The following explains how to copy text from a WebView to the clipboard. First let's create a simple app that uses a WebView to load a web page. If any of the following doesn't make sense refer to the Android tutorial http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-webview.html main.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <WebView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/