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First fragment in view pager not showing because of rest api delay

I have a navigation drawer activity, with one fragment having a view pager and tabs. All 4 fragments are fetching data from a server. My problem is that the view pager is loading the first 2 fragments therefore my first fragment doesn't show a content at first because of the delay of the rest api. So the second fragment is being created and shown before the data in the first fragment is parsed and shown. How can I solve this?
This is my fragment container
public class FragmentMoviesContainer extends KFragment {
private MainActivity activity;
#Nullable
#Override
public View onCreateView(#NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, #Nullable ViewGroup container, #Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_movies_container, container, false);
activity = (MainActivity) getActivity();
assert activity != null;
activity.setVisibleFragment(this);
SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getChildFragmentManager());
// Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
ViewPager mViewPager = rootView.findViewById(R.id.container);
TabLayout tabLayout = rootView.findViewById(R.id.tabs);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);
tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager);
return rootView;
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
ActionBar actionBar = activity.getSupportActionBar();
if (actionBar != null)
actionBar.setTitle(R.string.movies);
activity.getNavigationView().setCheckedItem(R.id.nav_movies);
activity.setElevation(true);
}
public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return replaceFragmentMovies(Constants.STRINGS.UPCOMING);
case 1:
return replaceFragmentMovies(Constants.STRINGS.NOW_PLAYING);
case 2:
return replaceFragmentMovies(Constants.STRINGS.POPULAR);
case 3:
return replaceFragmentMovies(Constants.STRINGS.TOP_RATED);
default:
return null;
}
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return getString(R.string.coming_soon);
case 1:
return getString(R.string.now_playing);
case 2:
return getString(R.string.popular);
case 3:
return getString(R.string.top_rated);
default:
return "";
}
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return 4;
}
private FragmentMovies replaceFragmentMovies(String type) {
FragmentMovies fragmentMovies = new FragmentMovies();
fragmentMovies.setType(type);
return fragmentMovies;
}
}
#Override
public void serviceResponse(int responseID, List<KObject> objects) {
}
#Override
public void update(ModelService service, boolean reload) {
}
}
Here's my fragment showed in the tabs
public class FragmentMovies extends KFragment implements MoviesAdapter.OnLoadMoreListener {
private MainActivity activity;
private ModelService service;
private RecyclerView moviesRv;
private String type;
public void setType(String type) {
this.type = type;
}
#Nullable
#Override
public View onCreateView(#NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, #Nullable ViewGroup container, #Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_movies, container, false);
activity = (MainActivity) getActivity();
if (activity != null) {
service = activity.getService();
activity.setVisibleFragment(this);
}
moviesRv = rootView.findViewById(R.id.movies_list);
moviesRv.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()));
this.update(service, false);
return rootView;
}
#Override
public void serviceResponse(int responseID, List<KObject> objects) {
if ((objects != null && !objects.isEmpty()) && (responseID == Constants.UPCOMING || responseID == Constants.NOW_PLAYING || responseID == Constants.POPULAR
|| responseID == Constants.TOP_RATED)) {
Section section = (Section) objects.get(0);
MovieListAdapter adapter = new MovieListAdapter(getContext(), section.getMovieList());
moviesRv.setAdapter(adapter);
}
}
#Override
public void update(final ModelService service, final boolean reload) {
boolean hasConnection = Connection.isNetworkAvailable(getContext());
if (hasConnection && service != null) {
final int responseId = getResponseID();
service.getMovies(type, "", false, responseId, reload);
} else {
// progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
DialogHelper.noConnectionDialog(getContext());
}
}
private int getResponseID() {
switch (type) {
case Constants.STRINGS.UPCOMING:
return Constants.UPCOMING;
case Constants.STRINGS.NOW_PLAYING:
return Constants.NOW_PLAYING;
case Constants.STRINGS.POPULAR:
return Constants.POPULAR;
case Constants.STRINGS.TOP_RATED:
return Constants.TOP_RATED;
default:
return 0;
}
}
#Override
public void onLoadMore(MoviesAdapter adapter) {
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (activity.getSupportActionBar() != null)
activity.getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Movies");
activity.getNavigationView().setCheckedItem(R.id.nav_movies);
activity.setElevation(true);
activity.getAddFab().hide();
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
}
}
The method update calls the rest api url and fetches the data. This is a framework I created based on AsyncTask. The list of objects then is returned to the fragment parsed in the method onServiceResponse where I create the adapter and show the data. The problem is that the second fragment is being created before the method onServiceResponse of the first fragment.

