Share (Copy) & Paste not working from AlienDalvik to SFOS

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REPRODUCIBILITY (% or how often): 100%
BUILD ID = OS VERSION (Settings > About product): 4.3
HARDWARE (XA2, X10, X10 II, …): XA2
UI LANGUAGE: German
REGRESSION: (compared to previous public release: Yes, No, ?): ?

DESCRIPTION:

I want to Share-copy & paste stuff from Android apps to Sailfish ones. Unfortunately, using the Android Share-button in the Android share function doesn’t work.

PRECONDITIONS:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Android app
  2. select text in Android app - e.g. taz newspaper app
  3. share > copy text with Android function
  4. Switch to Sfos app and try to paste

EXPECTED RESULT:

Text would be filled in in Sfos

ACTUAL RESULT:

Text is not filled into Sfos app

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

(Please ALWAYS attach relevant data such as logs, screenshots, etc…)

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Works fine for me. How did you copy the text exactly and where do you try to paste it?

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They’re kind of like different worlds - they don’t really interact with each other.

One workaround I’ve used is to have a file in Android home (/sdcard) that I can copy/paste into, and then access that file from SF filesystem, and copy/paste from it, etc… You could even symlink or something to make it easier.

Also, kdeConnect works between SF and Android, to a degree…

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Oh, maybe works better than I thought. I haven’t used Aliendalvik for a while. It ised to be pretty spotty for me…

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If you’re using Android keyboard, it won’t register in SF

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Copying text from WhatsApp to Sailfish Notes and from Telegram to Sailfish Email works.
This is Xperia 10 II with 4.4.0.x (development).

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I wanted to use the share button e.g. in the taz newspaper app. WhatsApp was a false info, sorry.

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Ah, ok. Yes, I can confirm that the Copy-Button in this Share-menu does not work.

Here’s a screenshot to show which “copy” is meant:

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Could someone adapt the title and first post accordingly?

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Is it better now? :slight_smile:
Edited title and body of my statement.

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I tried to reproduce your bug, but I’m unable because I don’t have an account. Is there another application using the same share mechanism?

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I found one! Newpipe use the same option.

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When using the share menu, except for the not working Copy button, sharing to Messages is useless, because you can’t select or change the recipient.

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Thanks for the bug report @dexic, and for taking the trouble to reproduce it @pherjung.

I’ve created an internal bug report about it and marked it as tracked.

@pherjung: was it 4.4.0 that you reproduced it with (I’m guessing it was, but just double checking)?

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Yes, I confirm it was on 4.4

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