How to add an item to the text selection popup menu?

Question

When the user marks some text (inside of an EditText, WebView...) a floating text selection popup appears, where apps can add custom items. Can som

Answer 1

This blog tutorial will show you how: https://medium.com/google-developers/custom-text-selection-actions-with-action-process-text-191f792d2999

Basically, in your Manifest file, add PROCESS_TEXT intent filter to the activity that will handle the text shared from popup menu.

Then, you would process that text in your Activity like this

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.process_text_main);
  CharSequence text = getIntent()
      .getCharSequenceExtra(Intent.EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT);
  // process the text
}