Android HELP my if statement does not work

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Hi I am making a logo quiz game and my if statement does not react to my input I made a textview and I pirnted out the input and it was yahoo (i entered yahoo in edit text and i declered if statement to check if it is yahoo)...

package com.example.logogame;

imports....

public class Yahoo extends Activity implements OnClickListener{

EditText et;
Button check;
TextView test;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.yahoo);

    et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextAnswer);
    check = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonCheck);
    test = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.test);

    check.setOnClickListener(this);
}

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    switch(v.getId()){
    case R.id.buttonCheck:

        String content = et.getText().toString();

        //its always wrong here...
        if(content == "yahoo"){
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, "Correct! Good work", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
            toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
            toast.show();
        }else{
            test.setText(content);
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, "Wrong...", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
            toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
            toast.show();
        }

        break;

    }
}

I'd suggest you do some practice Java exercises on Coding Bat. http://codingbat.com/java — Stephan Branczyk, Jul 26 '14 at 13:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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To compare Strings use .equals().

So Change

if(content == "yahoo"){

to

if(content.equals("yahoo")){

For more info see How do I compare strings in Java?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Jul 26 '14 at 13:07

Giru Bhai

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '14 at 13:07

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Used .equals() method for String comparison

  if(content.equals("yahoo"))

answered Jul 26 '14 at 13:07

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '14 at 13:32

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.equals("String name ") use this for string comparison.

answered Jul 26 '14 at 13:32

user3454279

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Android HELP my if statement does not work

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