# Copy and paste of images into Android client chats now creates a sticker

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-and-paste-of-images-into-android-client-chats-now-creates-a-sticker/5523>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** art, android, user-interface\
**Created:** [July 11, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-and-paste-of-images-into-android-client-chats-now-creates-a-sticker/5523 "2026-07-11T23:49:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Seth](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seth](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Seth)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-and-paste-of-images-into-android-client-chats-now-creates-a-sticker/5523/1 "2026-07-11T23:49:17Z")

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**Delta Chat version**  
53  
**Expected behavior**  
Pasting image into chat simply sends full image  
**Actual behavior**  
Creates a sticker in the chat and sends that.  
**Steps to reproduce the problem**

1. Copy an image from any browser or part of the operating system.
2. Paste into any Delta Chat chat.
3. Observe creation of sticker instead of simply sending original image file in chat.

**Screen snapshots**  
**Debug logs**  
Don’t have access to these right now.

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**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-and-paste-of-images-into-android-client-chats-now-creates-a-sticker/5523/2 "2026-07-13T15:54:55Z")

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I have created a fix for this here:

> <https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/pull/4533>
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> close #4532 
> 
> this is also to what Signal is doing to detect stickers: https:/…/github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/c47a74ba0961903eeaeda6d22347a990056c3e83/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/keyboard/KeyboardUtil.kt#L31C1-L34C4

besides fixing the problem and not sending pasted images as sticker, it also now allows you to draft a message together with the image instead of immediately sending as in the past! and allows pasting media via “paste” context menu

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-and-paste-of-images-into-android-client-chats-now-creates-a-sticker/5523/4 "2026-10-06T15:41:00Z")

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