From e662500c2f29bea871689662c6d39a7c0ac04213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Sekovanikj <ivan.sekovanikj@getstream.io>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 17:16:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: expo clipboard handling on v8

---
 .../setClipboardString.ts                     | 30 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../setClipboardString.ts                     | 12 ++++++--
 package/src/native.ts                         |  4 ++-
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/expo-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts b/package/expo-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts
index bfd4ba37b8..62befb266f 100644
--- a/package/expo-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts
+++ b/package/expo-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-let Clipboard: { setString: (string: string) => void } | undefined;
+let Clipboard:
+  | {
+      setString?: (text: string) => void;
+      setStringAsync?: (text: string) => Promise<boolean>;
+    }
+  | undefined;
 
 try {
   Clipboard = require('expo-clipboard');
@@ -12,6 +17,23 @@ if (!Clipboard) {
   );
 }
 
-export const setClipboardString = Clipboard
-  ? (string: string) => Clipboard?.setString(string)
-  : null;
+export const setClipboardString =
+  Clipboard && (Clipboard.setStringAsync || Clipboard.setString)
+    ? (text: string) => {
+        try {
+          // `expo-clipboard` removed the synchronous `setString` in favour of
+          // the async API. Keep this handler synchronous (void return, like the
+          // legacy `setString`) and fire the async write without awaiting. Fall
+          // back to `setString` for older versions.
+          if (Clipboard?.setStringAsync) {
+            Clipboard.setStringAsync(text).catch((error: unknown) => {
+              console.log('Copying to clipboard failed...', error);
+            });
+          } else {
+            Clipboard?.setString?.(text);
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.log('Copying to clipboard failed...', error);
+        }
+      }
+    : null;
diff --git a/package/native-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts b/package/native-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts
index 030609cc87..8a66cb6d68 100644
--- a/package/native-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts
+++ b/package/native-package/src/optionalDependencies/setClipboardString.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let Clipboard: { setString: (string: string) => void } | undefined;
+let Clipboard: { setString?: (text: string) => void } | undefined;
 
 try {
   Clipboard = require('@react-native-clipboard/clipboard').default;
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ try {
   console.log('@react-native-clipboard/clipboard is not installed');
 }
 
-export const setClipboardString = Clipboard
-  ? (string: string) => (Clipboard ? Clipboard.setString(string) : {})
+export const setClipboardString = Clipboard?.setString
+  ? (text: string) => {
+      try {
+        Clipboard?.setString?.(text);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log('Copying to clipboard failed...', error);
+      }
+    }
   : null;
diff --git a/package/src/native.ts b/package/src/native.ts
index cfcb627e5f..1bbd764512 100644
--- a/package/src/native.ts
+++ b/package/src/native.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ type SaveFileOptions = {
 };
 type SaveFile = (options: SaveFileOptions) => Promise<string> | never;
 
-type SetClipboardString = (text: string) => Promise<void> | never;
+// Kept synchronous (void return) for backwards compatibility. The expo
+// implementation fires the async clipboard write without awaiting it.
+type SetClipboardString = (text: string) => void;
 
 type ShareOptions = {
   type?: string;