ClipData

/**
 * A helper method that replaces the note's data with the contents of the clipboard.
 */
private final void performPaste() {

    // Gets a handle to the Clipboard Manager
    ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager)
            getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

    // Gets a content resolver instance
    ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();

    // Gets the clipboard data from the clipboard
    ClipData clip = clipboard.getPrimaryClip();
    if (clip != null) {

        String text=null;
        String title=null;

        // Gets the first item from the clipboard data
        ClipData.Item item = clip.getItemAt(0);

        // Tries to get the item's contents as a URI pointing to a note
        Uri uri = item.getUri();

        // Tests to see that the item actually is an URI, and that the URI
        // is a content URI pointing to a provider whose MIME type is the same
        // as the MIME type supported by the Note pad provider.
        if (uri != null && NotePad.Notes.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE.equals(cr.getType(uri))) {

            // The clipboard holds a reference to data with a note MIME type. This copies it.
            Cursor orig = cr.query(
                    uri,            // URI for the content provider
                    PROJECTION,     // Get the columns referred to in the projection
                    null,           // No selection variables
                    null,           // No selection variables, so no criteria are needed
                    null            // Use the default sort order
            );

            // If the Cursor is not null, and it contains at least one record
            // (moveToFirst() returns true), then this gets the note data from it.
            if (orig != null) {
                if (orig.moveToFirst()) {
                    int colNoteIndex = orig.getColumnIndex(NotePad.Notes.COLUMN_NAME_NOTE);
                    int colTitleIndex = orig.getColumnIndex(NotePad.Notes.COLUMN_NAME_TITLE);
                    text = orig.getString(colNoteIndex);
                    title = orig.getString(colTitleIndex);
                }

                // Closes the cursor.
                orig.close();
            }
        }

        // If the contents of the clipboard wasn't a reference to a note, then
        // this converts whatever it is to text.
        if (text == null) {
            text = item.coerceToText(this).toString();
        }

        // Updates the current note with the retrieved title and text.
        updateNote(text, title);
    }
}

public CharSequence coerceToText(Context context) {
    // If this Item has an explicit textual value, simply return that.
    CharSequence text = getText();
    if (text != null) {
        return text;
    }

    // Gracefully handle cases where resolver isn't available
    ContentResolver resolver = null;
    try {
        resolver = context.getContentResolver();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.w(TAG, "Failed to obtain ContentResolver: " + e);
    }

    // If this Item has a URI value, try using that.
    Uri uri = getUri();
    if (uri != null && resolver != null) {
        // First see if the URI can be opened as a plain text stream
        // (of any sub-type).  If so, this is the best textual
        // representation for it.
        AssetFileDescriptor descr = null;
        FileInputStream stream = null;
        InputStreamReader reader = null;
        try {
            try {
                // Ask for a stream of the desired type.
                descr = resolver.openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(uri, "text/*", null);
            } catch (SecurityException e) {
                Log.w(TAG, "Failure opening stream", e);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException|RuntimeException e) {
                // Unable to open content URI as text...  not really an
                // error, just something to ignore.
            }
            if (descr != null) {
                try {
                    stream = descr.createInputStream();
                    reader = new InputStreamReader(stream, "UTF-8");

                    // Got it...  copy the stream into a local string and return it.
                    final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(128);
                    char[] buffer = new char[8192];
                    int len;
                    while ((len=reader.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                        builder.append(buffer, 0, len);
                    }
                    return builder.toString();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    // Something bad has happened.
                    Log.w(TAG, "Failure loading text", e);
                    return e.toString();
                }
            }
        } finally {
            IoUtils.closeQuietly(descr);
            IoUtils.closeQuietly(stream);
            IoUtils.closeQuietly(reader);
        }
    }
    if (uri != null) {
        // If we couldn't open the URI as a stream, use the URI itself as a textual
        // representation (but not for "content", "android.resource" or "file" schemes).
        final String scheme = uri.getScheme();
        if (SCHEME_CONTENT.equals(scheme)
                || SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE.equals(scheme)
                || SCHEME_FILE.equals(scheme)) {
            return "";
        }
        return uri.toString();
    }

    // Finally, if all we have is an Intent, then we can just turn that
    // into text.  Not the most user-friendly thing, but it's something.
    Intent intent = getIntent();
    if (intent != null) {
        return intent.toUri(Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME);
    }

    // Shouldn't get here, but just in case...
    return "";
}

/**
 * This describes the MIME types that are supported for opening a note
 * URI as a stream.
 */
static ClipDescription NOTE_STREAM_TYPES = new ClipDescription(null,
        new String[] { ClipDescription.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN });

/**
 * Returns the types of available data streams.  URIs to specific notes are supported.
 * The application can convert such a note to a plain text stream.
 *
 * @param uri the URI to analyze
 * @param mimeTypeFilter The MIME type to check for. This method only returns a data stream
 * type for MIME types that match the filter. Currently, only text/plain MIME types match.
 * @return a data stream MIME type. Currently, only text/plan is returned.
 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the URI pattern doesn't match any supported patterns.
 */
@Override
public String[] getStreamTypes(Uri uri, String mimeTypeFilter) {
    /**
     *  Chooses the data stream type based on the incoming URI pattern.
     */
    switch (sUriMatcher.match(uri)) {

        // If the pattern is for notes or live folders, return null. Data streams are not
        // supported for this type of URI.
        case NOTES:
            return null;

        // If the pattern is for note IDs and the MIME filter is text/plain, then return
        // text/plain
        case NOTE_ID:
            return NOTE_STREAM_TYPES.filterMimeTypes(mimeTypeFilter);

            // If the URI pattern doesn't match any permitted patterns, throws an exception.
        default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown URI " + uri);
        }
}


/**
 * Returns a stream of data for each supported stream type. This method does a query on the
 * incoming URI, then uses
 * {@link android.content.ContentProvider#openPipeHelper(Uri, String, Bundle, Object,
 * PipeDataWriter)} to start another thread in which to convert the data into a stream.
 *
 * @param uri The URI pattern that points to the data stream
 * @param mimeTypeFilter A String containing a MIME type. This method tries to get a stream of
 * data with this MIME type.
 * @param opts Additional options supplied by the caller.  Can be interpreted as
 * desired by the content provider.
 * @return AssetFileDescriptor A handle to the file.
 * @throws FileNotFoundException if there is no file associated with the incoming URI.
 */
@Override
public AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFile(Uri uri, String mimeTypeFilter, Bundle opts)
        throws FileNotFoundException {

    // Checks to see if the MIME type filter matches a supported MIME type.
    String[] mimeTypes = getStreamTypes(uri, mimeTypeFilter);

    // If the MIME type is supported
    if (mimeTypes != null) {

        // Retrieves the note for this URI. Uses the query method defined for this provider,
        // rather than using the database query method.
        Cursor c = query(
                uri,                    // The URI of a note
                READ_NOTE_PROJECTION,   // Gets a projection containing the note's ID, title,
                                        // and contents
                null,                   // No WHERE clause, get all matching records
                null,                   // Since there is no WHERE clause, no selection criteria
                null                    // Use the default sort order (modification date,
                                        // descending
        );


        // If the query fails or the cursor is empty, stop
        if (c == null || !c.moveToFirst()) {

            // If the cursor is empty, simply close the cursor and return
            if (c != null) {
                c.close();
            }

            // If the cursor is null, throw an exception
            throw new FileNotFoundException("Unable to query " + uri);
        }

        // Start a new thread that pipes the stream data back to the caller.
        return new AssetFileDescriptor(
                openPipeHelper(uri, mimeTypes[0], opts, c, this), 0,
                AssetFileDescriptor.UNKNOWN_LENGTH);
    }

    // If the MIME type is not supported, return a read-only handle to the file.
    return super.openTypedAssetFile(uri, mimeTypeFilter, opts);
}

/**
 * Implementation of {@link android.content.ContentProvider.PipeDataWriter}
 * to perform the actual work of converting the data in one of cursors to a
 * stream of data for the client to read.
 */
@Override
public void writeDataToPipe(ParcelFileDescriptor output, Uri uri, String mimeType,
        Bundle opts, Cursor c) {
    // We currently only support conversion-to-text from a single note entry,
    // so no need for cursor data type checking here.
    FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(output.getFileDescriptor());
    PrintWriter pw = null;
    try {
        pw = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fout, "UTF-8"));
        pw.println(c.getString(READ_NOTE_TITLE_INDEX));
        pw.println("");
        pw.println(c.getString(READ_NOTE_NOTE_INDEX));
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        Log.w(TAG, "Ooops", e);
    } finally {
        c.close();
        if (pw != null) {
            pw.flush();
        }
        try {
            fout.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }
}

case R.id.context_copy:
    // Gets a handle to the clipboard service.
    ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager)
            getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);

    // Copies the notes URI to the clipboard. In effect, this copies the note itself
    clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newUri(   // new clipboard item holding a URI
            getContentResolver(),               // resolver to retrieve URI info
            "Note",                             // label for the clip
            noteUri)                            // the URI
    );

    // Returns to the caller and skips further processing.
    return true;