Android Question CompareToIgnoreCase

Public Sub CompareTo1(S1 As String,S2 As String) As Int
    Return S1.ToLowerCase.CompareTo(S2.ToLowerCase)
End Sub

public Sub CompareTo2(S1 As String,S2 As String) As Int
    Dim J As JavaObject = Me

    Dim L As Int =j.RunMethod("CompareToIgnoreCase", Array(S1,S2))

    Return l
End Sub

#If JAVA
public int CompareToIgnoreCase(String S1, String S2) {

return S1.compareToIgnoreCase(S2);
}
#End If

Sub Test
    'First
    Dim L1 As Long= DateTime.Now
    For I=0 To 999
        CompareTo1(StringGenerator,StringGenerator)
    Next
    L1=DateTime.Now-L1
    
    'Second
    Dim L2 As Long= DateTime.Now
    For I=0 To 999
        CompareTo2(StringGenerator,StringGenerator)
    Next
    L2=DateTime.Now-L2
    
    Log("First: " & L1 & " - Second:" & L2)
    
End Sub

Sub StringGenerator As String
    Dim S As String =""
    
    For i=1 To 20
        S= S & Chr(Rnd(65,91))
    Next
    
    Return S
End Sub

Sub Process_Globals
      Private StringCompareIgnoreCase            As JavaObject
end sub

Public Sub Initialize
         StringCompareIgnoreCase.InitializeNewInstance(Application.PackageName & ".ctree", Null)           
end sub

Public Sub CompareTo1(S1 As String,S2 As String) As Int
    Return S1.ToLowerCase.CompareTo(S2.ToLowerCase)
End Sub

Dim str1 As String="New York" , str2 As String="New Yrk"
    Log(str1.EqualsIgnoreCase(str2))  'retuns false
   
    Dim str1 As String="tel aviv" , str2 As String="Tel Aviv"
    Log(str1.EqualsIgnoreCase(str2))  'retuns true