Requesting Permissions to Access the Pasteboard

Overview

In API version 12 and later, permission control is added to the pasteboard reading API to enhance user privacy protection.

Related APIs:

Name	Description
getData( callback: AsyncCallback<PasteData>): void	Reads a PasteData object from the pasteboard. This API uses an asynchronous callback to return the result.
getData(): Promise<PasteData>	Reads a PasteData object from the pasteboard. This API uses a promise to return the result.
getDataSync(): PasteData	Reads data from the system pasteboard. This API returns the result synchronously.
getUnifiedData(): Promise<udc.UnifiedData>	Reads the data of a unified data object from the system pasteboard.
getUnifiedDataSync(): udc.UnifiedData	Reads the data of a unified data object from the system pasteboard. This API returns the result synchronously.
OH_UdmfData * OH_Pasteboard_GetData (OH_Pasteboard pasteboard, int status)	Obtains data from the pasteboard.

Applications can access the pasteboard content in either of the following ways:

Using security components

Applications that use the security components to access the pasteboard content do not need to request the permission.

Applications that use the security components can access the pasteboard content without any adaptation.
Requesting the ohos.permission.READ_PASTEBOARD permission

ohos.permission.READ_PASTEBOARD is a restricted user_grant permission. Applications that use customized components can request the ohos.permission.READ_PASTEBOARD permission to access the pasteboard content with user authorization.

How to request permissions:
1. Apply for high-level permissions through ACL.
2. Declare permissions in the module.json5 configuration file.
3. Request user authorization in a dialog box.