You should make api call from the first fragment and after getting the result you should make the rest of the calls. Let me know if you need any help with the code. I think this should be straight forward.

After Looking your code, there are Two things to inflate Fragments on to tabs.
Use single Fragment for all tabs.
Use individual fragment for every tab.
in the First case, if you are calling APIs form fragment that kind of problem occurs(As yours).
in the Second case APIs, the call will be in individual fragment and there will not be such kind of problem.
So the first solution to your problem is to use individual fragment for every tab.
And if really want to use single fragment for every tab then maintain the sequence of API calling for every instance of the fragment for every tab.
As you are doing in fragment like:
if (activity != null) {
service = activity.getService();
activity.setVisibleFragment(this);
}
moviesRv = rootView.findViewById(R.id.movies_list);
moviesRv.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()));
this.update(service, false);
in this case you are calling service and and then you are reading setting your view.
The scenario is that here API call will be in the background but the code below API call will execute. Due to that if the response of API any fragment comes then that fragment view will be populated. So Solution of that scenario is that put your API call method in fragment and then call APIs and maintain calls.
if any help just comments. thanks.

I think the accepted answer is not very explanatory, so for anyone coming across this in future, this is what I did. I am calling my REST API from the on create method of the activity hosting the fragments and viewpager and using a single fragment class for 6 tabs by creating 6 instances of the fragment class. But the catch here is, dont set up the viewpager in onCreate, rather set it after the API call receives a successful response, after the data has been saved inside some object. So now the data is ready to be displayed within the fragment when it is first presented.

You should add this code on your one of your fragment.
Handler().postDelayed({
//api call
}, 3000)
So that two fragment can not do api call at same time when you use viewpager.

Why the middle tab of viewPager never call onCreateView for itself?

