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Android @lemmy.world go $fsck yourself @lemmy.world 4d ago

Media Picker - Choose image from clipboard

I'm trying to figure out how I can choose an image in my clipboard when the media picker window comes up.

For example, if I'm on imgur.com and I want to upload an image in my clipboard, there is no option for me to paste into the input field.

Ideally, I would like to have something available in the media picker to paste from clipboard. That would allow using clipboard for any app.

I kinda consider this something like adding the clipboard to the "share" menu. https://github.com/tengusw/share_to_clipboard

Is there anything like this?

I do not have root access on my phone.

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Perhaps you can paste it into an image editor app and then save it as a file?

Pretty sure the media picker can only pick files on Android.

Also if the image was on screen at some point before it was on the clipboard, you could take a screenshot as a rough workaround. Those are also saved as files.
- I am trying to avoid saving the image and only use the clipboard.
  
  I actually took a quick look at the Android API to see if there was an obvious way to make an app to do this, and as far as I could find, there is not. It might be impossible.
I'm not aware of any such app and I don't see one that does this with a quick Google search. Is there a reason you're not just sharing the image directly?
- You mean sharing a link to the URL?
  
  No, using the share function from whatever app you're sharing from. In Firefox, when I long-press an image, there's a share option right there.
  
  I'm on Android 15 and I also get a share button when I copy an image to the clipboard too.

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