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

The best way is to to set the property autolink to your textview, Android will recognize, change the appearance and make clickable a link anywhere inside the string.

android:autoLink="web"