I want to use Navigation component in my fragment.
My XML code like this
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
...
<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
android:id="#+id/fragment_nav_host_home"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:navGraph="#navigation/home_navigation"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/app_bar" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
And Initializing navigation code like this.
class HomeFragment : Fragment() {
//...initialie view
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val navController = Navigation.findNavController(binding.fragmentNavHostHome)
navController.setGraph(R.navigation.home_navigation)
val appBarConfiguration = AppBarConfiguration(navController.graph)
NavigationUI.setupActionBarWithNavController(requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity, navController, appBarConfiguration)
}
}
And after I launched my app, I got an error message like this.
View androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView{... app:id/fragment_nav_host_home} does not have a NavController set
Also, findNavController() does not work.
How can I use navigation component in my fragment
Kotlin Answer
Key point is that try to use childFragmentManager in onViewCreated() function.
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
// Define container.
val loginDialogContainer = childFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.container) as NavHostFragment
// Set nav controller.
val loginNavController: NavController = loginDialogContainer.navController
}
Related
I just set up a projet with Android navigation component and here's the structure of my graph:
<navigation xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/nav_graph"
app:startDestination="#id/a">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/a"
android:name="com.example.tutorial.fragmentA"
android:label="a">
<action android:id="#+id/action_a_to_b"
app:destination="#id/b"
app:enterAnim="#anim/nav_default_enter_anim"
app:exitAnim="#anim/nav_default_exit_anim"
app:popEnterAnim="#anim/nav_default_pop_enter_anim"
app:popExitAnim="#anim/nav_default_pop_exit_anim"/>
</fragment>
<fragment
android:id="#+id/b"
android:name="com.example.tutorial.fragmentB"
android:label="b">
</fragment>
</navigation>
In fragment A I navigate to B like this:
findNavController().navigate(R.id.action_a_to_b)
In fragment B, I have a custom toolbar and the idea is that a click on the top left arrow should close fragment B and resume A:
(activity as AppCompatActivity).setSupportActionBar(binding.toolbar)
binding.toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener {
findNavController().popBackStack()
}
Same goes if I click on the Key down press button:
requireActivity().onBackPressedDispatcher.addCallback(viewLifecycleOwner){
findNavController().popBackStack()
}
The problem I'm still stuck in fragment B: the exit animation starts and ends and I'm still in fragment B. Any ideas how to go about to fix this ?
I've created a small project with 2 fragments and it works flowless.
We have a login Screen and a screen with passwords.
LoginFragment
class LoginFragment : Fragment() {
override fun onCreateView(
inflater: LayoutInflater,
container: ViewGroup?,
savedInstanceState: Bundle?
): View? {
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_login, container, false)
}
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val toolbar = view.findViewById<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>(R.id.loginToolbar)
toolbar.navigationIcon = null
// Set the Toolbar as your activity's ActionBar
(requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity).setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
// Find this Fragment's NavController
val navController = NavHostFragment.findNavController(this);
// And set up the ActionBar
NavigationUI.setupActionBarWithNavController(
requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity,
navController
)
val b = view.findViewById<MaterialButton>(R.id.loginButton)
b.setOnClickListener {
this.findNavController().navigate(R.id.passwordsFragment)
}
}
}
PasswordFragment
class PasswordsFragment : Fragment() {
override fun onCreateView(
inflater: LayoutInflater,
container: ViewGroup?,
savedInstanceState: Bundle?
): View? {
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_passwords, container, false)
}
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val toolbar = view.findViewById<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>(R.id.myToolbar)
// Set the Toolbar as your activity's ActionBar
(requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity).setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
// Find this Fragment's NavController
val navController = NavHostFragment.findNavController(this);
// And set up the ActionBar
NavigationUI.setupActionBarWithNavController(
requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity,
navController
)
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener {
navController.navigateUp()
}
}
}
Toolbar in the LoginFragment XML
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/loginToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/black"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
Toolbar in the PasswordFragment XML
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/myToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/black"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
MainActivity XML
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/constraintLayout3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:elevation="6dp"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
android:id="#+id/my_nav_host_fragment"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:navGraph="#navigation/nav_graph" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
I navigate from the loginFragment to the PasswordFragment and then I press the up button and I get to the previous fragment :)
Let me know if it works
private lateinit var appBarConfiguration: AppBarConfiguration
//onCreate
val navHostFragment =
supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.fragment4) as NavHostFragment
val navController = navHostFragment.navController
appBarConfiguration = AppBarConfiguration(navController.graph, drawerLayout)
setupActionBarWithNavController(navController, appBarConfiguration)
navDrawView.setupWithNavController(navController)
bottomAppBar.background = null
bottomAppBar.setupWithNavController(navController)
//automatic NavigateUp setup
override fun onSupportNavigateUp(): Boolean {
val navController = findNavController(R.id.fragment4)
return navController.navigateUp(appBarConfiguration)
|| super.onSupportNavigateUp()
}
Can you try this setup in your main activity, it's worked for me I use bottomNav navdrawer and appbar together.
