Editable text to string
If I understand correctly, you want to get the String of an Editable object, right? If yes, try using toString().
Based on this code (which you provided in response to Alex's answer):
Editable newTxt=(Editable)userName1.getText();
String newString = newTxt.toString();
It looks like you're trying to get the text out of a TextView or EditText. If that's the case then this should work:
String newString = userName1.getText().toString();