Android - If doesn't work i am getting string from text box

Question

if condition doesn't validate the value inside string mentioned below.

  //getting input box value
   newText = input.getText().toString();

  //using if condition newText got value "a"

    if (newText=="a")
    {
    //do something
    }

but the above if condition doesn't work i check string got right value which is a.

thanks in advance

possible duplicate of [How do I compare strings in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/513832/how-do-i-compare-strings-in-java) — romtsn, Jan 24 '15 at 13:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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In java you should use equals method to compare the values of strings:

if ("a".equals(newText)) {
   //do something
}

To compare the references you can use ==. For more information check this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/513839/3225458

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Jan 24 '15 at 05:15

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You can also Android Internal Utility for it. It's TextUtils. For eg. TextUtils.equal("hello", "hello"). – Sagar Trehan Jan 24 '15 at 05:38

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