Android - Comparison between string and varchar [duplicate]

I'm having trouble comparing strings. One retreat from one EditText and the other from an SQL table. The app consists of a game of the genre " Who wants to be a millionare? "

When it arrives at the if cycle of comparison between the two strings:

if (pass_jogador == verifica_pass) {...

passes directly to the corresponding else .

When I use the application and enter the data, I use a Toast to check if the two strings are the same:

 apresenta_toast(verifica_pass);
                apresenta_toast(pass_jogador);

and the result is the same, they indicate that the strings are the same.

Here is my code in full:

 int id = v.getId();

    if (id == btn_login.getId()) {
        //verificar se jogador existe
        //verificar a password
        //faz login
        String verifica_email = this.email.getText().toString();
        String verifica_pass = this.password.getText().toString();
        if (verifica_email != null && verifica_pass != null) {
            MyDBHelper dbHelper = new MyDBHelper(this);
            SQLiteDatabase db = dbHelper.getWritableDatabase();

            Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM Jogador WHERE email_jogador = '" + verifica_email + "'", null);

            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                String pass_jogador = cursor.getString(2);
                //verifica a igualdade das passwords
                apresenta_toast(verifica_pass);
                apresenta_toast(pass_jogador);
                if (pass_jogador == verifica_pass) {
                    Jogador player = criaJogador(cursor, db);

                    Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, MenuActivity.class);
                    startActivity(myIntent);

Here is the table and user data I entered by default:

db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE Jogador (email_jogador VARCHAR(50) PRIMARY KEY, nome VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, password VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, genero VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, status VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, pontuacao INTEGER, perguntasC INTEGER)");



 db.execSQL("INSERT INTO Jogador(email_jogador, nome, password, genero, status, pontuacao, perguntasC) VALUES ('[email protected]', 'Zé', 'qwerty', 'masculino','dealer', 0, 0)");