How to copy text to the clipboard using UIPasteboard
You can write to and read from the iOS clipboard by using the UIPasteboard class, which has a generalPasteboard() method that returns the shared system method of copying and pasting data between apps. Using this you can write text to the clipboard just like this:
let pasteboard = UIPasteboard.general
pasteboard.string = "Hello, world!"To read text back from the clipboard, you should unwrap its optional value like this:
if let string = pasteboard.string {
// text was found and placed in the "string" constant
}Available from iOS 3.0
Did this solution work for you? Please pass it on!
Other people are reading…
- What is the first responder?
- How to detect when your app moves to the background
- How to convert units using Unit and Measurement
- How to use Touch ID to authenticate users by fingerprint
- How to run code after a delay using asyncAfter() and perform()
About the Swift Knowledge Base
This is part of the Swift Knowledge Base, a free, searchable collection of solutions for common iOS questions.
