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

Try this simple method which can not accept the email address beginning with digits:

boolean checkEmailCorrect(String Email) {
    if(signupEmail.length() == 0) {
        return false;
    }

    String pttn = "^\\D.+@.+\\.[a-z]+";
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile(pttn);
    Matcher m = p.matcher(Email);

    if(m.matches()) {
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}