Check String is URL in android code?

Question

I allow user to input text string in my EditView. When I get Editview text, I want to validate if it is URL link or not? Can any one give Android code function? Thanks

Another is at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5617749/how-to-validate-a-url-website-name-in-edittext-in-android — Pankaj Kumar, Feb 25 '15 at 09:14

Amit K. Saha · Answer 1 · 2015-02-25T09:31:20.607

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Use WEB_URL pattern in Patterns (android.util.Patterns) Class

Patterns.WEB_URL.matcher(inputTextForURLEdittext.toLowerCase()).matches();

It will return true if URL is valid and false if URL is invalid. For more info refer to this link http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Patterns.html

edited Feb 25 '15 at 09:31

answered Feb 25 '15 at 09:10

Amit K. Saha

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '15 at 09:12

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You can check it by using URLUtil .

if (URLUtil.isValidUrl(urlString)) {
    // URL is valid
}

Hope it will be work for you.

answered Feb 25 '15 at 09:12

Arkar Aung

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it gives strings like "http://" as valid URL which isn't true – Amit K. Saha Feb 25 '15 at 09:28

Check String is URL in android code?

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