You cannot check the emptiness of a String using the "=" operator!
You would need to use the equals method which is a method in the
String class
String yourString = someEditText.getText().toString();
if (yourString.equals("") ){
}
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On Oct 20, 1:48 pm, JasonMP <[email protected]> wrote:
> using "if(someEditText.getText().toString == null) " doesnt work
>
> im passing information from this editText into a database. Ive
> already limited it to 2 characters and numbers only in the xml file,
> but i need to run a check to fill its defaults to 0 if nothing is
> entered. I could set its default to 0, but then my hint text would
> show up. Could someone give me a hand with this?
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