Can you copy and paste from the andriod app to other programmes?

Andrew Franks
Andrew Franks Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I have been looking at the functionality of the andriod app, as the ipad is too costly. I find that I take a lot of quotes/readings/comments from Logos, and use it in other documents. I downloaded the basic andriod app onto a Galaxy Note (a demo model in the shop) but I couldnt see how to copy a section to take to another. Is it possible to do? Or is it only for reading? Can I not highlight? I did not transfer the information over to the SD card, so I do not know if that had anything to do with it... would love some insight. The answer will dertermine which route I go regarding the tablet. The Galaxy Note runs on Android™ 2.3(Gingerbread), and I believe there are two different formats, one for the phone, and one for the tablet. Does that make a difference? Would appreciate any insight! Thanks!

 

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  • BillS
    BillS Member Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭

    Copy/paste? Yes---at least on the current market beta.... a really long press in a resource brings up a pair of "jaws", of which each can be positioned at one end of the text to be copied. Discovered it quite by accident, yesterday.

    Highlighting? Haven't found it yet (wasn't looking, but...)

    Grace & Peace,
    Bill


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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,025

    BillS said:

    a really long press in a resource brings up a pair of "jaws

    Bill, how long did you press (after BWS and Search appeared)? What resource?

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,025

    Can I not highlight?

    That is coming. See the FAQ thread at the top of the forum.

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Robert M. Warren
    Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭

    BillS said:

    at least on the current market beta.

    Hi Bill:  

    What is the beta number you're running? I am running 0.9.3 (not a beta, I don't think) and long-pressing brings up Bible Word Study and Search, as Dave is indicating.

    I thought Copy Text is still a planned feature. 

    macOS (Logos Pro - Beta) | Android 13 (Logos Stable)

    Smile

  • BillS
    BillS Member Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭

    Same beta... Wow.... I had a different post written, then I went back to verify I was telling you accurately... So today BWS  / Search is all it'll do for me, too!

    But I'm not imagining things. I thought it was so cool to be able to copy / paste, yesterday, that I called my wife over & showed her. She remembers it, too, so I'm not a victim of imagination.

    Now, I have no idea what I did or how to invoke it again!

    And this kind of behavior is what's almost convinced me now that it'll be an iOS system, next time....

    Grace & Peace,
    Bill


    MSI GF63 8RD, I-7 8850H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2TB HDD, NVIDIA GTX 1050Max
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    iPad 9th Gen iOS 15.6, 256GB

  • BillS
    BillS Member Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭


    Bill, how long did you press (after BWS and Search appeared)? What resource?

    Dave, when (quite by accident) it started behaving this way, the appearance of the "jaws" (each looked like one side of a vise) startled me into releasing... it was in my preferred bible, NIV84, and was a single long finger press. Totally weird... it won't do it for me today, either...

    Grace & Peace,
    Bill


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    iPhone 12 Pro Max 512Gb
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  • ManilaDave
    ManilaDave Member Posts: 122 ✭✭

    Bills, I've pressed forever and no "jaws" appear. 

  • Elias Okkonen
    Elias Okkonen Member Posts: 4 ✭✭

    It would be important to have copy text option.

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,025

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • liezel bin
    liezel bin Member Posts: 3 ✭✭

    It has a little difference but its not a problem. The apps are user friendly.

  • Robert M. Warren
    Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭

    BillS said:

    But I'm not imagining things. I thought it was so cool to be able to copy / paste, yesterday, that I called my wife over & showed her. She remembers it, too, so I'm not a victim of imagination.

    Now, I have no idea what I did or how to invoke it again!

    Hi Bill:

    I was in the Passage Guide just now and long-pressed a word and the "jaws" appeared. I pressed one of the jaws (or the highlight itself) and got a note "Text copied to clipboard" and I was able to paste it elsewhere. So, copy text does work, if only in the Passage Guide.

    I thought about this old post and am letting you (and others) know, in case you might still think you're in an episode of Twilight Zone two months later. My theory is that in December, you thought you were in NIV, but were in a Passage Guide instead.

    macOS (Logos Pro - Beta) | Android 13 (Logos Stable)

    Smile

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,025

    I was in the Passage Guide just now and long-pressed a word and the "jaws" appeared. I pressed one of the jaws (or the highlight itself) and got a note "Text copied to clipboard" and I was able to paste it elsewhere.

    Thank you for clarifying that and preserving Bill's sanity!

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • BillS
    BillS Member Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭

    Thank you for clarifying that and preserving Bill's sanity!

    LOL

    [8-|]

    Grace & Peace,
    Bill


    MSI GF63 8RD, I-7 8850H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2TB HDD, NVIDIA GTX 1050Max
    iPhone 12 Pro Max 512Gb
    iPad 9th Gen iOS 15.6, 256GB

  • Ron Gomez
    Ron Gomez Member Posts: 1 ✭✭

    In the meantime, I've found a workaround.  Click on the "Comparison" then enter the range of verses that include the portion you want to copy.  You can then use long press to bring up the jaws and copy from any of the versions on the screen.

  • Robert M. Warren
    Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭

    macOS (Logos Pro - Beta) | Android 13 (Logos Stable)

    Smile

  • Is Mebin
    Is Mebin Member Posts: 453 ✭✭

    G'day Bill,

    I think the functionality you found was according to your tablet, not the appliation.  I am using Asus Transformer, and if you long press on a particular word, the "jaws" appear, then you can slide them to extend the highlighted section then copy and paste elsewhere.

    I don't know what you are using?

    It can be difficult to get the jaws to appear...what I found is whilst doing the long press, you need to keep on exactly the same spot.

    Blessings brother!

  • Is Mebin
    Is Mebin Member Posts: 453 ✭✭

    Sorry to be bothersome, but it does seem that there are certain times when the functionality of the tablet is superseded by the particular application.  The logos app for Android seems to utilise the long press to bring up search capabilities, so from those screens (like just reading a book) the jaws don't seem to appear.  I, too, am anxiously anticipating the highlighting function...because to be perfectly honest, at the moment, the kindle app for Android has more useful funtionality for my allbeit, limited purposes.