Question

I have read previous posts on how to copy text to the clipboard. However, my purpose is to copy a picture, from an ImageView in this case, to the clipboard.

I know how to save an ImageView to a file using a Bitmap/Canvas/OutputStream. Now I want to know how can I save that picture to the clipboard.

I am guessing there has to be some simple method such as (follow pseudocode):

Bitmap image = get_image_from_image_view();

clipboard_instance.setClipboardContents(image);

I find no reference to this in the Android Clipboard or Clipboard Intent documentation.

Can somebody point me in the right direction? Thank you

Answer 1

However, my purpose is to copy a picture, from an ImageView in this case, to the clipboard.

That concept does not exist in Android. You can put text, a Uri, or an Intent on the clipboard, not an image.

Depending on where the image originated from, you could put a Uri pointing to that image on the clipboard. Whether anything will be able to paste something useful from this Uri depends a bit on the receiving application.