My if statement doesn't work

Question

I am writing a service application in Android. In this application, I am receiving commands from Main activity using onStartCommand event. The IF block is checking a variable. As you can see in the picture(Debug mode), the value is "start" but the IF statement doesn't work and will redirect to Else. why?

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Samir Mangroliya · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-07T08:44:29.893

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try with .equals will help you...

String is not Primary Data type in java

Always use .equals() when you have Object and String is Object

== is only for primitive data type and == in object compare your String Refrences...not value...

if(ReceivedCommandFromUser.equals("start"))
    {

      }

edited Apr 07 '12 at 08:44

answered Apr 07 '12 at 08:38

Samir Mangroliya

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Thanks. So, would you tell me that what is wrong with current solution(using `IF` and `==` operator)? – Kermia Apr 07 '12 at 08:40
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@Kermia, see this (shameless link) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9870985/if-condition-does-not-work/9870998#9870998 – hmjd Apr 07 '12 at 08:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '12 at 08:40

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When working with Strings in Java, use the .equals() method.

For example...

if(RecievedCommandFromUser.equals("start"){}

Should work.

answered Apr 07 '12 at 08:40

Chris M

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My if statement doesn't work

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