Android: Validate a URL string

Sometimes all we really need is to check if a URL is valid. You know, the standard "http(s)://domain.com/something/" pattern.

It took a while to find, but the API level 1 had it all along!

Just use URLUtil.isValidUrl() to test it.

// Validate URL
if (!URLUtil.isValidUrl(url)) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Invalid URL specified", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}

That's all folks!

 
Back to having fun!

Sources

• how to validate a URL / website name in EditText in Android?
• How to check if URL is valid in Android
• URLUtil docs