if statement comparing strings in java android [duplicate]

Answer 1

In java, when using == on two objects, you're not actually comparing the strings themselves. You'll need to use .equals(String).

== actually compares the two object's references, not their values.

string1.equals(String target) compares the two strings based off of the actual characters in the strings.

See: http://www.leepoint.net/notes-java/data/expressions/22compareobjects.html