Converting String to Double in Android

Question

Trying to get double values from an EditText and manipulate them before passing them to another Intent. Not using primitive data type so I can use toString methods.

Answer 1

I would do it this way:

try {
  txtProt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.Protein); // Same
  p = txtProt.getText().toString(); // Same
  protein = Double.parseDouble(p); // Make use of autoboxing.  It's also easier to read.
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
  // p did not contain a valid double
}

EDIT: "the program force closes immediately without leaving any info in the logcat"

I don't know bout not leaving information in the logcat output, but a force-close generally means there's an uncaught exception - like a NumberFormatException.