How can I make a password to open up a page using a button an edit Text box and if/else statement (Android) -

i trying make password page in android. using string password store password. ie string password = bob. using edittext box enter word , using if else statement check if password , edittext input correct. carry out function using button make check.

here code have made far

package com.example.explicitintent;  import android.app.activity; import android.content.intent; import android.os.bundle; import android.view.view; import android.view.view.onclicklistener; import android.widget.button; import android.widget.edittext; import android.widget.toast;  public class mainactivity extends activity {  @override protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {                 super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);     setcontentview(r.layout.activity_main);      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////      button invokingbuttons = (button) findviewbyid(r.id.button1);     invokingbuttons.setonclicklistener(new onclicklistener() {                  @override     public void onclick(view v) {         // todo auto-generated method stub     string password = "bob";     edittext myedittext = (edittext) findviewbyid(r.id.edittext);     if(myedittext.equals(password)){     intent explicitintent = new intent(mainactivity.this,nextactivity.class);     startactivity(explicitintent);  }else{    toast.maketext(getapplicationcontext(),  "this toast message!!! =)", toast.length_long).show  ();                  }         }         });               };         };   

replace

if(myedittext.equals(password)) 

with

if(myedittext.gettext().tostring().equals(password))