Showing posts with label How to copy and paste in Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to copy and paste in Android. Show all posts

Saturday, January 30, 2016

How to select text in Android for copy and paste

Decided to make this post as I have a hard time trying to select text in my Xperia M5 which run on Andriod.

I googled for the answer and I can find none.

How to select text in Android
How to highlight text in Android
How to copy and paste in Android.

All of them give me answer like: to select text in Andriod, tab and hold to select the text.
So I tab and hold on the word that I want to select and a magnifying glass comes out instead!

After pressing, tabbing and holding on the screen for several minutes, I finally find the answer..

1. Double tab on the words to bring out the 2 cursors for selecting text in Andriod.
2. Drag the 2 cursors to highlight the text your want to copy.

And in case, you are wondering what the 4 symbols at the top menu means. They are select all, cut, copy, paste.

Double Tap to select text in Android

Tab and hold to magnify text in Android