How to know if an entered edittext text is a link or not?

Question

I have an app to share YouTube videos. Edittext text must should be a link in this purpose. But the problem is that I don't know how to detect if it is a link or simple text. Let say I have an edittext with id edittext1. On button1 click i shall check if edittext consists of a link or not. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can use URLUtil.isValidUrl(url) to check if a string is a valid URL.

P.S - Do note that there are many ways that a URL can be well-formed but not retrievable. It's always best to ensure that you're catching any potential exceptions that might be thrown even after you check if the URL is valid.