Android clipboard fix #27

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1. jochenkirstaetter

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   bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't working

   on Oct 18, 2026
2. thtbee commented on Oct 18, 2026

   

   thtbee

   on Oct 18, 2026

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   Thanks for tracking this down. Here's the cause:

   When the phone receives a single file, NectarLink puts it on the phone's clipboard so it can be pasted right away (Core.kt, setFileUri). A later Send clipboard then reaches the fallback in PhoneClipboard.read, where coerceToText() on a file in Downloads returns the file's raw bytes. So the PC gets the file and a garbled text entry.

   Your PR for this is welcome. The fix only needs to keep coerceToText() away from items that point to a file. The byte sniffing and the "looks binary" check aren't needed after that, and the sniffing opens the file while the window is getting focus, which can stall the UI with a slow storage provider.
3. thtbee

   closed this as completedin a56bcafon Oct 19, 2026
4. thtbee commented on Oct 19, 2026

   

   thtbee

   on Oct 19, 2026

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   Fixed in #31, thanks Jochen. Copying text that also carries a URI keeps the text now, and other URIs aren't turned into raw content any more. It'll be in the next release.

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5. saivinay1805

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 19, 2026

   Android: keep clipboard text when an item also has a URI (thtbee#31)

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   This issue will close once commit a56bcaf is merged into the 'main' branch.

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