Inquiry About KDE Connect's Clipboard Access Implementation

[feature.reactive227 at passmail.net]

Dear KDE Connect Developers,

I hope you're all doing well.

I've been a long-time user of KDE Connect and have always been impressed by how seamlessly it can access the clipboard without requiring explicit user interaction. This feature works flawlessly, but after reviewing the codebase and even consulting Gemini AI, which keeps looping on the fact that it's impossible to do it seamlessly without user input such as taping on the persistent notification, which I never did in years of using KDE Connect (?). I still haven't been able to fully understand how it was implemented.

From my understanding of Android’s security model, accessing the clipboard in the background without direct user input seems restricted. However, KDE Connect manages to do this effortlessly, which is why I'm reaching out. I would like to implement a similar feature in my own Android application but have been postponing it due to my uncertainty about how it can be achieved.

Would it be possible for you to provide some insights or point me to the relevant parts of the codebase that handle this functionality? Any guidance or explanation would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much for your time and for the fantastic work on KDE Connect.

It's my very first time using a mailing list, apologies if this was the wrong place to do so.

Best regards,
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