best_form_validator

New Features

• Validators.validateUrl() — validates HTTP/HTTPS URLs with a proper scheme and host. Supports optional fields (isRequired: false), custom schemes, and allowMissingScheme to accept bare domains like example.com.
• UrlValidator — exported publicly for direct use alongside the Validators façade.

Localization

• URL validator error messages are fully localized in all 25 supported languages (urlRequired, invalidUrl).

Documentation

• README updated with URL validation usage and API reference.
• Example app updated with a URL Validation showcase case.

Test Coverage

• Added URL validator tests covering required/optional fields, scheme checks, localhost, IPv4, paths, whitespace trimming, and custom error messages.

Bug Fixes

• validateTime (HIGH) — replaced DateTime.parse with a strict regex (^([01]\d|2[0-3]):([0-5]\d)(?::([0-5]\d))?$). Invalid times like 25:99:99 now correctly return an error. Accepts HH:mm and HH:mm:ss.
• validatePhone local formats (HIGH) — phone numbers in national/local format (e.g. 03001234567 for Pakistan, 07911123456 for UK) are now automatically normalized to international format before validation. No extra developer code needed.
• validatePhone GB/UK alias (MEDIUM) — both 'GB' (ISO 3166-1 standard) and 'UK' (legacy alias) are now accepted for the United Kingdom. Integrating any standard country-picker package no longer requires manual mapping.
• validateName Unicode support (MEDIUM) — the name validator now accepts any Unicode letter script: Latin, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi (Devanagari), Chinese (CJK), Japanese (Hiragana/Katakana), Korean (Hangul), and accented characters. Hyphens and apostrophes are allowed within tokens (e.g. Mary-Jane, O'Brien).

New Public API

• FinancialValidators — validateCreditCard() and validateIBAN() are now exported from the public barrel (best_form_validator.dart). Previously only accessible via internal imports.
• MultiValidator — exported publicly. Chain any number of validators; returns the first error.
• PhoneInputFormatter — exported publicly. Auto-spaces phone numbers as the user types.
• Validators.validateCreditCard() — convenience façade for FinancialValidators.validateCreditCard().
• Validators.validateIBAN() — convenience façade for FinancialValidators.validateIBAN().
• Validators.normalizePhone() — converts a local phone number string to international format for a given ISO code.

Localization

• Financial validator error messages are now fully localized in all 25 supported languages (creditCardRequired, invalidCreditCard, ibanRequired, invalidIban).

Documentation Fixes

• Removed stale await Validators.loadPhoneRegex() from all doc comments and examples — this call has been a no-op since v1.2.0.
• Corrected CHANGELOG v1.2.0 entry: getPasswordStrength() is on PasswordValidator, not Validators.
• README completely rewritten: accurate examples for all validators, correct install version, local phone format examples, financial and MultiValidator documentation.

Test Coverage

• Official test suite expanded from 12 tests to 107 tests covering every validator, edge cases, Unicode names, local phone normalization, GB/UK alias, strict time, financial validators, MultiValidator, PhoneInputFormatter, and localization.

Maintenance

• Removed dead assets/countries_phone_regex.json (4 KB, unused since v1.2.0).
• Improved pubspec.yaml description to accurately reflect all features.

Huge Performance & Feature Upgrade 🚀

• Zero-Initialization Hook: Phone Regex patterns are now statically compiled. You no longer need to await Validators.loadPhoneRegex() in your main(). Phone validation runs entirely synchronously!
• Multi Validator: Added MultiValidator to allow chaining multiple validations sequentially.
• Financial Validation: Added new FinancialValidators to support Credit Cards (Luhn Algorithm Mod-10) and IBAN checks (MOD-97).
• Password Strength: Added PasswordValidator.getPasswordStrength() which evaluates text entropy and returns an int score ranging from 0 to 5.
• Advanced Formatting: Added PhoneInputFormatter which intelligently auto-formats international phone numbers as the user types.
• Async Validations: Added AsyncValidator utility helper.
• Over 25+ Language Localizations inherently patched to natively handle detailed password checks.

Maintenance

• Minor documentation improvements.
• Updated dependencies.
• Updated the ReadMe.

Maintenance

• Updated pubspec metadata for better pub.dev compliance.
• Fixed repository, homepage, and issue tracker URLs.
• Improved CHANGELOG consistency.
• Standardized Dart file conventions and documentation.

Maintenance

• Package metadata updates.
• Improved pub.dev compliance.

Maintenance

• Updated pubspec metadata for better pub.dev compliance.
• Shortened package description.
• Updated license file to standard MIT format.

Features

• 🌍 Full Localization Support: Added support for 25+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, and more.
• Added Validators.setLocale(Locale) for dynamic runtime locale switching.
• Added FormLocalizations class for accessing localized strings directly.

Improvements

• Updated all validators (Email, Phone, Password, Name, Age, Date, Time) to automatically use localized error messages.
• Enhanced example app to demonstrate dynamic language switching.

Features

• Added date and time validation methods
• Improved age validation with better date parsing
• Enhanced password validation with configurable criteria

Improvements

• Better error messages for all validators
• Improved null safety handling

Improvements

• Configuration improvements for better customization
• Enhanced validator flexibility
• Updated documentation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed minor validation edge cases
• Improved regex patterns for email validation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed asset loading issues for phone validation
• Improved package initialization
• Minor documentation updates

Initial Release

• ✅ Email validation with regex pattern matching
• ✅ Phone number validation for multiple countries
• ✅ Password validation with customizable criteria
• ✅ Name validation with proper formatting rules
• ✅ Age validation from DateTime or string
• ✅ Customizable error messages
• ✅ Null safety support
• ✅ Comprehensive test coverage
• ✅ Example application
• ✅ Full documentation