Is there a way to copy to mobile clipboard? I've been researching for days but haven't found a good solution. Clipboard.js doesn't seem to work on mobile, giving me an error "no support :("

I'm currently using the following function:

function copytext(text) {
    var textField = document.createElement('textarea');
    textField.innerText = text;
    document.body.appendChild(textField);
    textField.select();
    document.execCommand('copy');
    textField.remove();
}

Works like a charm on chrome on my desktop. But on chrome mobile, nothing gets copied.

Is there a solution out there?

Is there a way to copy to mobile clipboard? I've been researching for days but haven't found a good solution. Clipboard.js doesn't seem to work on mobile, giving me an error "no support :("

I'm currently using the following function:

function copytext(text) {
    var textField = document.createElement('textarea');
    textField.innerText = text;
    document.body.appendChild(textField);
    textField.select();
    document.execCommand('copy');
    textField.remove();
}

Works like a charm on chrome on my desktop. But on chrome mobile, nothing gets copied.

Is there a solution out there?

• javascript
• clipboard.js

• 1 What version of Chrome and what mobile device? It's supposedly available in mobile Chrome 42+ and mobile Firefox 41+, presumably both Android. – Alexander O'Mara Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 19:37
• Weird. I'm on the most recent version. Here's a live page with the copy link button: trailerpuppy./trailers/… – Jackson Cunningham Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 19:40
• 1 Working on my end, Chrome 49.0.* for Android. I'm guessing you're using iOS Chrome? – Alexander O'Mara Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 19:44
• Ah.. yeah I think my version may be outdated. It was the most recent version available on my iOS version.. But I need to update iOS. Thanks for troubleshooting. – Jackson Cunningham Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 19:45
• Chrome for iOS is basically just an alternative app for the same rendering and JavaScript API as the built-in WebKit for Safari. Unless iOS Safari supports it, iOS Chrome and Firefox probably won't either. – Alexander O'Mara Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 19:47

1 Answer 1

According to MDN, document.execCommand('copy') is available in the following mobile browsers:

• Chrome for Android 42+
• Firefox Mobile (Gecko) 41+

Note that this does not include the iOS Chrome or Firefox, which per-Apple's requirement, both must use the iOS supplied WebKit. Until iOS Safari supports it, iOS Chrome and iOS Firefox probably cannot.

Update:

Safari on iOS 10+ supports cut and copy