For the 2 last days I spent all my time to try to find a solution to a strange problem in a viewpager with fragment. All fragment contains a listview (which has his own adapter).
Here is the situation :
I have an activity which instantiate a viewpager and an adapter for it and contains the object adapter class.
public class SellerActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
/**
* The {#link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
* fragments for each of the sections. We use a
* {#link FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which will keep every
* loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory intensive, it
* may be best to switch to a
* {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
*/
private SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;
private FirebaseAuth mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
/**
* The {#link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
*/
private ViewPager mViewPager;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_seller);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
// Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
// primary sections of the activity.
mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
// Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.vpContainer2);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);
TabLayout tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabs2);
tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager);
mViewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
// This method will be invoked when a new page becomes selected.
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(position);
mSectionsPagerAdapter.getItem(position);
Toast.makeText(SellerActivity.this,
"Selected page position: " + position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
// This method will be invoked when the current page is scrolled
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
// Code goes here
}
// Called when the scroll state changes:
// SCROLL_STATE_IDLE, SCROLL_STATE_DRAGGING, SCROLL_STATE_SETTLING
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {
// Code goes here
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_shop, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
Intent i = new Intent(SellerActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
if (id == R.id.action_home) {
startActivity(i);
finish();
return true;
}
if (id == R.id.action_logout) {
mAuth.signOut();
startActivity(i);
finish();
return false;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A {#link FragmentPagerAdapter} that returns a fragment corresponding to
* one of the sections/tabs/pages.
*/
public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
// getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page.
// Return a PlaceholderFragment (defined as a static inner class below).
return SellerFragment.newInstance(position + 1, "1");
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// Show 3 total pages.
return 3;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return "En Attente";
case 1:
return "En cours";
case 2:
return "Terminées";
}
return null;
}
}
I have then a fragment which looks like this :
public class SellerFragment extends Fragment {
private String title;
private int page;
private AllOrders allOrders;
final List<CommandItemForSeller> orders = new ArrayList<>();
final LinkedHashMap<String, Order> saveOrders = new LinkedHashMap<>();
public SellerFragment(){
}
// newInstance constructor for creating fragment with arguments
public static SellerFragment newInstance(int page, String title) {
SellerFragment fragmentFirst = new SellerFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt("someInt", page);
args.putString("someTitle", title);
fragmentFirst.setArguments(args);
return fragmentFirst;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
page = getArguments().getInt("someInt", 0);
title = getArguments().getString("someTitle");
allOrders = new AllOrders();
setRetainInstance(true);
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_seller, container, false);
TextView tvLabel = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvLabel);
tvLabel.setText(page + " -- " + title);
DatabaseReference myRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("orders");
ChildEventListener childEventListener = new ChildEventListener() {
#Override
public void onChildAdded(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, String s) {
for (DataSnapshot orders : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
String orderString = orders.getValue(String.class);
//allOrders.addOrder(new Order(orderString, orders.getKey().substring(orders.getKey().length() - 4, orders.getKey().length())));
saveOrders.put(orders.getKey(), new Order(orderString, orders.getKey().substring(orders.getKey().length() - 4, orders.getKey().length())));
}
}
#Override
public void onChildChanged (DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, String s){
}
#Override
public void onChildRemoved (DataSnapshot dataSnapshot){
}
#Override
public void onChildMoved (DataSnapshot dataSnapshot, String s){
}
#Override
public void onCancelled (DatabaseError databaseError){
}
};
myRef.addChildEventListener(childEventListener);
orders.clear();
allOrders.clear();
allOrders.addAllOrders(saveOrders.values());
List<Order> selectedOrders = allOrders.getItemsOrderedByStatus(page);
for (int i = 0; i < selectedOrders.size(); i++) {
orders.add(new CommandItemForSeller(selectedOrders.get(i)));
}
CommandItemForSellerAdapter aa = new CommandItemForSellerAdapter(getActivity(), R.layout.pending_listview_item, orders);
ListView lv = (ListView) view.findViewById(R.id.commandListView);
lv.setAdapter(aa);
return view;
}
As you can see each fragment calls content from Firebase Database so it remains asynchronous.
My problem is :
When I try to load "synchronous" data (that I previsouly write in my code), list content is set by onCreate method at the first creation so each fragment for each tab get some content. However, the second tab never ever refresh for new data.
So in a case of asynchronous, onCreate method doesn't return any data (due to the load time) and new datas should be added by the onCreateView (like a refresh) but for the second tab it never happens !
After many hours of debugging, I've just found out the following :
When I switch from tab 1 to tab 2, fragment is rendered for tab 3. When I switch from tab 3 to tab 2, fragment is rendered for tab 1. Even if the getItem(position) returns the right position for the tab, tab 2 now never calls onCreateView method and remains empty.
Please.. tell me why this projet behaves like that, I don't want to give up but I really don't understand what is the issue here.
If you need more specific information, tell me I can give you anything you want.

When using FragmentPagerAdapter, ViewPager keeps adjacent pages "alive" (one to the left and one to the right) - meaning that when you have three fragments only, the second one will be never destroyed. You have to find a different way if you want to refresh data when fragments come into view - one idea is to add listener for page changes, using ViewPager.addOnPageChangeListener method - https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/view/ViewPager.html#addOnPageChangeListener(android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener)
Then, you can trigger refresh from within onPageSelected callback.
In your case, I think the simplest solution is to make SectionsPagerAdapter implement ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, store reference to each created Fragment (preferably WeakReference), and then call some refresh method on an appropriate SellerFragment instance.

