Email validation on textField in iOS

Question

In iOS App, how to add Email validation on UITextField?

Answer 1

This works exactly

-(BOOL) emailValidation:(NSString *)emailTxt
{
    NSString *emailRegex = @"[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"; 
    NSPredicate *emailTest = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex]; 
    return [emailTest evaluateWithObject:emailTxt];

}

Answer 2

--it's easy to validate your email id by calling validateEmail method:

-(BOOL)validateEmail:(NSString *)email      
{
    NSString *emailRegex = @"[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?";  

    NSPredicate *emailTest = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex];

    return [emailTest evaluateWithObject:email];
}

Verify your email id here....

BOOL eb=[self validateEmail:**youremailtextfield**];

if(!eb)
{
    UIAlertView *alertsuccess = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Sorry" message:@"Please enter correct email id"
                                                          delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];

    [alertsuccess show];
    [alertsuccess release]; 
}

Answer 3

Use NSPredicate and Regex:

- (BOOL)validateEmailWithString:(NSString*)email
{
    NSString *emailRegex = @"[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"; 
    NSPredicate *emailTest = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex]; 
    return [emailTest evaluateWithObject:email];
}

For a bunch of emails separated by a comma:

- (NSMutableArray*)validateEmailWithString:(NSString*)emails
{
    NSMutableArray *validEmails = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    NSArray *emailArray = [emails componentsSeparatedByString:@","];
    for (NSString *email in emailArray)
    {
        NSString *emailRegex = @"[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"; 
        NSPredicate *emailTest = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex]; 
        if ([emailTest evaluateWithObject:email])
            [validEmails addObject:email];
    }
    return [validEmails autorelease];
}

Edited Answer: (It also validates extra dots )

- (BOOL)validateEmailWithString:(NSString*)checkString
{
    BOOL stricterFilter = NO; // Discussion http://blog.logichigh.com/2010/09/02/validating-an-e-mail-address/
    NSString *stricterFilterString = @"[A-Z0-9a-z\\._%+-]+@([A-Za-z0-9-]+\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,4}";
    NSString *laxString = @".+@([A-Za-z0-9-]+\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2}[A-Za-z]*";
    NSString *emailRegex = stricterFilter ? stricterFilterString : laxString;
    NSPredicate *emailTest = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex];
    return [emailTest evaluateWithObject:checkString];
}

Answer 4

A version using NSRegularExpression and regex pattern copied from OWASP_Validation_Regex_Repository

+ (BOOL) isValidEmail:(NSString *)emailString {
        NSError *error = NULL;
        /**
         * @see <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Validation_Regex_Repository">OWASP_Validation_Regex_Repository</a>
         */
        NSString *emailPattern = @"^[a-zA-Z0-9_+&*-]+(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9_+&*-]+)*@(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$";
        NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:emailPattern
                                                                               options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive
                                                                                 error:&error];
        NSUInteger matchCount = [regex numberOfMatchesInString:emailString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [emailString length])];
        return matchCount > 0;
    }

Answer 5

NSRegularExpression is the Best Way to Validate Email Addresses with iOS 4.x and Later.

-(BOOL) validateEmail:(NSString*) emailString 
{
     NSString *regExPattern = @"^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Z]{2,4}$";
     NSRegularExpression *regEx = [[NSRegularExpression alloc] initWithPattern:regExPattern options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
     NSUInteger regExMatches = [regEx numberOfMatchesInString:emailString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [emailString length])];
     NSLog(@"%i", regExMatches);
     if (regExMatches == 0) {
         return NO;
     } 
     else
         return YES;
}

Usage :

if([self validateEmail:@"something@domain.com"]) {
  //Email Address is valid.
} 
else {
  //Email Address is invalid.
}

Answer 6

Here the simple way to validate email in obj c

if(![self validEmail:self.emailTxtFld.text]) {
    // here show alert not a valid email id
}

here valid email id method is

- (BOOL) validEmail:(NSString*) emailString {
if([emailString length]==0){
    return NO;
}
NSString *regExPattern = @"[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}";
NSRegularExpression *regEx = [[NSRegularExpression alloc] initWithPattern:regExPattern options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
NSUInteger regExMatches = [regEx numberOfMatchesInString:emailString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [emailString length])];
     if (regExMatches == 0) {
         return NO;
     } else {
             return YES;
       }
}

In Swift 3.0 Version

if !validEmailId(inputText: userNameTxtFld.text!)  {
        print("Not Valid Emaild")
    }
else {
    print("valid email id")
}    

func validEmailId(inputText: String)-> Bool {
    print("validate emilId: \(inputText)")
    let emailRegEx = "^(?:(?:(?:(?: )*(?:(?:(?:\\t| )*\\r\\n)?(?:\\t| )+))+(?: )*)|(?: )+)?(?:(?:(?:[-A-Za-z0-9!#$%&’*+/=?^_'{|}~]+(?:\\.[-A-Za-z0-9!#$%&’*+/=?^_'{|}~]+)*)|(?:\"(?:(?:(?:(?: )*(?:(?:[!#-Z^-~]|\\[|\\])|(?:\\\\(?:\\t|[ -~]))))+(?: )*)|(?: )+)\"))(?:@)(?:(?:(?:[A-Za-z0-9](?:[-A-Za-z0-9]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?)(?:\\.[A-Za-z0-9](?:[-A-Za-z0-9]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?)*)|(?:\\[(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9]|(?:[1-9][0-9])|(?:1[0-9][0-9])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:25[0-5]))\\.){3}(?:[0-9]|(?:[1-9][0-9])|(?:1[0-9][0-9])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:25[0-5]))))|(?:(?:(?: )*[!-Z^-~])*(?: )*)|(?:[Vv][0-9A-Fa-f]+\\.[-A-Za-z0-9._~!$&'()*+,;=:]+))\\])))(?:(?:(?:(?: )*(?:(?:(?:\\t| )*\\r\\n)?(?:\\t| )+))+(?: )*)|(?: )+)?$"
    let emailTest = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx)
    let result = emailTest.evaluate(with: inputText)
    return result
}