if you wanna use custom Toolbar
//in fragment or activity
private fun handleToolbarChanges() {
with(binding.toolbarDataAnalysis) {
setNavigationOnClickListener { onBackPressed() }
title = "your title here"
}
}
//in xml file
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbarDataAnalysis"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/green"
app:navigationIcon="#drawable/ic_baseline_arrow_back_24"
app:titleTextColor="#color/white" />
Now its possible we can create observer for return values from second fragment using popBackStack()
Suppose we have firstFragment and secondFragment
In firstFragment use this for observer :-
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val navController = findNavController()
navController.currentBackStackEntry?.savedStateHandle?.getLiveData<String>("isDelete")
?.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) {
if(it.lowercase().compareTo("true")==0)
{
//write code here
}
else
{
//write code here
}
}
}
In secondFragment use this code
val navController = findNavController()
navController.previousBackStackEntry?.savedStateHandle?.set("isDelete", "true/false")
navController.popBackStack()
I am using Navigation Component for navigating in my app. It works fine inside fragments but it fails to find the nav host in the activity that holds the actual navigation host.
I am trying to open a new fragment when the user clicks on FAB, which I included in Main activity's XML. When I call findNavController() it fails to find the controller. The nav host controller is in the XML layout. I can't understand why it fails to find it.
MainActivity
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), OnActivityComponentRequest {
override fun getTabLayout(): TabLayout {
return this.tabLayout
}
override fun getFap(): FloatingActionButton {
return this.floatingActionButton
}
private lateinit var tabLayout: TabLayout
private lateinit var floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
this.tabLayout = tabs
this.floatingActionButton = fab
fab.setOnClickListener {
it.findNavController().navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
}
}
Activity main XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".domain.MainActivity"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"/>
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabItem
android:text="Test 1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabItem
android:text="Test 2"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
</com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
<fragment
android:id="#+id/nav_host_fragment"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:navGraph="#navigation/main_navigation" />
<com.google.android.material.bottomappbar.BottomAppBar
android:id="#+id/bar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>
<com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_anchorGravity="right|top"
app:layout_anchor="#+id/bar"
android:src="#drawable/ic_add_black_24dp"/>
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
I was getting the same exeception until I managed to get the navController this way:
val navHostFragment = supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.my_fragment_container_view_id) as NavHostFragment
val navController = navHostFragment.navController
Obtained from this answer:
Before finding the nav controller, you need to set the view, if you are using binding:
binding = BaseLayoutBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
val view = binding.root
setContentView(view)
If not:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
Use the corresponding binding for fragments.
Try setting up onClickListener of Fab button in onStart of the Activity as in onCreate Activity is just inflating the View and haven't set the NavHostController. So if you setup onClickListener in onStart of activity is will work as expected.
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
this.tabLayout = tabs
this.floatingActionButton = fab
}
override fun onStart() {
super.onStart()
floatingActionButton.setOnClickListener {
it.findNavController().navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
}
In Java you can find NavController inside activity this way:
Navigation.findNavController(this,R.id.nav_host).navigate(R.id.YourFragment);
The problem might be that FAB was added to the activity or a fragment different from the one used by NavHost fragment. In this case, when you call it.findNavController() it cannot find the navigation controller.
You can either check that your FAB belongs to the fragment pulled by NavHost or call an Activity's findNavController(<id>) and pass it id of the fragment you're looking up
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
...
fab.setOnClickListener {
findNavController(R.id.nav_host_fragment)
.navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
}
Retrieve it later, in onPostCreate. like this:
#Override
public void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState ) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
navController = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.fragment_container_view);
}
Turns out that activity that holds navigation controller... doesn't have navigation component.
