copy text from pc to phone

[Karan-Sahota]

• I have checked that a similar [feature request does not already exist.

i 've used the copy past function to
copy and paste text from phone to pc
but not the other way

** i realy don't know if its possible or
not but it would be great if we could
also copy text from pc to phone
that would save a lot of time of
moving text here and there

[rom1v]

In theory, it works by default. However, on some devices (especially Samsung devices it seems), it does not work because setting the device clipboard does not work.

In that case, you can pass --legacy-paste to inject characters one by one.

See:

• https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy#copy-paste
• d5f059c

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

@rom1v For me, it always worked fine on my Pixel 6 device.
However, on the recent Android 13 update, I've noticed that indeed the clipboard sharing between PC and device is broken.
I can't paste from PC to device, and the opposite (from device to PC).

Can you please check?

My Android build:
TQ1A.221205.011

[chilicoke]

Having the same issue, used to copy and paste from my PC all the time but it no longer works on Pixel 6 Android 13.

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

@chilicoke Do you have perhaps the same build as me? I wonder if on the beta it happens, too

[chilicoke]

I'm on the same TQ1A.221205.011 build, never been on Beta on this phone.

[drothenberger]

@chilicoke Check out #3497 (comment). It fixes the issue for me with the same build.

[chilicoke]

@chilicoke Check out #3497 (comment). It fixes the issue for me with the same build.

That fixed it! Absolutely perfect, thank you so much!

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

@drothenberger This worked for me. How did you find it? Why isn't it on the releases ?

[drothenberger]

I just posted a link to a comment by the developer in another similar issue that contains a fix. I assume the dev will include it in the next release.

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

@drothenberger Thank you!
I was beginning to think that ScrCpy won't work well anymore on Android, because of yet more restrictions that Google adds to it...

[ronvdlg]

Unfortunately I was never able to correctly use the clipboard (Windows 10) on an Android 10 using a Samsung Galaxy J4. When I inject characters one by one (legacy paste or Shift Alt V), it sends all break lines like "Enter / Ctrl Enter", sending messages in chats. The only alternative I found was to use Microsoft's SwiftKey app to sync my Windows clipboard with my Android clipboard.