Android Calendar get current day of week as string [duplicate]

Answer 1

I accomplished this by doing the following:

String weekDay;
SimpleDateFormat dayFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE", Locale.US);

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
weekDay = dayFormat.format(calendar.getTime());

• Use the day format for "EEEE" will return the full weekday name, i.e. Tuesday
• Use the day format for "E" will return the the abbreviated name, i.e. Tue
• Another benefit to returning this format in Android is that it will translate the weekday based on the locale.

You will want to review the SimpleDateFormat to learn more. I think this is the cleanest approach in that you do not need a switch or if statement if your only need is to get the string value.