Android Question EditText1.SelectedText is missing

[Hedi]

Hello guys,

I want to cut, copy or paste text in the selection start of an EditText.

For example, my EditText contains: This is my all text, and I select and highlighted (my all),

I want to cut or copy it (my all)

How can I do this?


Thanks for your helps.

 

[Hedi]

I find it, but how can I cut it rather than replace it, I know how to replace it but also it replace all the other text.

    Dim SelectedText As String = EditText1.Text.SubString2(EditText1.SelectionStart, EditText1.SelectionStart + EditText1.SelectionLength)
    MsgboxAsync(SelectedText, "Selected Text")

 

[Erel]

TextField1.Text = TextField1.Text.SubString2(0, TextField1.SelectionStart) & TextField1.Text.SubString(TextField1.SelectionStart + TextField1.SelectionLength)

 

[Erel]

Or:

Dim prefix As String = TextField1.Text.SubString2(0, TextField1.SelectionStart)
Dim suffix As String = TextField1.Text.SubString(TextField1.SelectionStart + TextField1.SelectionLength)
TextField1.Text = prefix & suffix

 

[Hedi]

Hi Erel, thanks for the code. Here is an example for: Cut, Copy, and Paste.

Dim curSel As Int = EditText1.SelectionStart
   
Dim SelectedText As String = EditText1.Text.SubString2(EditText1.SelectionStart, EditText1.SelectionStart + EditText1.SelectionLength)
   
Clip.setText(SelectedText)
   
EditText1.Text = EditText1.Text.SubString2(0, EditText1.SelectionStart) & EditText1.Text.SubString(EditText1.SelectionStart + EditText1.SelectionLength)
   
EditText1.SelectionStart = curSel

Dim SelectedText As String = EditText1.Text.SubString2(EditText1.SelectionStart, EditText1.SelectionStart + EditText1.SelectionLength)
   
Clip.setText(SelectedText)

Dim curSel As Int = EditText1.SelectionStart
   
EditText1.Text = EditText1.Text.SubString2(0, EditText1.SelectionStart) & Clip.getText & EditText1.Text.SubString(EditText1.SelectionStart + EditText1.SelectionLength)
   
EditText1.SelectionStart = curSel + Clip.getText.Length

 

[Hedi]

For Paste, If you want to select and highlight all the text you just paste it:

EditText1.SetSelection(curSel, Clip.getText.Length)