy & Paste *

private void doCopy()  {
    this.clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) this.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

    String txtCopy = "Hello World";
    
    // ClipData (Plain Text)
    ClipData clipData = ClipData.newPlainText("Some label", txtCopy);
    
    // Copy ClipData to Clipboard.
    this.clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clipData);
}

private void doPaste()  {
    ClipData primaryClipData = this.clipboardManager.getPrimaryClip();

    ClipData.Item item = primaryClipData.getItemAt(0);

    // Text in the Clipboard.
    String txtPaste = item.getText().toString();
}

2. Example of Clipboard (Plain Text)

Copying and pasting "plain text" is the simplest and most common thing in Android apps. Here is one such example:

The interface of the application:

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Enter text to copy"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText_copy"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:text="Hello Everybody!"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_copy"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Copy to Clipboard"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText_copy" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Show Clipboard data"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button_copy" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText_paste"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="text"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView2" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_paste"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Paste from Clipboard"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText_paste" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

MainActivity.java

package org.o7planning.clipboardplaintextexample;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.ClipData;
import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private EditText editTextCopy;
    private EditText editTextPaste;

    private Button buttonCopy;
    private Button buttonPaste;

    private ClipboardManager clipboardManager;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        //
        this.clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) this.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

        this.editTextCopy = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText_copy);
        this.editTextPaste = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText_paste);

        this.buttonCopy = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_copy);
        this.buttonPaste = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_paste);

        this.buttonCopy.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doCopy();
            }
        });
        this.buttonPaste.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doPaste();
            }
        });
    }

    // User click on "Copy" button.
    private void doCopy()  {
        String txtCopy = this.editTextCopy.getText().toString();
        ClipData clipData = ClipData.newPlainText("text", txtCopy);

        // Copy ClipData to Clipboard.
        this.clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clipData);

        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Data Copied to Clipboard", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    // User click on "Poste" button.
    private void doPaste()  {
        // Get ClipData from Clipboard.
        ClipData primaryClipData = this.clipboardManager.getPrimaryClip();
        ClipData.Item item = primaryClipData.getItemAt(0);

        String txtPaste = item.getText().toString();

        this.editTextPaste.setText(txtPaste);

        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Data Pasted from Clipboard",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

}

3. Example of Clipboard (Intent)

Intent(s) can be copied to the Clipboard. In this example I'm going to create a simple Intent to open a URL in the browser. We can copy this Intent to the Clipboard.

The interface of the application:

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Intention to open a URL in the browser:"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText_url"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:text="https://google.com"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_copy"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Copy Intent to Clipboard"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText_url" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText_paste"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="120dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:background="#B2B5A4"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine|text"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button_copy" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_paste"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Paste Intent from Clipboard and start It!"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText_paste" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

MainActivity.java

package org.o7planning.clipboarditentexample;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.ClipData;
import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.util.Date;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private ClipboardManager clipboardManager;
    private Button buttonCopy;
    private Button buttonPaste;

    private EditText editTextUrl;
    private EditText editTextPaste;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // ClipboardManager:
        this.clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) this.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

        this.editTextPaste = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.editText_paste);
        this.editTextUrl = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.editText_url);

        this.buttonCopy = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_copy);
        this.buttonPaste = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_paste);


        this.buttonCopy.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doCopy();
            }
        });

        this.buttonPaste.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doPaste();
            }
        });
    }

    // Some Intent need to Copy to Clipboard.
    private Intent getOpenUrlIntent(String url)  {

        // Intent to open a URL.
        Intent openUrlIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        openUrlIntent.setData(Uri.parse(url));

        openUrlIntent.putExtra("copyTimeInMillis", new Date().getTime());
        openUrlIntent.putExtra("description", "Intent to open a URL");

        return openUrlIntent;
    }

    private void doCopy()  {
        String url = this.editTextUrl.getText().toString();
        Intent openUrlIntent = this.getOpenUrlIntent(url);

        ClipData clipData = ClipData.newIntent("Open URL Intent", openUrlIntent);

        // Copy ClipData to Clipboard.
        this.clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clipData);

        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Data Copied to Clipboard", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    private void doPaste()  {
        // Get ClipData from Clipboard.
        ClipData primaryClipData = this.clipboardManager.getPrimaryClip();
        ClipData.Item item = primaryClipData.getItemAt(0);

        // Get Intent from Clipboard.
        Intent intentPaste = item.getIntent();

        this.editTextPaste.setText("");

        if(intentPaste == null)  {
            this.editTextPaste.setText("No Intent data in Clipboard!");
            return;
        }

        this.editTextPaste.append("description: " + intentPaste.getStringExtra( "description" ));
        this.editTextPaste.append("\n");
        this.editTextPaste.append("copyTimeInMillis: " + intentPaste.getLongExtra("copyTimeInMillis" ,0L));

        this.editTextPaste.append("\n");
        this.editTextPaste.append("Action: " + intentPaste.getAction());
        Uri uri = intentPaste.getData();

        this.editTextPaste.append("Uri: " + uri);

        // Start Activity (If you want).
        startActivity(intentPaste);

        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Data Pasted from Clipboard",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

4. Example of Clipboard (URI)

To copy an image, you need to convert it into a Uri, and copy this Uri to the Clipboard. In this example I'm going to copy an image in the "drawable" folder to the Clipboard.