The solution is to manually set the NavController to each view contained in the activity.
val navController = findNavController(R.id.nav_host_fragment)
Navigation.setViewNavController(fab, navController)
Now this would work:
fab.setOnClickListener {
it.findNavController().navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
I still don't understand why this works the way it works so any explanation would be more than welcome :)
As of now, Android API simply doesn't make much sense.
Source: Navigate to fragment on FAB click (Navigation Architecture Components)
Kotlin Only
Android Navigation KTX provides an extension function for Activity
All I had to do was
findNavController(R.id.myNavHostFragment).navigate(R.id.to_someFragment)
I do have the following dependencies in my app/gradle.build.kts file (
implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.3.5")
implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-runtime-ktx:2.3.5")
implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.3.5")
Using Directions
Alternatively you could also use generated Directions class. Since this is a global action the Directions class is found in the NavigationDirections.to_someFragment()
//very useful if you're passing args then you could do something like
//NavigationDirections.to_someFragment(myArg)
NavigationDirections.to_someFragment()findNavController(R.id.myNavHostFragment).navigate(NavigationDirections.to_someFragment())
Side-note the specific extension function is being contributed from the runtime-ktx aar
you can still get access in your oncreate by doing
//the id would be the id of the Fragment Element In Your Activity XML File
val navGraph = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.activity_main)
binding.mainFab.setOnClickListener {
navGraph.navigate(R.id.destinationFragment)
}
I found this answer helpful. In your activity paste this code
Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.nav_host_fragment).navigate(R.id.yourDestination)
This is Extension version for Kotlin:
fun AppCompatActivity.findNavController(
#IdRes navHostViewId: Int
): NavController {
val navHostFragment =
supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(navHostViewId) as NavHostFragment
return navHostFragment.navController
}
The navHostViewId is id of your androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView.
The best way to access navController in OnCreate of Activity is to access it after inflating the layout
that can achieved by kotlin extention function doOnPreDraw()
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var binding: ActivityMainBinding
private val navController: NavController
get() = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.nav_host_fragment)
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
setContentView(binding.root)
binding.root.doOnPreDraw {
// here you can safely use navController
binding.toolbar.setupWithNavController(navController)
}
}
}
You can use binding.root.findNavController().navigate(id)
I have one activity and few fragments. I set up my activity with NavController and navigation graph like this:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
setContentView(binding.root)
val navHostFragment = supportFragmentManager
.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_activity_main) as NavHostFragment
navController = navHostFragment.findNavController()
}
override fun onSupportNavigateUp(): Boolean {
return navController.navigateUp() || super.onSupportNavigateUp()
}
In this navigation graph I take care of splash screen, login, register fragment and going to main fragment which has a BottomNavigationView with two sub fragments.
I made a menu for bottomNavView fragments and made a graph for them, menu id's match with bottom nav graph id's.
My layout looks like this:
<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
android:id="#+id/nav_host_fragment_main"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/bottom_Navigation_view"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:navGraph="#navigation/bottom_view_nav_graph" />
<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
android:id="#+id/bottom_Navigation_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/white"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:menu="#menu/bottom_nav_menu" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
In main fragment I am trying to set up bottom nav view with navigation graph like this:
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val appCompat = requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity
val navHostFragment = appCompat.supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_fragment_main) as NavHostFragment
val navController = navHostFragment.findNavController()
binding.bottomNavigationView.setupWithNavController(navController)
}
However I keep getting this exception:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.ak.chatter, PID: 1937
java.lang.NullPointerException: null cannot be cast to non-null type androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment
at com.ak.chatter.ui.main.MainFragment.onViewCreated(MainFragment.kt:34)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:332)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1187)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.addAddedFragments(FragmentManager.java:2224)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:1997)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:1953)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1849)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager$4.run(FragmentManager.java:413)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:900)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:219)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8347)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:513)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1055)
java.lang.NullPointerException: null cannot be cast to non-null type
androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment
You try to cast a null to a non-null.
The null is got from appCompat.supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_fragment_main) statement.
Because the supportFragmentManager is used as the fragment manager of fragments that are hosted by a fragment. Although the supportFragmentManager should manage fragments that are hosted by an activity.
Whereas the childFragmentManager should be used instead to manage fragments that are hosted by another fragment.
