expo-clipboard

What is expo-clipboard?

The expo-clipboard package provides a simple API for interacting with the clipboard in React Native applications. It allows you to copy text to the clipboard and read text from the clipboard, making it useful for a variety of applications that require clipboard functionality.

What are expo-clipboard's main functionalities?

Copy text to clipboard

This feature allows you to copy a string of text to the clipboard. The code sample demonstrates how to use the setStringAsync method to copy 'Hello, World!' to the clipboard.

import * as Clipboard from 'expo-clipboard';

async function copyToClipboard() {
  await Clipboard.setStringAsync('Hello, World!');
  console.log('Text copied to clipboard');
}

Read text from clipboard

This feature allows you to read a string of text from the clipboard. The code sample demonstrates how to use the getStringAsync method to read the text currently stored in the clipboard.

import * as Clipboard from 'expo-clipboard';

async function readFromClipboard() {
  const text = await Clipboard.getStringAsync();
  console.log('Text from clipboard:', text);
}

Other packages similar to expo-clipboard

react-native-clipboard

The react-native-clipboard package provides similar functionality for interacting with the clipboard in React Native applications. It allows you to copy text to the clipboard and read text from the clipboard. Compared to expo-clipboard, it offers a more traditional approach without the need for the Expo ecosystem.

react-native-clipboard-plus

The react-native-clipboard-plus package extends the basic clipboard functionalities by adding support for images and URLs, in addition to text. This makes it more versatile compared to expo-clipboard, which primarily focuses on text.

README

expo-clipboard provides an interface for getting and setting Clipboard content on Android, iOS, and Web.

API documentation

Please refer to the API documentation for the latest stable release.

Installation in bare React Native projects

For bare React Native projects, ensure you've installed and configured the expo package.

Add the package to your npm dependencies

npx expo install expo-clipboard

Configure for iOS

Run npx pod-install after installing the library.

Configure for Android

No additional set up necessary.

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the contributing guide.