Question

How can we perform Email Validation on edittext in android ? I have gone through google & SO but I didn’t find out a simple way to validate it.

Answer 1

To perform Email Validation we have many ways,but simple & easiest way are two methods.

1- Using EditText(....).addTextChangedListener which keeps triggering on every input in an EditText box i.e email_id is invalid or valid

/**
 * Email Validation ex:- [e-mail]
*/


final EditText emailValidate = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.textMessage); 

final TextView textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text); 

String email = emailValidate.getText().toString().trim();

String emailPattern = "[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-z]+\\.+[a-z]+";

emailValidate .addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() { 
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { 

    if (email.matches(emailPattern) && s.length() > 0)
        { 
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"valid email address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            // or
            textView.setText("valid email");
        }
        else
        {
             Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Invalid email address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            //or
            textView.setText("invalid email");
        }
    } 
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
    // other stuffs 
    } 
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
    // other stuffs 
    } 
}); 

2- Simplest method using if-else condition. Take the EditText box string using getText() and compare with pattern provided for email. If pattern doesn’t match or macthes, onClick of button toast a message. It ll not trigger on every input of an character in EditText box . simple example shown below.

final EditText emailValidate = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.textMessage); 

final TextView textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text); 

String email = emailValidate.getText().toString().trim();

String emailPattern = "[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-z]+\\.+[a-z]+";

// onClick of button perform this simplest code.
if (email.matches(emailPattern))
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"valid email address",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
else 
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Invalid email address", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}