Setting text to clipboard Xamarin

Issue

So i am trying to set text of my "Editor" to clipboard. I am reading alot on forums such as xamarin, where people is saying that this is a bug and cannot be done? Is this true?

Because when i am trying to set text to clipboard i get this error "Specified cast is not valid" on the first line.

private void I_Tapping(object sender, MR.Gestures.LongPressEventArgs e)
{
 var clipBoard = (ClipboardManager)Context.ClipboardService;
 var clip = ClipData.NewPlainText("Link", editorLinkText.Text);
 clipBoard.PrimaryClip = clip;
}

I tried to implement this from a xamarin forum site but the "Forms" after (ClipboardManager) is not found for me.

 // Get the Clipboard Manager
 var clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager)Forms.Context.GetSystemService(Context.ClipboardService);

// Create a new Clip
Android.Content.ClipData clip = Android.Content.ClipData.NewPlainText(title, text);

// Copy the text
clipboardManager.PrimaryClip = clip;

This is a crossplatform project, hens why its not working with clipboardmanager because the .cs file is in the top portion of the project?

I couldn't find the other sites i was looking at but this is one site where they say that this is bugged. But if it isn't, Help me out on this :) https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/6402/clipboard-copy-paste-problem

King Regards

Solution

I would recommend using this NuGet package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Plugins.Clipboard/

Really good when dealing with crossplatforming. Download it and use this code and you will be good to go.

using Plugin.Clipboard;

private void I_Tapping(object sender, MR.Gestures.LongPressEventArgs e)
{
    CrossClipboard.Current.SetText(editorLinkText.Text);
}

Answered By - Rodnik