How to add an item to the text selection popup menu?

Question

When the user marks some text (inside of an EditText, WebView...) a floating text selection popup appears, where apps can add custom items. Can som

Answer 1

This blog tutorial will show you how: https://medium.com/google-developers/custom-text-selection-actions-with-action-process-text-191f792d2999

Basically, in your Manifest file, add PROCESS_TEXT intent filter to the activity that will handle the text shared from popup menu.

<activity
    android:name=".ProcessTextActivity"
    android:label="@string/process_text_action_name">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
  </intent-filter>
</activity>

Then, you would process that text in your Activity like this

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.process_text_main);
  CharSequence text = getIntent()
      .getCharSequenceExtra(Intent.EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT);
  // process the text
}