Enable mobile apps to use clipboard

Developers: Plugin & API
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I created a plugin that copies the content of the current note to the clipboard as HTML and noticed it doesn’t work on Android (likely neither on iOS) app.

I guess it comes from the fact that plugins are running into the WebView context of the app, and that it blocks writing to clipboard by default.

Nevertheless, I read that there are possibilities to implement a native copy to clipboard and to expose it to the JavaScript layer, perhaps with the postMessage API.

Is it plan to offer such support for plugin developers?

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I think this works.

window.navigator.clipboard.writeText(content);

app.dom.appContainerEl.win.navigator.clipboard.writeText(content);
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The first one definitely does not, that’s what I tried: obsidian-export-to-html/src/main.ts at main · kalvn/obsidian-export-to-html · GitHub

But I’ll give a try to the other option, thanks for the idea!

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Unfortunately it doesn’t work :frowning:

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await Capacitor.Plugins.Clipboard.write({ string: 'some text' });

await Capacitor.Plugins.Clipboard.read();

You can also set not only text. See for details

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I don’t have problem to copy content with enhanced copy on mobile (ios). Maybe you should check it?