Changed: Use ShareUtils to copy and paste text and prevent potential NPE

The `copyTextToClipboard()` method has been updated to pass clip label when copying text to clipboard and `getTextFromClipboard()` and `getTextStringFromClipboardIfSet()` methods have been added to get current clipboard.

app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalSessionActivityClient.java

@@ -183,20 +183,16 @@ public class TermuxTerminalSessionActivityClient extends TermuxTerminalSessionCl
     public void onCopyTextToClipboard(@NonNull TerminalSession session, String text) {
         if (!mActivity.isVisible()) return;
 
-        ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+        ShareUtils.copyTextToClipboard(mActivity, text);
-        clipboard.setPrimaryClip(new ClipData(null, new String[]{"text/plain"}, new ClipData.Item(text)));
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onPasteTextFromClipboard(@Nullable TerminalSession session) {
         if (!mActivity.isVisible()) return;
 
-        ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+        String text = ShareUtils.getTextStringFromClipboardIfSet(mActivity, true);
-        ClipData clipData = clipboard.getPrimaryClip();
+        if (text != null)
-        if (clipData != null) {
+            mActivity.getTerminalView().mEmulator.paste(text);
-            CharSequence paste = clipData.getItemAt(0).coerceToText(mActivity);
-            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(paste)) mActivity.getTerminalView().mEmulator.paste(paste.toString());
-        }
     }
 
     @Override

app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalViewClient.java

@@ -702,9 +702,7 @@ public class TermuxTerminalViewClient extends TermuxTerminalViewClientBase {
         // Click to copy url to clipboard:
         final AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mActivity).setItems(urls, (di, which) -> {
             String url = (String) urls[which];
-            ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+            ShareUtils.copyTextToClipboard(mActivity, url, mActivity.getString(R.string.msg_select_url_copied_to_clipboard));
-            clipboard.setPrimaryClip(new ClipData(null, new String[]{"text/plain"}, new ClipData.Item(url)));
-            Toast.makeText(mActivity, R.string.msg_select_url_copied_to_clipboard, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
         }).setTitle(R.string.title_select_url_dialog).create();
 
         // Long press to open URL:
@@ -789,12 +787,9 @@ public class TermuxTerminalViewClient extends TermuxTerminalViewClientBase {
         if (session == null) return;
         if (!session.isRunning()) return;
 
-        ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+        String text = ShareUtils.getTextStringFromClipboardIfSet(mActivity, true);
-        ClipData clipData = clipboard.getPrimaryClip();
+        if (text != null)
-        if (clipData == null) return;
+            session.getEmulator().paste(text);
-        CharSequence paste = clipData.getItemAt(0).coerceToText(mActivity);
-        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(paste))
-            session.getEmulator().paste(paste.toString());
     }
 
 }

terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/TerminalView.java

@@ -566,11 +566,14 @@ public final class TerminalView extends View {
                 if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) showContextMenu();
                 return true;
             } else if (event.isButtonPressed(MotionEvent.BUTTON_TERTIARY)) {
-                ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+                ClipboardManager clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
-                ClipData clipData = clipboard.getPrimaryClip();
+                ClipData clipData = clipboardManager.getPrimaryClip();
                 if (clipData != null) {
-                    CharSequence paste = clipData.getItemAt(0).coerceToText(getContext());
+                    ClipData.Item clipItem = clipData.getItemAt(0);
-                    if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(paste)) mEmulator.paste(paste.toString());
+                    if (clipItem != null) {
+                        CharSequence text = clipItem.coerceToText(getContext());
+                        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(text)) mEmulator.paste(text.toString());
+                    }
                 }
             } else if (mEmulator.isMouseTrackingActive()) { // BUTTON_PRIMARY.
                 switch (event.getAction()) {

termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/interact/ShareUtils.java

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Environment;
 
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
-import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
 
 import com.termux.shared.R;
 import com.termux.shared.data.DataUtils;
@@ -81,27 +80,82 @@ public class ShareUtils {
         openSystemAppChooser(context, shareTextIntent, DataUtils.isNullOrEmpty(title) ? context.getString(R.string.title_share_with) : title);
     }
 
+
+
+    /** Wrapper for {@link #copyTextToClipboard(Context, String, String, String)} with `null` `clipDataLabel` and `toastString`. */
+    public static void copyTextToClipboard(Context context, final String text) {
+        copyTextToClipboard(context, null, text, null);
+    }
+
+    /** Wrapper for {@link #copyTextToClipboard(Context, String, String, String)} with `null` `clipDataLabel`. */
+    public static void copyTextToClipboard(Context context, final String text, final String toastString) {
+        copyTextToClipboard(context, null, text, toastString);
+    }
+
     /**
-     * Copy the text to clipboard.
+     * Copy the text to primary clip of the clipboard.
      *
      * @param context The context for operations.
+     * @param clipDataLabel The label to show to the user describing the copied text.
      * @param text The text to copy.
      * @param toastString If this is not {@code null} or empty, then a toast is shown if copying to
      *                    clipboard is successful.
      */
-    public static void copyTextToClipboard(final Context context, final String text, final String toastString) {
+    public static void copyTextToClipboard(Context context, @Nullable final String clipDataLabel,
+                                           final String text, final String toastString) {
         if (context == null || text == null) return;
 
-        final ClipboardManager clipboardManager = ContextCompat.getSystemService(context, ClipboardManager.class);
+        ClipboardManager clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+        if (clipboardManager == null) return;
 
-        if (clipboardManager != null) {
+        clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText(clipDataLabel,
-            clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText(null, DataUtils.getTruncatedCommandOutput(text, DataUtils.TRANSACTION_SIZE_LIMIT_IN_BYTES, true, false, false)));
+            DataUtils.getTruncatedCommandOutput(text, DataUtils.TRANSACTION_SIZE_LIMIT_IN_BYTES,
-            if (toastString != null && !toastString.isEmpty())
+                true, false, false)));
-                Logger.showToast(context, toastString, true);
+
-        }
+        if (toastString != null && !toastString.isEmpty())
+            Logger.showToast(context, toastString, true);
+    }
+
+
+
+    /**
+     * Wrapper for {@link #getTextFromClipboard(Context, boolean)} that returns primary text {@link String}
+     * if its set and not empty.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public static String getTextStringFromClipboardIfSet(Context context, boolean coerceToText) {
+        CharSequence textCharSequence = getTextFromClipboard(context, coerceToText);
+        if (textCharSequence == null) return null;
+        String textString = textCharSequence.toString();
+        return !textString.isEmpty() ? textString : null;
     }
 
     /**
+     * Get the text from primary clip of the clipboard.
+     *
+     * @param context The context for operations.
+     * @param coerceToText Whether to call {@link ClipData.Item#coerceToText(Context)} to coerce
+     *                     non-text data to text.
+     * @return Returns the {@link CharSequence} of primary text. This will be `null` if failed to get it.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public static CharSequence getTextFromClipboard(Context context, boolean coerceToText) {
+        if (context == null) return null;
+
+        ClipboardManager clipboardManager = (ClipboardManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+        if (clipboardManager == null) return null;
+
+        ClipData clipData = clipboardManager.getPrimaryClip();
+        if (clipData == null) return null;
+
+        ClipData.Item clipItem = clipData.getItemAt(0);
+        if (clipItem == null) return null;
+
+        return coerceToText ? clipItem.coerceToText(context) : clipItem.getText();
+    }
+
+
+
      * Open a url.
      *
      * @param context The context for operations.