Solved Android to Win10 clipboard workflow

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  1. JLJTGR

    JLJTGR New Member

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    Since Android 10, I haven't been able to find a replacement for my clipboard syncing... Join works around the limitations Google put in place... but the workflow seems too cumbersome.

    For instance, my last solution was Alt-C.
    #1: Copy text on Android device
    #2: Press Alt-V on PC (done)​

    The workflow with Join seems to be...
    #1: Copy text on Android device
    #2: Click bubble
    #3: Select PC device to send to
    #4: Click notification from the Win10 app
    #5: Click the text in the window the notification opens
    #6: Return to other application and press Ctrl-V (done)​

    Is this really the quickest workflow? I feel like steps 4 and 5 are unnecessary. The rest are probably harder to streamline.
     
  2. joaomgcd

    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    You can enable automatic syncing in the Android app's settings so it happens like you want it to. :)
     
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    JLJTGR New Member

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    According to this thread you posted in, this doesn't work for Windows 10.
    https://forum.joaoapps.com/index.php?threads/windows-10-app-android-clipboard-sync.30734/

    Enabling the setting you mention just creates a toast saying "You don't have any other devices yet."

    I read a lot of threads where you say the UWP platform prevents you from doing many things. I was toying with the idea of just making a Windows service to handle the PC side for me, but the workflow Android side wouldn't be ideal and it would be one way.
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Oh, you're totally right, I'm sorry! I forgot about that limitation... You don't happen to use Chrome do you? :) That would allow you to use the extension that has less restrictions...
     
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    JLJTGR New Member

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    I'm not a tab hoarder, so I try to not keep my browser open all of the time... but I also don't use Chrome.

    I made it a Sunday project to make a WinForms webservice for clipboard access. A Tasker profile/task easily took care of the Android part of it. The reverse direction can still be handled by Alt-C.
     
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