String.equals() always return true

Question

K want to compare two strings but the equals() method always return true , so the if statement always runs. why this happens?

resultString = "Test1";
String CompleteString = "Test";
if(CompleteString.equals(resultString));
{
   rowView.setBackgroundResource(R.color.listselect_red);
}

Answer 1

if(CompleteString.equals(resultString)); <-- remove the ;

Your code is the equivalent to :

if(CompleteString.equals(resultString))
{
  //empty block
}
{
   rowView.setBackgroundResource(R.color.listselect_red);
}

So if equals returns true, the empty block will be executed, and after the second block will be always executed whatever the if was false or true.