How do you allow users to copy and paste from an Xamarin.Forms label

Question

How do you allow users to copy and paste from an Xamarin.Forms Label?

Click on the text on any platform the default settings don\'t allow highlighting and therefore cop

Answer 1

Since I_Khanage provided only a half solution, I will post the full solution.

IClipboardService should be implemented for all the targeting platforms, in my case it is Android and iOS:

public interface IClipboardService
{
    string GetTextFromClipboard();
    void SendTextToClipboard(string text);
}

// iOS
public class ClipboardService : IClipboardService
{
    public string GetTextFromClipboard() => UIPasteboard.General.String;
    public void SendTextToClipboard(string text) => UIPasteboard.General.String = text;
}

// Android
public class ClipboardService : IClipboardService
{
    public string GetTextFromClipboard()
    {
        var clipboardmanager = (ClipboardManager)Forms.Context.GetSystemService(Context.ClipboardService);
        var item = clipboardmanager.PrimaryClip.GetItemAt(0);
        var text = item.Text;
        return text;
    }

    public void SendTextToClipboard(string text)
    {
        // Get the Clipboard Manager
        var clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager)Forms.Context.GetSystemService(Context.ClipboardService);

        // Create a new Clip
        var clip = ClipData.NewPlainText("YOUR_TITLE_HERE", text);

        // Copy the text
        clipboardManager.PrimaryClip = clip;
    }
}

The code is available on github.

Now just add a GestureRecognizer in order to trigger the tap event.

P.S.: Clipboard service is now available as a part of Xamarin.Essentials package, so there is no need to write one yourself.