So, to solve this replace supportFragmentManager with childFragmentManager in the main fragment class:
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val appCompat = requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity
val navHostFragment = appCompat.childFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_fragment_main) as NavHostFragment
val navController = navHostFragment.findNavController()
binding.bottomNavigationView.setupWithNavController(navController)
}
I implemented a basic Navigation component on an app that consist of a MainActivity that holds a Toolbar (that I have added to have the back arrow functionality) and a fragment container which starts with Fragment A. In this fragment I have a button which redirects to a blank Fragment B.
I can return to fragment A (from fragment B) from the bottom Android navigation using Navigation component, but I want to do the same using the back arrow from the toolbar that I have added.
I implemented the arrow putting setSupportActionBar(findViewById(R.id.toolbar)) in Main Activity and (activity as AppCompatActivity).supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true) on Fragment B, but when I tap it it doesn't redirect to Fragment A because (I suppose) that the back stack is empty.
MainActivity
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
setSupportActionBar(findViewById(R.id.toolbar))
}
MainActivity xml
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:theme="?attr/actionBarTheme"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
android:id="#+id/nav_host_fragment"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/toolbar"
app:navGraph="#navigation/nav_graph" />
FragmentB
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
(activity as AppCompatActivity).supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)
}
Added this to remove the default toolbar in styles.xml
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
In FragmentB up button not working
fragmentB with back not working
I want to do that using Navigation Component, any ideas?
Thanks.
Thanks to #MustafaKhaled I could find the correct documentation that is in this link
I deleted setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled of fragmentB (you don't need to add anything in this fragment).
I leave as it is the code of styles.xml.
My new MainActivity is like this:
private lateinit var toolbar: Toolbar
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar)
setupNavigation()
}
private fun setupNavigation() {
val navHostFragment = supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_fragment) as NavHostFragment
val navController = navHostFragment.navController
val appBarConfiguration = AppBarConfiguration.Builder(navController.graph).build()
toolbar.setupWithNavController(navController, appBarConfiguration)
}
Following this way you manage the toolbar behavior through the Navigation-UI feature.
UPDATE 28/04/20
There is an approach simpler than this that doesn't need a toolbar because uses the default one.
MainActivity
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var appBarConfiguration: AppBarConfiguration
private lateinit var navController: NavController
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
setupNavigation()
}
private fun setupNavigation() {
val navHostFragment = supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_fragment) as NavHostFragment
navController = navHostFragment.navController
appBarConfiguration = AppBarConfiguration.Builder(navController.graph).build()
setupActionBarWithNavController(navController, appBarConfiguration)
}
override fun onSupportNavigateUp(): Boolean {
return navController.navigateUp(appBarConfiguration)
|| super.onSupportNavigateUp()
}
}
activity_main.xml
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/fragment_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/nav_host_fragment"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:navGraph="#navigation/nav_graph" />
And my styles.xml file is like the default one:
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
The updated repo link
In your MainActivity
setup your navigation:
private fun setupNavigation() {
val navHostFragment = supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.nav_host_fragment) as NavHostFragment?
navController = navHostFragment!!.navController
appBarConfiguration = AppBarConfiguration.Builder(setOf(R.id.checklocation,R.id.questions,R.id.news,R.id.profile_tab)).build()
NavigationUI.setupWithNavController(bottomNavigation,navController)
NavigationUI.setupActionBarWithNavController(this,navController)
}
to enable back arrow be shown and shows the previous destination override this function
override fun onSupportNavigateUp(): Boolean {
return navController.navigateUp()
}
By the way, using navigation component with bottom navigation, we don't have to configure your toolbar, this will be handled by adding above dunctions in your MainActivity.
I am using Navigation Component for navigating in my app. It works fine inside fragments but it fails to find the nav host in the activity that holds the actual navigation host.
I am trying to open a new fragment when the user clicks on FAB, which I included in Main activity's XML. When I call findNavController() it fails to find the controller. The nav host controller is in the XML layout. I can't understand why it fails to find it.