WebView with FragmentStatePagerAdapter goes blank on calling setCurrentItem

I am working on Swipe Views with Tabs. The code provided in the "EffectiveNavigation" project at the Creating Swipe Views with Tabs page provides a solid starting ground. Experimenting further I added an OnClickListener to the given TextView and added a setCurrentItem to the onClick method. This behaves as expected and the ViewPager jumps to the requested page.
/**
* A dummy fragment representing a section of the app, but that simply displays dummy text.
*/
public static class DemoObjectFragment extends Fragment {
public static final String ARG_OBJECT = "object";
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_collection_object, container, false);
Bundle args = getArguments();
((TextView) rootView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1)).setText(
Integer.toString(args.getInt(ARG_OBJECT)));
((TextView) rootView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1)).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
/*
*setCurrentPagerItem(5); -> omitted here to reduce complexity
*/
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(5);
}
});
return rootView;
}
}
As the project I'm working on requires the loading of static webpages instead of text. I replaced the TextView with a WebView to load a different webpage at every swipe. This works perfectly well. Click events from the HTML side are handled by a JavascriptInterface I have implemented.
It is here that I'm facing a problem. The setCurrentPagerItem method works perfectly well when called outside of the JavascriptInterface. When called from within the JavascriptInterface the WebView shows a blank screen and stays so until a swipe to the right or left is made. A swipe to the right displays the next page to the one requested and a swipe to the left displays the requested page. LogCat shows no errors and this behaviour is consistent across a 4.3 based emulator and a Nexus 7 running 4.4.4. I shall provide the entire code below.
public class CollectionDemoActivity extends FragmentActivity {
/**
* The {#link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide fragments representing
* each object in a collection. We use a {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}
* derivative, which will destroy and re-create fragments as needed, saving and restoring their
* state in the process. This is important to conserve memory and is a best practice when
* allowing navigation between objects in a potentially large collection.
*/
DemoCollectionPagerAdapter mDemoCollectionPagerAdapter;
/**
* The {#link android.support.v4.view.ViewPager} that will display the object collection.
*/
ViewPager mViewPager;
private static Context context;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_collection_demo);
context = this;
// Create an adapter that when requested, will return a fragment representing an object in
// the collection.
//
// ViewPager and its adapters use support library fragments, so we must use
// getSupportFragmentManager.
mDemoCollectionPagerAdapter = new DemoCollectionPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
// Set up action bar.
final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
// Specify that the Home button should show an "Up" caret, indicating that touching the
// button will take the user one step up in the application's hierarchy.
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
final OnPageChangeListener mPageChangeListener = new OnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int pos) {
final Toast pageNo;
pageNo = Toast.makeText(context,"PAGE "+(Integer.toString(pos+1))+"/100",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
pageNo.show();
Handler handler = new Handler();
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
pageNo.cancel();
}
}, 100);
}
};
// Set up the ViewPager, attaching the adapter.
mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mDemoCollectionPagerAdapter);
mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(mPageChangeListener);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
// This is called when the Home (Up) button is pressed in the action bar.
// Create a simple intent that starts the hierarchical parent activity and
// use NavUtils in the Support Package to ensure proper handling of Up.
Intent upIntent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
if (NavUtils.shouldUpRecreateTask(this, upIntent)) {
// This activity is not part of the application's task, so create a new task
// with a synthesized back stack.
TaskStackBuilder.from(this)
// If there are ancestor activities, they should be added here.
.addNextIntent(upIntent)
.startActivities();
finish();
} else {
// This activity is part of the application's task, so simply
// navigate up to the hierarchical parent activity.
NavUtils.navigateUpTo(this, upIntent);
}
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
private void setCurrentPagerItem(int item) {
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(item);
}
/**
* A {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter} that returns a fragment
* representing an object in the collection.
*/
public static class DemoCollectionPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
public DemoCollectionPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int i) {
Fragment fragment = new DemoObjectFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(DemoObjectFragment.ARG_OBJECT, i + 1); // Our object is just an integer :-P
fragment.setArguments(args);
return fragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// For this contrived example, we have a 100-object collection.
return 100;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return "OBJECT " + (position + 1);
}
}
/**
* A dummy fragment representing a section of the app, but that simply displays dummy text.
*/
public static class DemoObjectFragment extends Fragment {
public static final String ARG_OBJECT = "object";
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_collection_object, container, false);
Bundle args = getArguments();
final WebView webView = (WebView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.webView);
switch(args.getInt(ARG_OBJECT)) {
case 1 :
webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/html/index.html");
break;
default :
webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/html/page_"+(Integer.toString(args.getInt(ARG_OBJECT)-1))+".html");
break;
}
WebSettings ws = webView.getSettings();
ws.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.addJavascriptInterface(new Object()
{
#JavascriptInterface
public void toPage(String pageNo) {
((CollectionDemoActivity) getActivity()).setCurrentPagerItem(4);
}
}, "external");
return rootView;
}
}
}

I could be wrong but it sounds like you are not updating on the UIThread.
You could try something like this.
getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){
#Override
public void run() {
((CollectionDemoActivity) getActivity()).setCurrentPagerItem(4);
}
});

