I tested each statement on its own and it works, but when I use || it ignores the !driver.getText().toString().equals("")part of the statement. Any ideas?

 if((!driver.getText().toString().equals(""))|| (canDrive>=0) )  

• java
• android
• if-statement

The || operator means or - so if either condition is true, the test succeeds. If you want to both conditions to be true, use &&.

More reading: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/op2.html

If you want to perform both parts of the condition use '|' operator. I.e.

if(driver.getText().toString().length() > 0 | canDrive >= 0) 

Though, the left part of the statement should be executed always: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.24

If compiler found canDrive >=0 than defiitely it will ignore rest of part of condition because you are using || (or) condition so this will happened,

other wise perfect,

i have tried see the code.

class test{
    public static void main(String[] arr){
    String str = TestString";
    int canDrive = 1;
    if(!str.toString().equals("") || canDrive >=0)
        System.out.println("pass");
        else
        System.out.println("fail");
    }
}