sharedpreferences getting wrong boolean value

Question

i would like to create a sharedpreferences for boolean value check, but the value always return false. How to return the correct boolean value for sharedpreferences?

Below is my code

  public boolean getBtnState(Context context,String text)//edit to store url here and check the boolean here
{
    SharedPreferences prefs;
    prefs = context.getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

    String favUrl = getPrefsFavUrl(context);

    boolean switchState = false;

    if(favUrl == text) {
        switchState=true;
    }

    return switchState;//always return false here

}

Here is the code to get sharedpreferences value

 @Override
    public Object instantiateItem(final ViewGroup container, final int position) {
        showProgress();
        imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.btn_favourite);

        Boolean stateBtnNow=sharedPreference.getBtnState(context,mUrl);
         if(stateBtnNow) {
             imageView.setColorFilter(Color.argb(255, 249, 0, 0));//red
         }
        else
         {
             imageView.setColorFilter(Color.argb(255, 192, 192, 192));
         } 

Answer 1

You are comparing two String variables with == operator instead use .equals() method.

if(favUrl.equals(text)) {
    switchState=true;
}

it will work.

Refer This Question for == and equals().