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iOS

Copying label value to clipboard

I would like the user to be able to click a button and copy the value of a label to their clipboard. I have done some research and found it is to do with NSPasteboard but am stuck at that point. Thanls

1 Answer

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string = helloField.text;

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3655038/how-to-copy-textfield-to-osx-clipboard

UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pasteboard.string = @"paste me somewhere";

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1479468/copy-text-to-clipboard-with-iphone-sdk