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Can apps spy on the clipboard in the background or inject content into it?

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As of Android 10, only the configured default input method editor (your keyboard of - choice) and the currently focused app can access the clipboard. Apps without focus - cannot access the clipboard. This is a stricter restriction than preventing apps in - the background from accessing it, since an app in the foreground or a foreground - service cannot access it, only the foreground app that's currently focused. Clipboard - managers need to be implemented by the keyboard chosen as the default by the user.

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As of Android 10, only the configured default input method editor (your + keyboard of choice) and the currently focused app can read the clipboard + content. Apps without focus cannot read the clipboard. This is a stricter + restriction than preventing apps in the background from reading it, since an + app in the foreground or a foreground service cannot read it, only the + foreground app that's currently focused. Clipboard managers need to be + implemented by the keyboard chosen as the default by the user.

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Both background and foreground apps can write data to the clipboard.

GrapheneOS previously restricted background clipboard access as a much earlier and slightly less strict implementation of this feature. It provided a toggle for users to