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

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.termux.view;
 
 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.HapticFeedbackConstants;
 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.EditorInfo;
 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 final class TerminalView extends View {
         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 final class TerminalView extends View {
         }
     }
 
+    /** 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();