How should I validate an e-mail address?

Question

What\'s a good technique for validating an e-mail address (e.g. from a user input field) in Android? org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator doesn\'t seem to be

Answer 1

You could write a Kotlin extension like this:

fun String.isValidEmail() =
        this.isNotEmpty() && android.util.Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS.matcher(this).matches()

And then call it like this:

email.isValidEmail()