Question

Im going a little crazy with this. In my app, i take a string which represents a bus stop, and then have an algorithm that matches it and displays its schedule. I needed to make that window an activity instead of a dialog and am using intents. Heres my code to send the intent:

                    Intent intent = new Intent(context, StopDialogActivity.class);
                intent.putExtra("stop name", stopName);
                context.startActivity(intent);

and heres my code to retrieve the string (in my onCreate):

    Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
departureStopName=extras.getString("stop name");

The string displays properly, but it isnt equal to a test string i have which is the same stop. The intent sends an integer over correct, what am i doing wrong with processing strings?

Answer 1

Make sure when comparing strings to use testName.equals(stopName) and not testName == stopName.

Using .equals() uses the equals method in the String class which compares the content. Using == compares the String Objects themselves, which need to be the same object in memory to evaluate to true.