You just use the Java URL class to make a new object. If it succeeds you have a valid URL string.
As mentioned there are many other situations where the user would think that they've entered a valid URL but haven't - and you should address those if you plan on getting standard users satisfied ;-) On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:35 PM, N. Paudyal <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I did think I may need to do something like that... I didnt know if > there was an easier way of doing it. > > What does "You can try-catch and make an URL object from the entered text - > if it > succeed you have a valid URL to show." mean? is this some sort of > function/method to check if a given string is an URL? If it is, any > documentation? > > Thank you. > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Nobu Games <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Make yourself familiar with regular expressions and try to evaluate the >> input string for matching known URL address patterns. The problem here is, >> that your pattern matching must not be strict. So you also need to allow >> input like >> >> www.domain.com >> domain.com >> >> without http(s) protocol prefix which will be the most likely user input. >> Unfortunately that is a malformed URL and you need to auto-complete it so it >> gets valid: >> >> www.domain.com --> http://www.domain.com/ >> >> Everything that does not match your URL pattern should be treated as >> search query. You could pass on that query to Google or whatever search >> engine of your choice. >> >> >> >> On Monday, August 5, 2013 2:10:07 PM UTC-5, SonyPhoneGuy wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to make a search interface on android with Eclipse. >>> >>> I have managed to add a search box on my form by using the menu xml which >>> shows on the form action bar. I also have an webview on my form that is to >>> load what is entered into the search box. >>> >>> I was wondering if there was an easy way to do websearch (if the entered >>> term is not a webresource) or to display the webpage if the search term is >>> correct ... rather like how the native browser does it on android. >>> >>> Thank you. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/fBGsVjD2C4k/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Michael Banzon http://michaelbanzon.com/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
