Hi Ryan, Did you find the solution ?
Thanks Adriano On Aug 12, 8:10 am, Ryan Tan <ryantan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sarwar, > > Thanks for your reply. > > The problem I have is I don't know when the text is selected and > copied into the clipboard after firing the KeyEvent. > > Thanks. > > On Aug 12, 4:12 pm, Sarwar Erfan <erfanonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Use the ClipboardManager to get/set/manipulate the content in the > > clipboard.http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/ClipboardManager.... > > > Regards > > Sarwar Erfan > > > On Aug 12, 12:13 pm, Ryan Tan <ryantan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, I am using aWebViewto display some text. I want to allow the > > > users to be able toselecta word (or even a character) and take some > > > action on it (for example, look up the dictionary). > > > > So far, I have only found the following code that can enable text > > > selection in aWebView: > > > > KeyEvent shiftPressEvent = new > > > KeyEvent(0,0,KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN,KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SHIFT_LEFT,0,0); > > > shiftPressEvent.dispatch(myWebView); > > > > The above code will trigger the text selection mode in aWebViewand > > > copy the selected text automatically into the clipboard. However, I > > > have no idea how I can act on the selected text when it is copied into > > > the clipboard. Any ideas on how I can detect that some text is copied > > > into the clipboard and act on it (without user interaction)? > > > > If not, are there any other ways that I can allow users toselecta > > > character/word in theWebViewand perform some operation on it? > > > > Thank you for your ideas.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
