What's the best way to check if a String contains a URL in Java/Android?

Question

What\'s the best way to check if a String contains a URL in Java/Android? Would the best way be to check if the string contains |.com | .net | .org | .info | .everythingelse

Answer 1

This function is working for me

private boolean containsURL(String content){
    String REGEX = "\\b(https?|ftp|file)://[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|]";
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile(REGEX,Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    Matcher m = p.matcher(content);
    if(m.find()) {
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

Call this function

boolean isContain = containsURL("Pass your string here...");
Log.d("Result", String.valueOf(isContain));

NOTE :- I have tested string containing single url