Added: Add support for Share selected text of terminal in long hold MORE menu so that users don't have to copy and paste to move text between apps

Author: agnostic-apollo

app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxActivity.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import com.termux.shared.activity.media.AppCompatActivityUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.data.IntentUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.android.PermissionUtils;
+import com.termux.shared.data.DataUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.termux.TermuxConstants;
 import com.termux.shared.termux.TermuxConstants.TERMUX_APP.TERMUX_ACTIVITY;
 import com.termux.app.activities.HelpActivity;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ public final class TermuxActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ServiceCo
 
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_SELECT_URL_ID = 0;
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_TRANSCRIPT_ID = 1;
+    private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_SELECTED_TEXT = 10;
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_AUTOFILL_ID = 2;
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_RESET_TERMINAL_ID = 3;
     private static final int CONTEXT_MENU_KILL_PROCESS_ID = 4;
@@ -640,7 +642,10 @@ public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuIn
 
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SELECT_URL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_select_url);
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_TRANSCRIPT_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_share_transcript);
-        if (addAutoFillMenu) menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_AUTOFILL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_autofill_password);
+        if (!DataUtils.isNullOrEmpty(mTerminalView.getStoredSelectedText()))
+            menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_SELECTED_TEXT, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_share_selected_text);
+        if (addAutoFillMenu)
+            menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_AUTOFILL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_autofill_password);
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_RESET_TERMINAL_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_reset_terminal);
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_KILL_PROCESS_ID, Menu.NONE, getResources().getString(R.string.action_kill_process, getCurrentSession().getPid())).setEnabled(currentSession.isRunning());
         menu.add(Menu.NONE, CONTEXT_MENU_STYLING_ID, Menu.NONE, R.string.action_style_terminal);
@@ -668,6 +673,9 @@ public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
             case CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_TRANSCRIPT_ID:
                 mTermuxTerminalViewClient.shareSessionTranscript();
                 return true;
+            case CONTEXT_MENU_SHARE_SELECTED_TEXT:
+                mTermuxTerminalViewClient.shareSelectedText();
+                return true;
             case CONTEXT_MENU_AUTOFILL_ID:
                 requestAutoFill();
                 return true;
@@ -697,6 +705,13 @@ public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onContextMenuClosed(Menu menu) {
+        super.onContextMenuClosed(menu);
+        // onContextMenuClosed() is triggered twice if back button is pressed to dismiss instead of tap for some reason
+        mTerminalView.onContextMenuClosed(menu);
+    }
+
     private void showKillSessionDialog(TerminalSession session) {
         if (session == null) return;
 

app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalSessionActivityClient.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.termux.R;
+import com.termux.shared.interact.ShareUtils;
 import com.termux.shared.termux.shell.command.runner.terminal.TermuxSession;
 import com.termux.shared.termux.interact.TextInputDialogUtils;
 import com.termux.app.TermuxActivity;

app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/terminal/TermuxTerminalViewClient.java

@@ -684,6 +684,13 @@ public void shareSessionTranscript() {
             transcriptText, mActivity.getString(R.string.title_share_transcript_with));
     }
 
+    public void shareSelectedText() {
+        String selectedText = mActivity.getTerminalView().getStoredSelectedText();
+        if (DataUtils.isNullOrEmpty(selectedText)) return;
+        ShareUtils.shareText(mActivity, mActivity.getString(R.string.title_share_selected_text),
+            selectedText, mActivity.getString(R.string.title_share_selected_text_with));
+    }
+
     public void showUrlSelection() {
         TerminalSession session = mActivity.getCurrentSession();
         if (session == null) return;

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
     <string name="title_share_transcript">Terminal transcript</string>
     <string name="title_share_transcript_with">Send transcript to:</string>
 
+    <string name="action_share_selected_text">Share selected text</string>
+    <string name="title_share_selected_text">Terminal Text</string>
+    <string name="title_share_selected_text_with">Send selected text to:</string>
+
     <string name="action_autofill_password">Autofill password</string>
 
     <string name="action_reset_terminal">Reset</string>

terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/TerminalView.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
+import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.ClipData;
 import android.content.ClipboardManager;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 import android.view.InputDevice;
 import android.view.KeyCharacterMap;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
+import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
 import android.widget.Scroller;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 
 import com.termux.terminal.KeyHandler;
@@ -456,6 +459,14 @@ public void onScreenUpdated(boolean skipScrolling) {
         if (mAccessibilityEnabled) setContentDescription(getText());
     }
 
