Permanently listen to Clipboard changes Permanently listen to Clipboard changes android android

Permanently listen to Clipboard changes


FOUND IT!

I have done this, it works flawlessly afaik, and the process in memory only consumes 3mb.I'm posting this in case someone might need something similar.

If there are any errors, please point them out :D

import java.io.BufferedWriter;import java.io.File;import java.io.FileWriter;import java.io.IOException;import java.util.Calendar;import android.app.Service;import android.content.ClipData;import android.content.ClipDescription;import android.content.ClipboardManager;import android.content.ClipboardManager.OnPrimaryClipChangedListener;import android.content.Intent;import android.os.IBinder;public class CBWatcherService extends Service {    private final String tag = "[[ClipboardWatcherService]] ";      private OnPrimaryClipChangedListener listener = new OnPrimaryClipChangedListener() {        public void onPrimaryClipChanged() {            performClipboardCheck();        }    };    @Override     public void onCreate() {        ((ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE)).addPrimaryClipChangedListener(listener);    }    @Override    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {        File folder = new File(ClipboardCacheFolderPath);        // ClipboardCacheFolderPath is a predefined constant with the path        // where the clipboard contents will be written        if (!folder.exists()) { folder.mkdir(); }        return START_STICKY;    }    @Override    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {        return null;    }    private void performClipboardCheck() {        ClipboardManager cb = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);        if (cb.hasPrimaryClip()) {            ClipData cd = cb.getPrimaryClip();            if (cd.getDescription().hasMimeType(ClipDescription.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN)) {                try {                    File folder = new File(ClipboardCacheFolderPath);                    if (!folder.exists()) { folder.mkdir(); }                    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();                    String newCachedClip =                         cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "-" +                        cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + "-" +                        cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + "-" +                        cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) + "-" +                        cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + "-" +                        cal.get(Calendar.SECOND);                    // The name of the file acts as the timestamp (ingenious, uh?)                    File file = new File(ClipboardCacheFolderPath + newCachedClip);                    file.createNewFile();                    BufferedWriter bWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));                    bWriter.write((cd.getItemAt(0).getText()).toString());                    bWriter.close();                }                catch (IOException e) {                    e.printStackTrace();                }              }        }    }}