How to disable copy/paste from/to EditText

Question

In my application, there is a registration screen, where i do not want the user to be able to copy/paste text into the EditText field. I have set an onLon

Answer 1

Try Following custome class for prevant copy and paste in Edittext

public class SegoeUiEditText extends AppCompatEditText {
private final Context context;


@Override
public boolean isSuggestionsEnabled() {
    return false;
}
public SegoeUiEditText(Context context) {
    super(context);
    this.context = context;
    init();
}

public SegoeUiEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    this.context = context;
    init();
}

public SegoeUiEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    this.context = context;
    init();
}


private void setFonts(Context context) {
    this.setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "Fonts/Helvetica-Normal.ttf"));
}

private void init() {

        setTextIsSelectable(false);
        this.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionModeCallbackInterceptor());
        this.setLongClickable(false);

}
@Override
public int getSelectionStart() {

    for (StackTraceElement element : Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()) {
        if (element.getMethodName().equals("canPaste")) {
            return -1;
        }
    }
    return super.getSelectionStart();
}
/**
 * Prevents the action bar (top horizontal bar with cut, copy, paste, etc.) from appearing
 * by intercepting the callback that would cause it to be created, and returning false.
 */
private class ActionModeCallbackInterceptor implements ActionMode.Callback, android.view.ActionMode.Callback {
    private final String TAG = SegoeUiEditText.class.getSimpleName();

    public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) { return false; }
    public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) { return false; }
    public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) { return false; }
    public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {}

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
        menu.clear();
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onActionItemClicked(android.view.ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroyActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode) {

    }
}

}

Answer 2

here is a best way to disable cut copy paste of editText work in all version

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 11) {
        editText.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(new OnCreateContextMenuListener() {

            @Override
            public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
                    ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                menu.clear();
            }
        });
    } else {
        editText.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback() {

            public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                return false;
            }

            public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            }

            public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                return false;
            }

            public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode,
                    MenuItem item) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

Answer 3

Who is looking for a solution in Kotlin use the below class as a custom widget and use it in the xml.

class SecureEditText : TextInputEditText {

/** This is a replacement method for the base TextView class' method of the same name. This method
 * is used in hidden class android.widget.Editor to determine whether the PASTE/REPLACE popup
 * appears when triggered from the text insertion handle. Returning false forces this window
 * to never appear.
 * @return false
 */
override fun isSuggestionsEnabled(): Boolean {
    return false
}

override fun getSelectionStart(): Int {
    for (element in Thread.currentThread().stackTrace) {
        if (element.methodName == "canPaste") {
            return -1
        }
    }
    return super.getSelectionStart()
}

public override fun onSelectionChanged(start: Int, end: Int) {

    val text = text
    if (text != null) {
        if (start != text.length || end != text.length) {
            setSelection(text.length, text.length)
            return
        }
    }

    super.onSelectionChanged(start, end)
}

companion object {
    private val EDITTEXT_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_AND_PASTE = "isCopyPasteDisabled"
    private val PACKAGE_NAME = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
}

constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) : super(context, attrs) {
    disableCopyAndPaste(context, attrs)
}

/**
 * Disable Copy and Paste functionality on EditText
 *
 * @param context Context object
 * @param attrs   AttributeSet Object
 */
private fun disableCopyAndPaste(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) {
    val isDisableCopyAndPaste = attrs.getAttributeBooleanValue(
        PACKAGE_NAME,
        EDITTEXT_ATTRIBUTE_COPY_AND_PASTE, true
    )
    if (isDisableCopyAndPaste && !isInEditMode()) {
        val inputMethodManager =
            context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
        this.setLongClickable(false)
        this.setOnTouchListener(BlockContextMenuTouchListener(inputMethodManager))
    }
}

