Check if contact is favourite in android

Question

I try to check if contact is favorite(starred) in Android. Here what I do:

String starred = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.Contacts.STARRED));
            Boolean isFavorite;
            if(starred=="1"){
                isFavorite = true;
            }else{
                isFavorite = false;
            }

My isFavorite always returns false, even if starred returns 1. What is wrong with my code?

Possible duplicate of [How do I compare strings in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/513832/how-do-i-compare-strings-in-java) — Pavneet_Singh, Dec 18 '16 at 07:41

vaidik limbachiya · Answer 1 · 2021-11-02T07:39:55.740

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 public void checkFavorite(){

    Cursor getContactNumber = getContentResolver().query(
            ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,
            null,
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER+" LIKE ?",
            new String[] { "%"+number }, //number is your number to check
            null);

    if(getContactNumber != null) {

        while (getContactNumber.moveToNext()) {
            String favcheck = getContactNumber.getString(getContactNumber.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.STARRED));
        }

       if(favcheck.equals("1")){
        // contact is fav
       }else{
        // contact is not fav
        }
    }
}

edited Nov 02 '21 at 07:39

answered Oct 26 '21 at 08:01

vaidik limbachiya

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Merely posting some code is not a satisfactory answer on StackOverflow. You should at least explain in a few sentences how your solution addresses the question. Further, seeing as this is an old question, you should further detail how your answer differs from the other answer / what makes your answer better in particular situation etc. – Patrick Oct 26 '21 at 10:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '16 at 07:41

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You need to check your result with equals method. If you do it with ==, you try to check if two variables assignment to the same object. And obviously "1" and starred are different objects.

Try this:

if ("1".equals(starred) {

answered Dec 18 '16 at 07:41

Aleksandr Podkutin

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