cannot read string result from MYSQL - if-statement

Question

I want to have an if else statement inside a loop when getting the results of
data from mysql .. However the if statement cannot read the result.. but the codes are perfectly I see the problem in my if else condition.
here is my Code from my asynctask
for (int i = 0; i < markers.length(); i++) {
JSONObject c = markers.getJSONObject(i);
// Storing each json item in variable
Double LAT = c.getDouble(TAG_LAT);
Double LNG = c.getDouble(TAG_LNG);
String color = c.getString(TAG_STATUS);
String red = "ongoing";
String green = "firedout";
if (color == red){
LatLng position = new LatLng(LAT, LNG);
status.add(new MarkerOptions()
.title(color)
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_RED))
.position(position));
// adding HashList to ArrayList
}
if (color == green){
LatLng position = new LatLng(LAT, LNG);
status.add(new MarkerOptions()
.title(color)
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN))
.position(position));
// adding HashList to ArrayList
}
}

Answer 1

Equivalent String values are not guaranteed to be unique in Java. In other words, there can be two String objects with exactly the same value.
String s1 = "ongoing";
String s2 = new String(s1);
System.out.println(s1 == s2); // false!
System.out.println(s1.equals(s2)); // true :)
Therefore, you must say:
if (red.equals(color)) {
// do something
}