Thanks for the help guys, I shouldn't have been using the ==, a
compareto() and including a boolean to check against managed to solve.
On Apr 16, 9:14 pm, Jason Proctor <ja...@redfish.net> wrote:
> in the vast majority of cases, compare Java strings with equals() or
> equalsIgnoreCase()
>
> == tests for reference equality - ie the same *exact* string object,
> not just one which happens to have the same contents.
>
> >Hi, I'm trying to use the code below to connect to an online source,
> >then compare the data as it is read line by line against what is typed
> >in an EditText field before displaying the next page. At the moment
> >when I run it and press the "Sign In" button nothing happens. The
> >problem seems to be with the comparison of the data. Can anyone help.
>
> >try{
>
> > URL myURL = new URL("http://www.donalokeeffe.com/
> >usernames.txt");
>
> > URLConnection conn = myURL.openConnection();
> > conn.connect();
>
> > BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new
> > InputStreamReader
> >(conn.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
>
> > String istr;
> > EditText username =
> > (EditText)findViewById(R.id.username2);
> > String usrname = username.getText().toString();
>
> > while ((istr = is.readLine()) != null)
> > {
> > if(is.readLine() == usrname)
> > {
> > setContentView(R.layout.menu);
>
> > Button button2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.timetable);
> > button2.setOnClickListener(mShowttListener);
>
> > Button button3 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.news);
> > button3.setOnClickListener(mShowlatnewsListener);
>
> > Button button4 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.lecturer);
> > button4.setOnClickListener(mShowlecturerListener);
>
> > Button logout = (Button)findViewById(R.id.logout);
> > logout.setOnClickListener(mShowmainListener);
>
> > }
> > }
>
> > }catch ( IOException e )
> > {
> > Log.d(TAG, "Can not connect to the target server!" );
> > try {
> > throw new IOException();
> > } catch (IOException e1) {
> > // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> > e1.printStackTrace();
> > }
> > }
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