Android Calendar get current day of week as string
android, calendar, dayofweek, java, null
Solution
As simple as this
sCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
String dayLongName = sCalendar.getDisplayName(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, Calendar.LONG, Locale.getDefault());
Problem
i tried to get a string with the name of the actual weekday this way: ``` Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); int dayOfWeek = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK); if (c.get(Calendar.MONDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "monday"; else if (c.get(Calendar.TUESDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "tuesday"; else if (c.get(Calendar.WEDNESDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "wednesday"; else if (c.get(Calendar.THURSDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "thursday"; else if (c.get(Calendar.FRIDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "friday"; else if (c.get(Calendar.SATURDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "saturday"; else if (c.get(Calendar.SUNDAY) == dayOfWeek) weekDay = "sunday"; ``` but `weekDay` stays always null and i actually have no idea why because the debugger says that `dayOfWeek` is 5 so i should be equal to `c.get(Calendar.THURSDAY)`