/**
 * Perform Focus Enabling Task to the widget with the help of handler object
 * with some delay
 * @param inputMethodManager is used to show the key board
 */
private fun performHandlerAction(inputMethodManager: InputMethodManager) {
    val postDelayedIntervalTime: Long = 25
    Handler().postDelayed(Runnable {
        this@SecureEditText.setSelected(true)
        this@SecureEditText.requestFocusFromTouch()
        inputMethodManager.showSoftInput(
            this@SecureEditText,
            InputMethodManager.RESULT_SHOWN
        )
    }, postDelayedIntervalTime)
}

/**
 * Class to Block Context Menu on double Tap
 * A custom TouchListener is being implemented which will clear out the focus
 * and gain the focus for the EditText, in few milliseconds so the selection
 * will be cleared and hence the copy paste option wil not pop up.
 * the respective EditText should be set with this listener
 *
 * @param inputMethodManager is used to show the key board
 */
private inner class BlockContextMenuTouchListener internal constructor(private val inputMethodManager: InputMethodManager) :
    View.OnTouchListener {
    private var lastTapTime: Long = 0
    val TIME_INTERVAL_BETWEEN_DOUBLE_TAP = 30
    override fun onTouch(v: View, event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
        if (event.getAction() === MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
            val currentTapTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
            if (lastTapTime != 0L && currentTapTime - lastTapTime < TIME_INTERVAL_BETWEEN_DOUBLE_TAP) {
                this@SecureEditText.setSelected(false)
                performHandlerAction(inputMethodManager)
                return true
            } else {
                if (lastTapTime == 0L) {
                    lastTapTime = currentTapTime
                } else {
                    lastTapTime = 0
                }
                performHandlerAction(inputMethodManager)
                return true
            }
        } else if (event.getAction() === MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) {
            this@SecureEditText.setSelected(false)
            performHandlerAction(inputMethodManager)
        }
        return false
    }
}

}

Answer 4

In addition to the setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback, and disabled long-click solutions, it's necessary to prevent the PASTE/REPLACE menus from appearing when the text selection handle is clicked, as per the image below:

The solution lies in preventing PASTE/REPLACE menu from appearing in the show() method of the (non-documented) android.widget.Editor class. Before the menu appears, a check is done to if (!canPaste && !canSuggest) return;. The two methods that are used as the basis to set these variables are both in the EditText class:

• isSuggestionsEnabled() is public, and may thus be overridden.
• canPaste() is not, and thus must be hidden by introducing a function of the same name in the derived class.

A more complete answer is available here.

Answer 5

Kotlin solution:

fun TextView.disableCopyPaste() {
    isLongClickable = false
    setTextIsSelectable(false)
    customSelectionActionModeCallback = object : ActionMode.Callback {
        override fun onCreateActionMode(mode: ActionMode?, menu: Menu): Boolean {
            return false
        }

        override fun onPrepareActionMode(mode: ActionMode?, menu: Menu): Boolean {
            return false
        }

        override fun onActionItemClicked(mode: ActionMode?, item: MenuItem): Boolean {
            return false
        }

        override fun onDestroyActionMode(mode: ActionMode?) {}
    }
}

Then you can simply call this method on your TextView:

override fun onCreate() {
    priceEditText.disableCopyPaste()
}

Answer 6

i added Extension Function in Kotlin language :

fun EditText.disableTextSelection() {
    this.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(object : android.view.ActionMode.Callback {
        override fun onActionItemClicked(mode: android.view.ActionMode?, item: MenuItem?): Boolean {
            return false
        }
        override fun onCreateActionMode(mode: android.view.ActionMode?, menu: Menu?): Boolean {
            return false
        }
        override fun onPrepareActionMode(mode: android.view.ActionMode?, menu: Menu?): Boolean {
            return false
        }
        override fun onDestroyActionMode(mode: android.view.ActionMode?) {
        }
    })
}

you can use it like this :

edit_text.disableTextSelection()

also added below line in your xml :

                android:longClickable="false"
                android:textIsSelectable="false"