Using the Clipboard in UWP

How to Copy to Clipboard (Text String)

using Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer;

...

dataPackage = new DataPackage();
dataPackage.RequestedOperation = DataPackageOperation.Copy;
dataPackage.SetText(text);
Clipboard.SetContent(dataPackage);

 

How to Paste from Clipboard (Image/Bitmap Data)

using Windows.Storage.AccessCache;
using Windows.Storage.Streams;

...

DataPackageView dataPackageView = Clipboard.GetContent();

if (dataPackageView.Contains(StandardDataFormats.Bitmap))
{
  IRandomAccessStreamReference imageReceived = null;
  imageReceived = await dataPackageView.GetBitmapAsync();
  if (imageReceived != null)
  {
    using (var imageStream = await imageReceived.OpenReadAsync())
    {
      var bitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
      bitmapImage.SetSource(imageStream);
      imgImage.Source = bitmapImage;

      dec = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(imageStream);

      // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.graphics.imaging.bitmapdecoder
      // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.graphics.imaging.bitmapdecoder.getpixeldataasync#Windows_Graphics_Imaging_BitmapDecoder_GetPixelDataAsync
      var data = await dec.GetPixelDataAsync();

      imgBytes = data.DetachPixelData();
      imgWidth = dec.OrientedPixelWidth;
      imgHeight = dec.OrientedPixelHeight;

      // FYI, Overall image L-R, Top-Bottom.
      // Groups in reverse order: BGRA BGRA BGRA

      ByteArrayToPixelMap(imgBytes);
    }
  }
}

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