joseluisct/XamarinClipboardPlugin

Cross Platform Clipboard access for Xamarin

Clipboard Plugin for Xamarin, Windows & Gtk2

Simple cross platform plugin to read and write to the clipboard.

Setup

• Available on NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Plugins.Clipboard/
• Install into your .NET Standard libraries and Client projects.

Supports

• Xamarin.Android
• Xamarin.iOS
• Xamarin.Mac
• Windows 10 UWP
• Gtk# 2.12
• WPF 4.7.2

API Usage

Call Plugin.Clipboard.CrossClipboard.Current from any project or .NET Standard library to gain access to APIs.

using Plugin.Clipboard;

...

//To set the clipboard
CrossClipboard.Current.SetText("my clipboard text");

//To read the clipboard
string clipboardText = await CrossClipboard.Current.GetTextAsync();

Using in unit tests

//Create mock with LightMock (https://github.com/seesharper/LightMock)
var mockClipboardContext = new MockContext<IClipboard>();
var mockClipboard = new CrossClipboardMock(mockClipboardContext);

CrossClipboard.Current = mockClipboard;