What is the easiest way to get the current day of the week in Android?

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The Java Calendar class works.

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

switch (day) {
    case Calendar.SUNDAY:
        // Current day is Sunday
        break;
    case Calendar.MONDAY:
        // Current day is Monday
        break;
    case Calendar.TUESDAY:
        // etc.
        break;
}

For much better datetime handling consider using the Java 8 time API:

String day = LocalDate.now().getDayOfWeek().name()

To use this below Android SDK 26 you’ll need to enable Java 8 desugaring in build.gradle:

android {
  defaultConfig {
    // Required when setting minSdkVersion to 20 or lower
    multiDexEnabled true
  }

  compileOptions {
    // Flag to enable support for the new language APIs
    coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true
    // Sets Java compatibility to Java 8
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }
}

dependencies {
  coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:1.0.9'
}

More information on Android’s Java 8 support: https://developer.android.com/studio/write/java8-support

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