Keep fragments info between activities

I have my main activity actionbaractivity One where you can screenslide through some fragmets, on each fragment you have an imageView and a ListView where you can click any item and the image will change. Also in the menu options you have a button where you change to an almost exact activity: actiobbaractivity Two which also have this button to change to activity One
What I'm able to do is to keep the image when sliding the fragments, but unable to keep the fragments state's through the change of activities.
For example
I'm in activity One on fragment 3 with the image: "something". I click on the button to change to activity Two, I do things here and then, I click on the button to change to activity One and I want to see my fragment 3 with the image: "something" and not the default fragment 1 and default image
Im using ActionBarActivity, FragmentStatePagerAdapter and Fragment for each activity
Thanks for the help

According to the Activity and Fragment lifecycles (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#ActivityLifecycle and http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html#Lifecycle), the most reliable way of persisting states between activity/fragment changes is to use the default API for saving and restoring states:
When the activity/fragment is being dismissed (either because of a configuration change such as screen rotation or because the user requested to go to another activity/fragment), you can save its state in a Bundle object. When it is being created, you can restore its saved state, thus recreating a new instance exactly like the one the user left - so the user feels nothing has changed. This does not depend on the specific subclass of activity/fragment you are using.
I have implemented something like what you want: in my case, a fragment containing a menu with buttons that would each lead the user to another fragment containing a submenu with a "back" button. So if the user went from menu to submenu 1, then back to menu, then to submenu 2, then back to menu and finally again to submenu 1, I wanted that submenu 1 to appear just like the user has left it in the first time.
For that I have created:
1) an interface defining my submenu types, implemented by my activities so they could change between my submenus
2) a master generic class, which all my submenus would extend, that had a Bundle object to store their state
3) in my activities, I had an array of Bundle capable of storing one instance of each of my submenus (because I am only interested in restoring the last state, so I don't need more than one)
The interface (item 1):
public interface SubmenusManager {
public static enum Submenus {
ROOTMENU,
SUBMENU1,
SUBMENU2;
private static final int size = Submenus.values().length;
public static int size() {
return size;
}
public static int getId(Submenus test) {
switch(test) {
case SUBMENU1:
return 1;
case SUBMENU2:
return 2;
case ROOTMENU:
default:
return 0;
}
}
}
public void cloneCurrentSubmenuState(Parcelable toOverwrite);
public Bundle getLastStoredSubmenuState(Submenus submenu);
public void setCurrentSubmenuTo(Submenus submenu);
}
The generic class (item 2):
public class MenuFragment extends Fragment {
private Bundle menuData = new Bundle();
public static String RESTORE_MAIN_OBJECT = "restore_main";
public Bundle getMenuData() {
return menuData;
}
public Bundle cloneMenuData() {
return new Bundle(menuData);
}
public void setMenuData(Bundle menuData) {
this.menuData = menuData;
}
}
One of the activities (item 3):
public class ExampleAct extends FragmentActivity implements SubmenusManager {
/**
* instance variables
*/
private MenuFragment mMenu;
private Bundle [] menuData; // the Array of Bundles!
private static final String CONTAINER = "parcelable_container";
private static final String SUBMENU = "saved_submenu";
private Submenus curSubmenu = Submenus.ROOTMENU; // the default state is the ROOTMENU
private boolean restoreLastSavedState = false;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
if (savedInstanceState == null) { // first time creating this activity
menuData = new Bundle[Submenus.size()];
} else { // this activity has a saved state from before
// restore all the data from all the submenus
