Storing Data
A pasteboard can store one or more items at a time. Each pasteboard item is represented as a dictionary containing one or more key-value pairs that store the data and the associated type. A single pasteboard item might contain multiple entries to make it more likely that other apps can find a compatible data type. A UTI is commonly used to specify what kind of data is stored. For example, you might find public.text (and, more specifically, public.utf8-plain-text) to store text data, public.url for URL address, and public.jpeg for image data. These are among the many common data types used on iOS.
UIPasteboard provides methods to work with a single pasteboard item or multiple pasteboard items at a time, including investigating the ...
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