Make TextView selectable select and copy

Example to make TextView selectable, you can select and copy text from TextView and paste to other field, such as EditText.


Add android_textIsSelectable="true" in layout XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 
 
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="match_parent"
 android_padding="16dp"
 android_orientation="vertical"
 tools_context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidselectabletext.MainActivity">

 <TextView
 android_layout_width="wrap_content"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
 android_autoLink="web"
 android_text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
 android_textStyle="bold" />

 <TextView
 android_id="@+id/textview1"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_textSize="28sp"
 android_text="Default TextView, un-selectable"/>

 <TextView
 android_id="@+id/textview2"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:textIsSelectable="true"
 android_textSize="28sp"
 android_text="Selectable TextView, by XML"/>

 <TextView
 android_id="@+id/textview3"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_textSize="28sp"
 android_text="Selectable TextView, by Java code"/>

 <EditText
 android_id="@+id/edittext"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_textSize="28sp"/>
</LinearLayout>

or call setTextIsSelectable(true) method of the TextView object in Java code:

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidselectabletext;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

 TextView textView1, textView2, textView3;
 EditText editText;

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

 textView1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview1);
 textView2 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview2);
 textView3 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview3);
 textView3.setTextIsSelectable(true);
 editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edittext);
 }
}

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