menuData = (Bundle[]) savedInstanceState.getParcelableArray(CONTAINER);
// restore the info about which is the current active submenu
curSubmenu = (Submenus) savedInstanceState.getSerializable(SUBMENU);
}
buildMenuFragment(true);
//(...) stuff
}
private void buildMenuFragment(boolean restoreState) {
// (re)builds fragment inside menu.
// restoreState flags whether activity should look for
// saved state data and restore it
restoreLastSavedState = restoreState;
switch(curSubmenu) {
// Eclipse warns you about which are the constants in your enum
case ROOTMENU:
mMenu = new FragmentRootMenu();
break;
case SUBMENU1:
mMenu = new FragmentSubmenu1();
break;
case SUBMENU2:
mMenu = new FragmentSubmenu2();
break;
}
getSupportFragmentManager()
.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.menu_frame, mMenu)
.commit();
}
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
outState.putSerializable(SUBMENU, curSubmenu);
cloneCurrentSubmenuState(mMenu.getMenuData().
getParcelable(MenuFragment.RESTORE_MAIN_OBJECT));
outState.putParcelableArray(CONTAINER, menuData);
// (...) stuff
}
#Override
public void cloneCurrentSubmenuState(Parcelable toOverwrite) {
if (menuData == null) menuData = new Bundle[Submenus.size()];
if (toOverwrite != null)
mMenu.getMenuData().putParcelable(MenuFragment.RESTORE_MAIN_OBJECT, toOverwrite);
menuData[Submenus.getId(curSubmenu)] = mMenu.cloneMenuData();
}
#Override
public Bundle getLastStoredSubmenuState(Submenus forThisSubmenu) {
return
(menuData == null || !restoreLastSavedState) ? new Bundle() : menuData[Submenus.getId(forThisSubmenu)];
}
#Override
public void setCurrentSubmenuTo(Submenus toThisSubmenu) {
if (mMenu != null) {
cloneCurrentSubmenuState(mMenu.getMenuData().
getParcelable(MenuFragment.RESTORE_MAIN_OBJECT));
}
curSubmenu = toThisSubmenu;
buildMenuFragment(true);
}
One of the submenus (extension of item 2):
public class FragmentSubmenu1 extends MenuFragment {
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_submenu1, null);
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
init();
}
public void init() {
// (...) stuff
MyParcelableObject tmp = null; // MyParcelableObject is a class
// that implements Parcelable and stores
// relevant info to rebuild this menu
// from a saved state
SubmenusManager m = (SubmenusManager) getActivity(); // remember activity implements SubmenusManager
Bundle bnd = m.getLastStoredSubmenuState(SubmenusManager.Submenus.SUBMENU1);
if (bnd != null) tmp = bnd.getParcelable(MenuFragment.RESTORE_MAIN_OBJECT);
if (tmp == null) {
tmp = new MyParcelableObject();
tmp.buildFromScratch(); // initializes with default data
}
// back button
Button backToMainMenu = (Button) getView().findViewById(R.id.submenu1_back);
backToMainMenu.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
((SubmenusManager) getActivity()).
setCurrentSubmenuTo(SubmenusManager.Submenus.ROOTMENU);
}
});
// (...) stuff
}
}
The Root menu (extension of item 2):
public class FragmentRootMenu extends MenuFragment {
View myView;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
myView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_rootmenu, null);
return myView;
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
init();
}
public void init() {
Button btnSubmenu1 = (Button) myView.findViewById(R.id.btn_call_submenu1);
btnSubmenu1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
((SubmenusManager) getActivity()).
setCurrentSubmenuTo(SubmenusManager.Submenus.SUBMENU1);
}
});
Button btnSubmenu2 = (Button) myView.findViewById(R.id.btn_call_submenu2);
btnSubmenu2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
((SubmenusManager) getActivity()).
setCurrentSubmenuTo(SubmenusManager.Submenus.SUBMENU2);
}
});
}
}
For that to work between activities, all you need to do is pass that object that stores the last state of all fragments (in my case, that would be Bundle [] menuData) to the activity that is being called through its Intent; you would recover it the same way as my ExampleAct did in its onCreate(). You could also wrap that Bundle [] inside a custom Parcelable object (very similar to my example MyParcelableObject; inside that one I had stuff like HashMap) if using an array is a problem.
Here how to pass a Parcelable between activities:
How to send an object from one Android Activity to another using Intents?

ViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(0) doesn't work as expected

The fragments I use in my ViewPager instance are quite resource intensive, so I'd only like to load one at a time. When I try the following:
mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(0);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mPagerAdapter);
My FragmentStatePagerAdapter.getItem(int position) override function is called 3 times, which is what happens when I call mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(1). I would expect it to only be called once, because I specified 0 offscreen pages.
I believe I'm calling everything correctly, because if I call mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(2), FragmentStatePagerAdapter.getItem(int position) is called 5 times as I would expect.
Does ViewPager require a minimum of 1 offscreen pages, or am I doing something wrong here?

The best way that I found was setUserVisibleHint
add this to your fragment
#Override
public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) {
super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser);
if (isVisibleToUser) {
// load data here
}else{
// fragment is no longer visible
}
}

Does ViewPager require a minimum of 1 offscreen pages
Yes. If I am reading the source code correctly, you should be getting a warning about this in LogCat, something like:
Requested offscreen page limit 0 too small; defaulting to 1

You can try like this :
public abstract class LazyFragment extends Fragment {
protected boolean isVisible;
/**
* 在这里实现Fragment数据的缓加载.
* #param isVisibleToUser
*/
#Override
public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) {
super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser);
if(getUserVisibleHint()) {
isVisible = true;
onVisible();
} else {
isVisible = false;
onInvisible();
}
}
protected void onVisible(){
lazyLoad();
}
protected abstract void lazyLoad();
protected void onInvisible(){}
protected abstract void lazyLoad();
protected void onInvisible(){}

First Add
boolean isFragmentLoaded = false;
than
#Override
public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) {
super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser);
if (isVisibleToUser && !isFragmentLoaded) {
//Load Your Data Here like.... new GetContacts().execute();
isFragmentLoaded = true;
}
else{
}
}

this may be old thread but this seems to work for me. Override this function :
#Override
public void setMenuVisibility(boolean menuVisible) {
super.setMenuVisibility(menuVisible);
if ( menuVisible ) {
/**
* Load your stuffs here.
*/
} else {
/**
* Fragment not currently Visible.
*/
}
}
happy codings...

ViewPager is default to load the next page(Fragment) which you can't change by setOffscreenPageLimit(0). But you can do something to hack.
You can implement onPageSelected function in Activity containing the ViewPager. In the next Fragment(which you don't want to load), you write a function let's say showViewContent() where you put in all resource consuming init code and do nothing before onResume() method. Then call showViewContent() function inside onPageSelected. Hope this will help.

in my case i wanted to start some animations in views, but with setUserVisibleHint got some issues ...
my solution is :
1/ addOnPageChangeListener for your adapter :
mViewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(this);
2/ implement OnPageChangeListener :
public class PagesFragment extends Fragment implements ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener
3/ override the 3 methodes :
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels)
{
}
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position)
{
}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state)
{
}
4/ declare and initialize this variable on your class
private static int mTabState = 1;
notice : i have three fragments in my adapter, and use mTabState for setCurrentItem and current position of adapter which recognize which fragment is show to user in time ...
5/ in onPageSelected method add this codes :
if (mTabState == 0 || position == 0)
{
Intent intent = new Intent("animation");
intent.putExtra("current_position", position);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(mContext).sendBroadcast(intent);
}
if previous page or current page is page 0(fragment in position 0) then do this stuff
6/ now in your fragment class (fragment in position 0 of adapter), you must create broadcast receiver and register it in onResume method and unregister it onPause methos :
BroadcastReceiver broadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver()
{
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
if (Objects.equals(intent.getAction(), "animation"))
{
int currentPosition = intent.getIntExtra("current_position", 0);
if (currentPosition == 0)
{
startAnimation();
setViewsVisible();
} else
{
setViewsInvisible();
}
}
}
};
#Override
public void onResume()
{
super.onResume();
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(mContext).registerReceiver(broadcastReceiver, new IntentFilter("animation"));
}
#Override
public void onPause()
{
super.onPause();
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(mContext).unregisterReceiver(broadcastReceiver);
}
summary : i have Fragment Pager Adapter witch shows Three Fragments in it, I want show some Animations on Views in Fragment in Position 0 of Adapter, For this I use BroadcastReceiver. When Fragment is Picked I start the Animation method and shows the Views to User, When Fragment is not Showing to User I try to Invisible Views...

