Is Copy to clipboard when app in background restricted in android?

Question

I was trying to copy to the clipboard when the app is closed, But it did not copy anything to the clipboard. I saw that android 10 restricted the access to the clipboard data to read in the background, is writing to the clipboard also restricted.

ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); 
ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("copy", TEXT_FROM_SERVER);
clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip);

this is the code, when something comes from the server even when the app is closed, I am calling this, but it's not working

Appreciate the suggestions. thanks

Answer 1

You're right, you cannot get access to the clipboard when the app in the background.
This is true for reading and writing. For more details, you may check ClipboardService#setPrimaryClip() method source code. The OS allows access only when ClipboardService#clipboardAccessAllowed() returns true.