How do I Increment a counter variable every day?

Question

How do I increment the variable DOW by 1 each new day?

So it would be:

monday dow = 1;
tuesday dow = 2;
wednesday dow = 3
thursday dow = 4;
friday dow = 5;
saturday dow = 6;
sunday down = 7; 
monday dow = 8;

and it wont reset until it gets to 365 (1 Year), then once I have this variable, I can use it in this;

     int dow = 0;  

      @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            counter++;
            if (counter >= list.length)
                counter = 0;
            quote.setText(list [dow]);
        }

Why don't you simply use the methods of the `Calendar` class? — Squonk, Jun 22 '14 at 13:48
If you want to compare the Dates, i would suggest this solution. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10774871/best-way-to-compare-dates-in-android — Vojtěch Pešek, Jun 22 '14 at 13:48
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); int doy = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR); , that didnt work — MrJoshFisher, Jun 22 '14 at 13:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 22 '14 at 18:58

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Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
     int doy = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);

     // int doy gives me the result 174 which is the day of year so it sets the quote text to string array number 174.

     @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            title.setText("Quote of the day:");
            quote.setText(list [doy]);

        }

edited Jun 22 '14 at 18:58

Taryn

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answered Jun 22 '14 at 13:53

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I have found a solution to my problem using this i can use the int year in this: quote.settext(list[year]); so in turn every day will get a different quote – MrJoshFisher Jun 22 '14 at 17:21

How do I Increment a counter variable every day?

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