View Pager With only one Page :
This is February 2021: I have able to add only one page with viewPager. The approach is with ViewPager, FragmentPagerAdapter, Tablayout, and a fragment. In my case, I can populate many Pages with many tabs, or only one Page with one Tab. When one tab and one page, on swipe left or right, I can manage to change the chapter of my document (which I want to show next). And when many pages and many tabs, I can change the entire book of documents.
In main Activity Oncreate: (Here is my working code approach, I have changed nothing here from my working code):
if(getIntent()!=null){
if(getIntent().getStringExtra("ONLY_TAFHEEM")!=null)
sectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this, getSupportFragmentManager(), suraName, suraId, ayatId, true);
else
sectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this, getSupportFragmentManager(), suraName, suraId, ayatId, false);
}else {
sectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(this, getSupportFragmentManager(), suraName, suraId, ayatId, false);
}
final ViewPager viewPager = findViewById(R.id.view_pager);
viewPager.setAdapter(sectionsPagerAdapter);
tabsLayout = findViewById(R.id.tabs);
tabsLayout.animate();
tabsLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);
In Adapter :
#NonNull
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
// getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page.
// Return a PlaceholderFragment (defined as a static inner class below).
return PlaceholderFragment.sendData(mContext, postion, suraName, suraId, ayahId, ARABIC_AYAH, BENGALI_AYAH, actualDbNames[position], tafsirDisplayNames[position]);
}
#Nullable
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return tafsirDisplayNames[position];
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// this is the tricky part // Show pages according to array length. // this may only one // this is the tricky part :
return tafsirDisplayNames.length;
}
And at last the fragments public constructor :
public static PlaceholderFragment sendData(Context mContext, int tabIndex, String suraName, String suraId, String ayahNumber, String arabicAyah, String bengaliAyah, String actualDbName, String displayDbName) {
Log.i("PlaceHolder", "Tafhim sendData: " + bengaliAyah);
PlaceholderFragment fragment = new PlaceholderFragment();
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
mContext_ = mContext;
BENGALI_AYAH = bengaliAyah;
_DISPLAY_DB_NAME = displayDbName;
bundle.putInt(ARG_SECTION_NUMBER, tabIndex);
bundle.putString(SURA_NAME, suraName);
bundle.putString(SURA_ID, suraId);
bundle.putString(AYAH_NUMBER, ayahNumber);
bundle.putString(ARABIC_AYAH, arabicAyah);
bundle.putString(ACTUAL_DB_NAME, actualDbName);
bundle.putString(DISPLAY_DB_NAME, displayDbName);
fragment.setArguments(bundle);
return fragment;
}
That's all, just passing the array (of Tab Labels) to the adapter, (it may only one element, in case, for one page), with my need, I can populate one page or more page, and according to this it populate one tab or many tabs : in the above code the array is: tafsirDisplayNames. I can also create the array manually in adapter, when the adapter first called, Or, recreate the array with +-elements, on recreate the MainActivity.

Please Try This Code for resolve issue of refreshing view in Viewpager....
/* DO NOT FORGET! The ViewPager requires at least “1” minimum OffscreenPageLimit */
int limit = (mAdapter.getCount() > 1 ? mAdapter.getCount() - 1 : 1);
mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(limit);

for the "instantiateItem" function, just prepare the fragment, but don't load the heavy content.
Use "onPageChangeListener" , so that each time you go to a specific page, you load its heavy content and show it.

I kind of have the same problem. I found some useful code on this site and transform it.
The min int for mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(...); is 1, so even if you change it to 0 you will still have 2 pages loaded.
First thing to do is to create a static int we will call maxPageCount and override FragmentStatePagerAdapter method getCount() to return maxPageCount:
#Override
public int getCount() {
return maxPageCount;
}
Create then a static method accessible from any where in the program that will allow you to change this maxCount:
public static void addPage(){
maxPageCount++; //or maxPageCount = fragmentPosition+2
mFragmentStatePagerAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); //notifyDataSetChanged is important here.
}
Now initialize maxPageCount to 1. When ever you want you can add another page.
In my case when I needed the user to treat the current page first before generated the other. He do it and then, without problem can swipe to the next page.
Hope it help someone.

Use This
// create boolean for fetching data
private boolean isViewShown = false;
#Override
public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) {
super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser);
if (getView() != null) {
isViewShown = true;
// fetchdata() contains logic to show data when page is selected mostly asynctask to fill the data
fetchData();
} else {
isViewShown = false;
}
}

// step 1: add BEHAVIOR_RESUME_ONLY_CURRENT_FRAGMENT FragmentPagerAdapter contractor
public class BottomTabViewPager extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private final List<Fragment> mFragmentList = new ArrayList<>();
private final List<String> mFragmentTitleList = new ArrayList<>();
public BottomTabViewPager(FragmentManager manager) {
super(manager, BEHAVIOR_RESUME_ONLY_CURRENT_FRAGMENT);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return mFragmentList.get(position);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mFragmentList.size();
}
public void addFragment(Fragment fragment, String title) {
mFragmentList.add(fragment);
mFragmentTitleList.add(title);
}
public void addTabs(String title) {
mFragmentTitleList.add(title);
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return mFragmentTitleList.get(position);
// return null;
}
}
// step 2: You can try like this :
public class MyFragment extends Fragment {
public MyFragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_ui, container, false);
return view;
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
/**
* Load your stuffs here.
*/
}
}