Calendar DAY_OF_WEEK returns wrong day - always Saturday

Question

I'm a beginner in programming and this is my first question to my android project in java.

I'd like to create a Spinner with 7 items. These items shall display the last seven days. Well - today is Tuesday, the entries should be like this:

today - Monday - Sunday - Saturday - .... - Wednesday

My calculation is right and the days are listed downward. But when I log the 'DAY_OF_WEEK' the result is always 7 (Saturday) and I have no idea why.

That's why my items are listed as -today- -Friday- -Thusday- ... everyday!

TimeZone/PhoneDate/PhoneTime ... everything seems okay

calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); 
// CalendarState for DayOfWeek: Sunday 1, Monday 2, ... Saturday 7
int currentDay = calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK;
logger.severe("CURRENT DAY OF WEEK: " + currentDay);

Maybe you notice my mistake? Thanks a lot!!

Answer 1

DAY_OF_WEEK is an enumerator value, and therefore constant.

You need to use get(DAY_OF_WEEK); on the calendar reference.

Answer 2

Try this

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK); 

for more details . See this on developers.android page.