The invention provides an automatic nucleic acid extraction detector and a detection method thereof. The automatic nucleic acid extraction detector comprises a chip and a hardware system, wherein the chip comprises a supporting body and a plurality of containing cavities with elastic outer walls, the containing cavities are formed in the supporting body, the containing cavity comprises a sample pool, a cracking pool, a washing solution pool, an LAMP buffer solution pool, an amplification detection pool and a waste liquid pool, and the hardware system comprises a side extrusion device for inserting the chip, a temperature control module for adjusting a temperature of each containing cavity, a magnetic force control element for controlling a movement direction of magnetic beads, a fluorescence detection module for detecting nucleic acid and a microcontroller for regulating and controlling operation of the automatic nucleic acid extraction detector. The nucleic acid detection method comprises steps of chip insertion, lysis, washing, elution, amplification, detection and the like. According to the automatic nucleic acid extraction detector and the detection method, cross contamination during nucleic acid detection is avoided, a detection sample can be rapidly replaced, and automatic detection of nucleic acid is facilitated.