Patterns.Phone Property

Definition

This pattern is intended for searching for things that look like they might be phone numbers in arbitrary text, not for validating whether something is in fact a phone number.

[Android.Runtime.Register("PHONE")]
public static Java.Util.Regex.Pattern? Phone { get; }
[<Android.Runtime.Register("PHONE")>]
static member Phone : Java.Util.Regex.Pattern

Property Value

Attributes

Remarks

This pattern is intended for searching for things that look like they might be phone numbers in arbitrary text, not for validating whether something is in fact a phone number. It will miss many things that are legitimate phone numbers.

The pattern matches the following: <ul> <li>Optionally, a + sign followed immediately by one or more digits. Spaces, dots, or dashes may follow. <li>Optionally, sets of digits in parentheses, separated by spaces, dots, or dashes. <li>A string starting and ending with a digit, containing digits, spaces, dots, and/or dashes. </ul>

Java documentation for android.util.Patterns.PHONE.

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Applies to