How to detect URLs and emails in a text in your Flutter app
Hey there! I hope you’re doing great?, So I was building a chat application and I wanted to detect when users post links so that users of the app can tap the link which then opens in the browser. So I went in search of plugins in pub.dev and found just one that fits the need. After installation, I discovered it wasn’t working really great for me and wasn’t what I wanted here’s what I got:
This wasn’t good enough, the links weren’t completely detected and when tapped it may open in the browser, and then you have a broken link.
Deeply bothered by this, I finally came up with a plan to solve my problem. I decided to create my own URL and email detector which I called LinkWell. Here’s a look at how mine works
This gets the job done.
I have added this solution to pub.dev for anyone to use, to get it simply follow this link,
You will find every necessary information on how you can install LinkWell, but just a little information for basic usage
dependencies: linkwell: ^0.1.9
run
flutter pub getthen import the library into your project file
import ‘package:linkwell/linkwell.dart’;Usage
LinkWell( “Hi, my name is Samuel E. here’s my email: samuelezedi@gmail.com and website: samuelezedi.com”);
Well, I hope this solves your link detection problems in strings.
If you have any issues, you can always reach me at samuelzedi@gmail.com
or follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/samuelezedi
Take good care.
