Android Question Help with Reflection

joseph123zed said:

Hello,
I am trying to learn a bit more about the libraries before purchasing this great software! I understand most of them in theory (without programming because I dont actually have them) except for the reflection library. I was trying to figure out how I would use the clipboard library (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/ClipboardManager.html) to put some text in the clipboard as an example for practice but everything I write does not seem correct.
This is what I have written so far (but have not tested):

Dim r As Reflector
r.target=r.RunMethod("java.text.clipboardmanager")
r.RunMethod2("settext","hello","java.lang.object")

with hello being the text added to the clipboard but it seems incorrect with the java.text.clipboardmanager compared to the other examples of the reflection library I have seen where there is no dots in there. Could somebody please point me in the right direction or give me the code for the clipboard as a reference.

Help would be appreciated to help me understand more about this library!

All the best and happy holidays,
Joseph

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joseph123zed said:

Yes, I understand! I just wanted to learn a bit more about this library using the clipboard manager as a example for myself as I didnt notice the library has already been made.

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stevel05 said:

This covers some of the basic concepts : http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/th...mple-ratingbar-using-mainly-reflection.29249/

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stevel05 said:

When you get back to looking at reflection, if you have a problem with it or any of the examples on the forum, just ask a specific question. You will get an answer. It is more complex than using the built in functions of B4a as you are dealing directly with the API's. But persevere and you will reap the rewards.

Trial and error is the key, until you get used to it.

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