ValidationKomensky for Android

A simple library for validating user input in forms using annotations.

Features:

• Validate all views at once and show feedback to user. With one line of code.
• Live validation - check user input as he moves between views with immediate feedback.
• Extensible library - you can add your own validations or adapters for custom views.

How to include it in your project:

With Gradle:

compile 'eu.inmite.android.lib:android-validation-komensky:0.9.2'

With Maven:

<dependency>
	<groupId>eu.inmite.android.lib</groupId>
	<artifactId>android-validation-komensky</artifactId>
	<version>0.9.2</version>
	<type>jar</type>
</dependency>

Manually:

• clone the project
• add it as library project in your IDE

How to validate

First, annotate your views like this:

@NotEmpty(messageId = R.string.validation_name)
@MinLength(value = 3, messageId = R.string.validation_name_length, order = 2)
private EditText mNameEditText;

Now you are ready to:

FormValidator.validate(this, new SimpleErrorPopupCallback(this));

You will receive collection of all failed validations in a callback and you can present them to the user as you want. Or simply use prepared callbacks (like SimpleErrorPopupCallback).

Live validation

To start and stop live validation, simply call:

FormValidator.startLiveValidation(this, new SimpleErrorPopupCallback(this));
FormValidator.stopLiveValidation(this);

List of all supported validation annotations

Validations supported out of the box:

• NotEmpty

@NotEmpty(messageId = R.string.validation_name, order = 1)
private EditText mNameEditText;

• MaxLength
• MinLength

@MinLength(value = 1, messageId = R.string.validation_participants, order = 2)
private EditText mNameEditText;

• MaxValue
• MinValue

@MinValue(value = 2L, messageId = R.string.validation_name_length)
private EditText mEditNumberOfParticipants;

• MaxNumberValue
• MinNumberValue

@MinNumberValue(value = "5.5", messageId = R.string.validation_name_length)
private EditText mEditPotentialOfHydrogen;

• RegExp

@RegExp(value = EMAIL, messageId = R.string.validation_valid_email)
private EditText mEditEmail;

• DateInFuture

@DateInFuture(messageId = R.string.validation_date)
private TextView mTxtDate;

• DateNoWeekend

@DateNoWeekend(messageId = R.string.validation_date_weekend)
private TextView mTxtDate;

• Custom

@Custom(value = MyVeryOwnValidator.class, messageId = R.string.validation_custom)
private EditText mNameEditText;

Why 'Komensky'?

Jan Ámos Komenský was a famous Czech educator, father of modern education methods.  Teachers tend to correct you, just like this library. You won't miss any errors in the user input.

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