Android EditText check if text match requested

Question

I have a EditText in my application that i need to check if the text is like,

##-##-##

the "#" can be letters or numbers in groups of 2, how can i do that?

There is nothing like `EditView` in Android. Either `EditText` or `TextView`. — Renjith, Apr 29 '13 at 08:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '13 at 08:44

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You can use this regex:-

String regex = "[a-zA-Z0-9]{2}-{1}[a-zA-Z0-9]{2}-{1}[a-zA-Z0-9]{2}";
System.out.println(str.matches(regex));

answered Apr 29 '13 at 08:44

Rahul

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 29 '13 at 08:52

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You should convert the text that user entered and run a regular expression check on it.

Here is a tutorial for regular expressions in Java by Sun.

To get the text from the EditText field and convert it to string use the following:

EditText editText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.your_edit_field_id);
String message = editText.getText().toString();

edited Apr 29 '13 at 08:52

Kjartan

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 08:44

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 08:49

This check when the text is changed !

EditText etSearch this.etSearch = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.id_edittext);
etSearch.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatchControl());


private class TextWatchControl implements TextWatcher {

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
             String test = etSearch.getText().toString();
            if (test.matches("[0-9]{2}-{1}[0-9]{2}-{1}[0-9]{2}""))
                 //true
            else
                 //false
        }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
                int after) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
                int count) {
        }


    }

Android EditText check if text match requested

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