Whether you wish to preserve the disappearing message of a friend, or you want to send a longer message by copying and pasting text from Notes into Snapchat on Android,we’ve got you covered.
To learn how to copy and paste text on Snapchat on Android, to pass on messages from friends or save a message for any other reason, just follow our easy-to-follow instructions below. For any other information, or if you have further questions, see our FAQs at the end of this article.
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How to copy and paste text on Snapchat on Android
- On your Android device, open up the Snapchat app by tapping on it
- Next, locate and tap on the message thread from your friend containing the text you wish to copy and paste
- Next, tap and hold the message you wish to copy and paste
- When the pop-up menu appears, tap ‘Copy’ from the options there
- You can now navigate wherever you like to paste your copied text – be it to an email, Notes app, or in another Snapchat message window
- Once you’ve found where you wish to paste your copied message, tap and hold in the text bar of the location
- When the pop-up menu appears, tap ‘Paste’ from the options there
- You have successfully copied and pasted text on Snapchat on Android
How to get more space to write text on Snapchat on Android
On iOS devices, like iPhones and iPads, you can simply copy and paste text from Notes into Snapchat, allowing you to write much more than the Snapchat 31 character limit into your messages. Unfortunately, you cannot do this on Android. Here’s how to get more space in your Snapchat messages on Android:
- Ensure that your Android smartphone is rooted and has the Xposed Framework installed
- Navigate to the Xposed Framework installer and search for the ‘Snapchat full caption’ module, tap on it and hit ‘Download’
- Once the Snapchat full caption module for Xposed Framework on your rooted Android has been successfully installed, you can type any length of message into your Snapchat messages
And there you have it! A method for copying and pasting text on Snapchat on Android, and a method for getting more space to write text on Snapchat for Android thrown in for free! If you have any other questions, or would like some more information, please see our FAQs below.
FAQs
Why would I want to copy and paste text on Snapchat on Android?
Snapchat is one of the world’s most popular social media messaging apps around today, its unique selling point being the novelty of messages between you and your friends disappearing 24 hours after being opened.
Snapchat’s 360+ million monthly users exchange an absolutely unbelievable number of messages between each other on a daily basis. At some point, as a Snapchat user, you’re undoubtedly going to come up against a message from a friend or acquaintance of yours which you want to copy and paste.
You might want to do this so that you can send something funny or insightful to another friend, or because the message was sweet and you want to remember it by saving it to your ‘Notes’ app on your phone. After all, Snapchat messages disappear a short while after being opened, so copying and pasting them is really your only recourse to preservation.
Unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram or some other social media app, however, it’s not always clear how to copy and paste text on Snapchat on Android. If you’d like to learn how to, simply follow our step-by-step tutorials above.
Can I copy and paste text on Snapchat on iOS devices (like iPhones)?
There are unfortunately different methods for copying and pasting text on Snapchat on iOS devices compared to the methods used by Android users. The very basic copy and paste functions, even, are slightly different.
However, when it comes to the method used for copying and pasting text (or empty space – to allow you to enter more than Snapchat’s standard 31 characters) from an external source (such as your ‘Notes’ or ‘Notepad’ app), the method is entirely different.
For iPhones, it’s generally easier to copy and paste text on Snapchat than it is for Androids. Nevertheless, by following our step-by-step instructions above, you shouldn’t have an issue.
Why can’t I copy and paste from my Android notes into Snapchat?
iOS makes it super easy to create lots of blank space in Snapchat to type longer messages, or even just to write out a message in Notes and then copy and paste it into Snapchat. Unfortunately, however, for some reason the same does not apply to Android users and their devices. We’re really not sure why this method doesn’t work on Androids, but it sure as heck is frustrating!
Nevertheless, whilst you might not be able to use the exact same method to copy and paste from Notes into Snapchat on iPhones as you would on Android, there is still an Android-specific way that should allow you to type as much as you like into a Snapchat message, thus overriding the 31 character cap and so negating your need to copy and paste from Notes.
To learn how, follow our step-by-step tutorials above.
Will my contacts know when I copy and paste their messages?
No, Snapchat will not inform your contact if and when you copy and paste the text from their messages. However, if you decide to screenshot their entire message (picture and all) then they will get a notification which reads “[Name] took a screenshot!”