+    /** This must be called by the hosting activity in {@link Activity#onContextMenuClosed(Menu)}
+     * when context menu for the {@link TerminalView} is started by
+     * {@link TextSelectionCursorController#ACTION_MORE} is closed. */
+    public void onContextMenuClosed(Menu menu) {
+        // Unset the stored text since it shouldn't be used anymore and should be cleared from memory
+        unsetStoredSelectedText();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the text size, which in turn sets the number of rows and columns.
      *
@@ -1206,6 +1217,25 @@ public boolean isSelectingText() {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Get the currently selected text if selecting. */
+    public String getSelectedText() {
+        if (isSelectingText() && mTextSelectionCursorController != null)
+            return mTextSelectionCursorController.getSelectedText();
+        else
+            return null;
+    }
+
+    /** Get the selected text stored before "MORE" button was pressed on the context menu. */
+    @Nullable
+    public String getStoredSelectedText() {
+        return mTextSelectionCursorController != null ? mTextSelectionCursorController.getStoredSelectedText() : null;
+    }
+
+    /** Unset the selected text stored before "MORE" button was pressed on the context menu. */
+    public void unsetStoredSelectedText() {
+        if (mTextSelectionCursorController != null) mTextSelectionCursorController.unsetStoredSelectedText();
+    }
+
     private ActionMode getTextSelectionActionMode() {
         if (mTextSelectionCursorController != null) {
             return mTextSelectionCursorController.getActionMode();

terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/textselection/TextSelectionCursorController.java

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import com.termux.terminal.TerminalBuffer;
 import com.termux.terminal.WcWidth;
 import com.termux.view.R;
@@ -20,16 +22,17 @@ public class TextSelectionCursorController implements CursorController {
 
     private final TerminalView terminalView;
     private final TextSelectionHandleView mStartHandle, mEndHandle;
+    private String mStoredSelectedText;
     private boolean mIsSelectingText = false;
     private long mShowStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
     private final int mHandleHeight;
     private int mSelX1 = -1, mSelX2 = -1, mSelY1 = -1, mSelY2 = -1;
 
     private ActionMode mActionMode;
-    private final int ACTION_COPY = 1;
-    private final int ACTION_PASTE = 2;
-    private final int ACTION_MORE = 3;
+    public final int ACTION_COPY = 1;
+    public final int ACTION_PASTE = 2;
+    public final int ACTION_MORE = 3;
 
     public TextSelectionCursorController(TerminalView terminalView) {
         this.terminalView = terminalView;
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
 
                 ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) terminalView.getContext().getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
                 menu.add(Menu.NONE, ACTION_COPY, Menu.NONE, R.string.copy_text).setShowAsAction(show);
-                menu.add(Menu.NONE, ACTION_PASTE, Menu.NONE, R.string.paste_text).setEnabled(clipboard.hasPrimaryClip()).setShowAsAction(show);
+                menu.add(Menu.NONE, ACTION_PASTE, Menu.NONE, R.string.paste_text).setEnabled(clipboard != null && clipboard.hasPrimaryClip()).setShowAsAction(show);
                 menu.add(Menu.NONE, ACTION_MORE, Menu.NONE, R.string.text_selection_more);
                 return true;
             }
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
 
                 switch (item.getItemId()) {
                     case ACTION_COPY:
-                        String selectedText = terminalView.mEmulator.getSelectedText(mSelX1, mSelY1, mSelX2, mSelY2).trim();
+                        String selectedText = getSelectedText();
                         terminalView.mTermSession.onCopyTextToClipboard(selectedText);
                         terminalView.stopTextSelectionMode();
                         break;
@@ -140,7 +143,13 @@ public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
                         terminalView.mTermSession.onPasteTextFromClipboard();
                         break;
                     case ACTION_MORE:
-                        terminalView.stopTextSelectionMode(); //we stop text selection first, otherwise handles will show above popup
+                        // We first store the selected text in case TerminalViewClient needs the
+                        // selected text before MORE button was pressed since we are going to
+                        // stop selection mode
+                        mStoredSelectedText = getSelectedText();
+                        // The text selection needs to be stopped before showing context menu,
+                        // otherwise handles will show above popup
+                        terminalView.stopTextSelectionMode();
                         terminalView.showContextMenu();
                         break;
                 }
@@ -361,6 +370,22 @@ public void getSelectors(int[] sel) {
         sel[3] = mSelX2;
     }
 
+    /** Get the currently selected text. */
+    public String getSelectedText() {
+        return terminalView.mEmulator.getSelectedText(mSelX1, mSelY1, mSelX2, mSelY2);
+    }
+
+    /** Get the selected text stored before "MORE" button was pressed on the context menu. */
+    @Nullable
+    public String getStoredSelectedText() {
+        return mStoredSelectedText;
+    }
+
+    /** Unset the selected text stored before "MORE" button was pressed on the context menu. */
+    public void unsetStoredSelectedText() {
+        mStoredSelectedText = null;
+    }
+
     public ActionMode getActionMode() {
         return mActionMode;
     }

termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/interact/ShareUtils.java

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ public static CharSequence getTextFromClipboard(Context context, boolean coerceT
 
 
 
+    /**
      * Open a url.
      *
      * @param context The context for operations.