Android Question RegEx for time formatting?

[techknight]

I have a text box that requires an input of HH:MM:SS or even just MM:SS so if someone wants to set something for 13 seconds, it needs to be formatted as 00:13

Is there a regular expression that checks its formatting to make sure it ONLY contains the correct characters? so someone cant put "garbage" or too many numbers in there?

RegEx is definitely my weakest point in programming.

any ideas? thanks.

 

[Jeffrey Cameron]

Have you considered using the TimeDialog from the Dialogs library?

 

[udg]

I ported a very nice component originally written for B4J by Erel: xRegexField
It checks the input from the user by a regex pattern and shows with a colored border invalid data; it should even "lock" the user to that specific field if invalid data is detected.

^([0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$

could be a pattern for HH:MM time

 

[techknight]

Have you considered using the TimeDialog from the Dialogs library?

No, I didnt know it even existed. Or what it is. Also I noticed the keyboard is overlapping my floatingedittext but thats a whole different issue entirely that is separate from this.

 

[techknight]

Just tried the TimeDialog and it does hours and minutes only. Need something for Minutes/Seconds.

 

[techknight]

I ported a very nice component originally written for B4J by Erel: xRegexField
It checks the input from the user by a regex pattern and shows with a colored border invalid data; it should even "lock" the user to that specific field if invalid data is detected.

^([0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$

could be a pattern for HH:MM time

I will try this method. Does this library have the floating hint like the edittext customview does?

 

[udg]

To be honest I can't recall it, but I doubt it. It was just a porting and a way for me to practice with B4X/XUI techniques.
Try it and if it fits your needs (and you're not in a hurry) maybe I could add some features like the floating hint (where can I have a glimpse?).

 

[techknight]

I will play around with it. No biggie.

 

[klaus]

You could also have a look at ClsWheel, it doesn't contain MM:SS yet, but it could easily be added.

 

[Deleted member 103]

I have a text box that requires an input of HH:MM:SS or even just MM:SS so if someone wants to set something for 13 seconds, it needs to be formatted as 00:13

Is there a regular expression that checks its formatting to make sure it ONLY contains the correct characters? so someone cant put "garbage" or too many numbers in there?

RegEx is definitely my weakest point in programming.

any ideas? thanks.

Have you already tried my library fgTimeKeyboard ?