add select text to context menu

Make select text available as an external interface
so that the browser can initiate it from a context
menu.

Interface is marked hidden pending API council approval.

companion change in packages/apps/Browser

bug:3214410
Change-Id: I7d513a38cc3a5ac9c0d1b3be39c02e0835bea90a

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
index 6abd697..602975f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
@@ -3549,6 +3549,15 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
          * click action, look for a word under the  click. If one is found,
          * animate the text selection into view.
          * FIXME: no animation code yet */
+        return selectText();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Select the word at the last click point.
+     *
+     * @hide pending API council approval
+     */
+    public boolean selectText() {
         int x = viewToContentX((int) mLastTouchX + mScrollX);
         int y = viewToContentY((int) mLastTouchY + mScrollY);
         setUpSelect();