MainActivity
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), OnActivityComponentRequest {
override fun getTabLayout(): TabLayout {
return this.tabLayout
}
override fun getFap(): FloatingActionButton {
return this.floatingActionButton
}
private lateinit var tabLayout: TabLayout
private lateinit var floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
this.tabLayout = tabs
this.floatingActionButton = fab
fab.setOnClickListener {
it.findNavController().navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
}
}
Activity main XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".domain.MainActivity"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"/>
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabItem
android:text="Test 1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabItem
android:text="Test 2"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
</com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
<fragment
android:id="#+id/nav_host_fragment"
android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:defaultNavHost="true"
app:navGraph="#navigation/main_navigation" />
<com.google.android.material.bottomappbar.BottomAppBar
android:id="#+id/bar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>
<com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_anchorGravity="right|top"
app:layout_anchor="#+id/bar"
android:src="#drawable/ic_add_black_24dp"/>
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
I was getting the same exeception until I managed to get the navController this way:
val navHostFragment = supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.my_fragment_container_view_id) as NavHostFragment
val navController = navHostFragment.navController
Obtained from this answer:
Before finding the nav controller, you need to set the view, if you are using binding:
binding = BaseLayoutBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
val view = binding.root
setContentView(view)
If not:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
Use the corresponding binding for fragments.
Try setting up onClickListener of Fab button in onStart of the Activity as in onCreate Activity is just inflating the View and haven't set the NavHostController. So if you setup onClickListener in onStart of activity is will work as expected.
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
this.tabLayout = tabs
this.floatingActionButton = fab
}
override fun onStart() {
super.onStart()
floatingActionButton.setOnClickListener {
it.findNavController().navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
}
In Java you can find NavController inside activity this way:
Navigation.findNavController(this,R.id.nav_host).navigate(R.id.YourFragment);
The problem might be that FAB was added to the activity or a fragment different from the one used by NavHost fragment. In this case, when you call it.findNavController() it cannot find the navigation controller.
You can either check that your FAB belongs to the fragment pulled by NavHost or call an Activity's findNavController(<id>) and pass it id of the fragment you're looking up
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
...
fab.setOnClickListener {
findNavController(R.id.nav_host_fragment)
.navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
}
Retrieve it later, in onPostCreate. like this:
#Override
public void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState ) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
navController = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.fragment_container_view);
}
Turns out that activity that holds navigation controller... doesn't have navigation component.
The solution is to manually set the NavController to each view contained in the activity.
val navController = findNavController(R.id.nav_host_fragment)
Navigation.setViewNavController(fab, navController)
Now this would work:
fab.setOnClickListener {
it.findNavController().navigate(R.id.addNewWorkoutFragment)
}
I still don't understand why this works the way it works so any explanation would be more than welcome :)
As of now, Android API simply doesn't make much sense.
Source: Navigate to fragment on FAB click (Navigation Architecture Components)
Kotlin Only
Android Navigation KTX provides an extension function for Activity
All I had to do was
findNavController(R.id.myNavHostFragment).navigate(R.id.to_someFragment)
I do have the following dependencies in my app/gradle.build.kts file (
implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.3.5")
implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-runtime-ktx:2.3.5")
implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.3.5")
Using Directions
Alternatively you could also use generated Directions class. Since this is a global action the Directions class is found in the NavigationDirections.to_someFragment()
//very useful if you're passing args then you could do something like
//NavigationDirections.to_someFragment(myArg)
NavigationDirections.to_someFragment()findNavController(R.id.myNavHostFragment).navigate(NavigationDirections.to_someFragment())
Side-note the specific extension function is being contributed from the runtime-ktx aar
you can still get access in your oncreate by doing
//the id would be the id of the Fragment Element In Your Activity XML File
val navGraph = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.activity_main)
binding.mainFab.setOnClickListener {
navGraph.navigate(R.id.destinationFragment)
}
I found this answer helpful. In your activity paste this code
Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.nav_host_fragment).navigate(R.id.yourDestination)
This is Extension version for Kotlin:
fun AppCompatActivity.findNavController(
#IdRes navHostViewId: Int
): NavController {
val navHostFragment =
supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(navHostViewId) as NavHostFragment
return navHostFragment.navController
}
The navHostViewId is id of your androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView.
The best way to access navController in OnCreate of Activity is to access it after inflating the layout
that can achieved by kotlin extention function doOnPreDraw()
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var binding: ActivityMainBinding
private val navController: NavController
get() = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.nav_host_fragment)
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
setContentView(binding.root)
binding.root.doOnPreDraw {
// here you can safely use navController
binding.toolbar.setupWithNavController(navController)
}
}
}
You can use binding.root.findNavController().navigate(id)