Android datePicker get day of week

Question

How to retrieve the next Saturday from current date datepicker this is my problem

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

Answer 1

Try this

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, datePicker.getDayOfMonth());
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, datePicker.getMonth());
calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, datePicker.getYear());

int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);//Try this

The variable day contains 1 for SUNDAY , 2 for TUESDAY and so on...

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask for clarifications...

Answer 2

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, datePicker.getDayOfMonth());
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, datePicker.getMonth());
calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, datePicker.getYear());

while(calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) != 1) {
    calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
}
String nextSunday = calendar.getTime().toString();

you will find upcoming Sunday date.. nextSunday string format be like "Sun Mar 16 02:13:28 EET 2012"