Solution for clipboard syncing on newer Android versions

Albert Vaca Cintora albertvaka at gmail.com
Wed Nov 22 20:28:51 GMT 2023


Yes, we added support for this same workaround but it's only possible if
your phone is in developer mode, so not really useful for most people.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:53 PM Lucas Eduardo <lucas59356 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Firstly, good morning/afternoon/night for you guys and thank you for
> making this wonderful piece of software!
>
> From some time I am having an issue that the Android client can't
> listen anymore for system clipboard events. I also use a clipboard
> manager on my phone [1] and in newer Androids it now shows a message
> like the one in [2] right after you install it. Just now I connected
> the dots.
>
> I ran the same adb command replacing its Android package id to the KDE
> Connect one (org.kde.kdeconnect_tp) and now stuff is working as it
> worked before.
>
> Yeah, it's an inconvenience, but shared clipboard between all stuff is
> dangerous so I can understand the decision but there is the solution
> for our case.
>
> Basically these are the commands I ran to solve the issue:
>
> ```
> rhode:/ $ pm list packages| grep kde
> package:org.kde.kdeconnect_tp
> rhode:/ $ appops set org.kde.kdeconnect_tp SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW allow
> rhode:/ $ pm grant org.kde.kdeconnect_tp android.permission.READ_LOGS
> rhode:/ $ am force-stop org.kde.kdeconnect_tp
> ```
>
> [1]
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catchingnow.tinyclipboardmanager
> [2]
> https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fe3a253c6abb49588153b70b836349eab7426e6f689e8df8808c8e0713647881/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f74754c39484d592e6a7067
>
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