Copy a couple of image files to the "drawable" folder:


icon_cry.png	icon_feel_good.png

On Android Studio, we wil create a new Activity called ImageActivity to display the image copied to the Clipboard.

File > New > Activity > Empty Activity

Android Studio creates two files, ImageActivity.java and activity_image.xml; at the same time, ImageActivity is registered in AndroidManifest.xml:

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="org.o7planning.clipboarduriexample">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <!-- ImageActivity -->
        <activity android:name=".ImageActivity"></activity>
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Here is the interface of the ImageActivity:

activity_image.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Show  Image In Clipboard"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/icon_cry" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_paste"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Paste"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_back"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Back"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.498"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button_paste" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

ImageActivity.java

package org.o7planning.clipboarduriexample;

import android.content.ClipData;
import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

public class ImageActivity  extends AppCompatActivity {

    private static final String LOG_TAG = "AndroidExample";

    private ClipboardManager clipboardManager;

    private ImageView imageView;
    private Button buttonBack;
    private Button buttonPaste;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_image);

        //
        this.clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) this.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

        //
        this.imageView = (ImageView) this.findViewById(R.id.imageView);

        this.buttonPaste = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_paste);
        this.buttonPaste.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doPaste();
            }
        });


        this.buttonBack = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_back);
        this.buttonBack.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doBack();
            }
        });
    }



    private void doPaste()  {
        Intent intent= this.getIntent();

        ClipData primaryClipData = this.clipboardManager.getPrimaryClip();

        if(primaryClipData == null)  {
            this.imageView.setImageURI(null);
            return;
        }

        ClipData.Item item = primaryClipData.getItemAt(0);

        Uri uri = item.getUri();

        this.imageView.setImageURI(uri);
    }

    // Back to MainActivity.
    private void doBack()  {
        this.finish();
    }

}

And this is the interface of the MainActivity:

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Select Image (In drawable folder):"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <RadioGroup
        android:id="@+id/radioGroup"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView">

        <RadioButton
            android:id="@+id/radioButton_cry"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:checked="true"
            android:text="icon_cry.png" />

        <RadioButton
            android:id="@+id/radioButton_feel_good"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="icon_feel_good.png" />
    </RadioGroup>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_copy"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Copy Image to Clipboard"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.497"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/radioGroup" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_go"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:text="Go to ImageActivity"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button_copy" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

MainActivity.xml

package org.o7planning.clipboarduriexample;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.ClipData;
import android.content.ClipboardManager;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.RadioButton;

import java.util.Date;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private static final String LOG_TAG = "AndroidExample";

    private ClipboardManager clipboardManager;

    private Button buttonCopy;
    private Button buttonGo;

    private RadioButton radioButtonCry;
    private RadioButton radioButtonFeelGood;
    private ImageView imageView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        //
        this.clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) this.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

        this.radioButtonCry = (RadioButton) this.findViewById(R.id.radioButton_cry);
        this.radioButtonFeelGood = (RadioButton) this.findViewById(R.id.radioButton_feel_good);

        this.buttonCopy = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_copy);
        this.buttonGo = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_go);

        this.buttonCopy.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                doCopy();
            }
        });

        this.buttonGo.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                goToImageActivity();
            }
        });
    }


    private void doCopy()  {
        int resId = R.drawable.icon_cry;

        if(this.radioButtonCry.isChecked()) {
            resId = R.drawable.icon_cry;
        } else if(this.radioButtonFeelGood.isChecked()) {
            resId = R.drawable.icon_feel_good;
        }

        Resources resources = this.getResources();

        // android.resource://org.o7planning.clipboarduriexample/drawable/icon_cry
        String path = ContentResolver.SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE //  android.resource
                + "://" + resources.getResourcePackageName(resId) // org.o7planning.clipboarduriexample
                + '/' + resources.getResourceTypeName(resId)  // drawable
                + '/' + resources.getResourceEntryName(resId); // icon_cry

        Log.i(LOG_TAG, path);

        Uri uriCopy = Uri.parse(path);

        // ClipData (Uri)
        ClipData clipData = ClipData.newRawUri("Some label", uriCopy);

        // Copy ClipData to Clipboard.
        this.clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clipData);
    }

    private void goToImageActivity() {
         // Create an Intent:
        Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, ImageActivity.class);

        // Extra data:
        myIntent.putExtra("text1", "This is text1 sent from MainActivity at " + new Date());
        myIntent.putExtra("text2", "This is text2 sent from MainActivity at " + new Date());

        // Start ImageActivity
        this.startActivity(myIntent);
    }
}

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