Calling Clipboard.setString on Windows crashes with 'CoInitialize has not been called.'

[chrisglein]

Environment

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    OS: Windows 10 10.0.23405
    CPU: (24) x64 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX 12-Cores
    Memory: 40.24 GB / 63.86 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.17.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
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      AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
      AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
      Versions: 10.0.18362.0, 10.0.19041.0, 10.0.22000.0, 10.0.22621.0
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  npmPackages:
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    react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
    react-native: 0.71.0 => 0.71.0
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Platforms

Windows

Versions

• react-native: 0.71.0

Description

In a React Native for Windows app, use Clipboard.setString, and experience this crash:

'C:\Windows\System32\windows.applicationmodel.datatransfer.dll'.onecore\com\combase\objact\dllcache.cxx(3983)\combase.dll!00007FFA0381D764: (caller: 00007FFA0381C410) ReturnHr(2) tid(7d08) 8000001D Activating a single-threaded class from MTA is not supportedException thrown at 0x00007FFA029B057C (KernelBase.dll) in redacted.exe: WinRT originate error - 0x800401F0 : 'CoInitialize has not been called.'.Exception thrown at 0x00007FFA029B057C in redacted.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: winrt::hresult_error at memory location 0x0000002945A9E268.

The cause? In version 0.64 the threading assumptions changed and the way to handle this is described here.

I have a local fix verified and will be creating a PR to address this.

Reproducible Demo

import Clipboard from '@react-native-clipboard/clipboard';

<Button  title="📋 Copy"
  onPress={() => {
    Clipboard.setString(content);
  }}/>