Android Text Selection In Webview

android, clipboard, webview

Solution

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

}

Got from https://stackoverflow.com/a/1113204/638987

Problem

I am using webview for displaying content in Android Honeycomb(3.x). I created customized action menu for cut,copy and paste.How can i copy the selected text in Webview by using my customized action menu.

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