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Restoring fragments and their states in viewpager on rotation

Working on app that needs to dynamically add and remove list fragments from viewpager, when tapped on an item in the list new fragment adds to viewpager and when swipe back fragment needs to be removed, this works good but when i rotate the screen i get double instances of fragments in the pager, rotate it again and it quadruples the instances.
At the same time i need to persist state of the fragments (list position, number of items loaded, etc) this means overriding onsaveinstancestate in fragments and saving relevant data in the bundle to restore on recreation.
I managed to solve the issue of double instances by clearing the adapter and calling notifydatasetchanged but then i lose saving states in fragment since onsaveinstance is not called for obvious reasons and if i don't clear the adapter it just doubles the instances. I have seen the same behavior in Dropbox app when entering and leaving folders.
This is custom pager adapter implementation i am using
/**
* Implementation of {#link PagerAdapter} that
* uses a {#link Fragment} to manage each page. This class also handles
* saving and restoring of fragment's state.
*
* <p>This version of the pager is more useful when there are a large number
* of pages, working more like a list view. When pages are not visible to
* the user, their entire fragment may be destroyed, only keeping the saved
* state of that fragment. This allows the pager to hold on to much less
* memory associated with each visited page as compared to
* {#link FragmentPagerAdapter} at the cost of potentially more overhead when
* switching between pages.
*
* <p>When using FragmentPagerAdapter the host ViewPager must have a
* valid ID set.</p>
*
* <p>Subclasses only need to implement {#link #getItem(int)}
* and {#link #getCount()} to have a working adapter. They also should
* override {#link #getItemId(int)} if the position of the items can change.
*/
public abstract class UpdatableFragmentPagerAdapter extends PagerAdapter {
private final FragmentManager fragmentManager;
private final LongSparseArray<Fragment> fragmentList = new LongSparseArray<>();
private final LongSparseArray<Fragment.SavedState> savedStatesList = new LongSparseArray<>();
#Nullable private FragmentTransaction currentTransaction = null;
#Nullable private Fragment currentPrimaryItem = null;
public UpdatableFragmentPagerAdapter(#NonNull FragmentManager fm) {
this.fragmentManager = fm;
}
/**
* Return the Fragment associated with a specified position.
*/
public abstract Fragment getItem(int position);
#Override public void startUpdate(#NonNull ViewGroup container) {
if (container.getId() == View.NO_ID) {
throw new IllegalStateException("ViewPager with adapter " + this + " requires a view id");
}
}
#Override #NonNull public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
long tag = getItemId(position);
Fragment fragment = fragmentList.get(tag);
// If we already have this item instantiated, there is nothing
// to do. This can happen when we are restoring the entire pager
// from its saved state, where the fragment manager has already
// taken care of restoring the fragments we previously had instantiated.
if (fragment != null) {
return fragment;
}
if (currentTransaction == null) {
currentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
fragment = getItem(position);
// restore state
final Fragment.SavedState savedState = savedStatesList.get(tag);
if (savedState != null) {
fragment.setInitialSavedState(savedState);
}
fragment.setMenuVisibility(false);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(false);
fragmentList.put(tag, fragment);
currentTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment, "f" + tag);
return fragment;
}
#Override public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, #NonNull Object object) {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) object;
int currentPosition = getItemPosition(fragment);
int index = fragmentList.indexOfValue(fragment);
long fragmentKey = -1;
if (index != -1) {
fragmentKey = fragmentList.keyAt(index);
fragmentList.removeAt(index);
}
//item hasn't been removed
if (fragment.isAdded() && currentPosition != POSITION_NONE) {
savedStatesList.put(fragmentKey, fragmentManager.saveFragmentInstanceState(fragment));
} else {
savedStatesList.remove(fragmentKey);
}
if (currentTransaction == null) {
currentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
currentTransaction.remove(fragment);
}
#Override public void setPrimaryItem(ViewGroup container, int position, #Nullable Object object) {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) object;
if (fragment != currentPrimaryItem) {
if (currentPrimaryItem != null) {
currentPrimaryItem.setMenuVisibility(false);
currentPrimaryItem.setUserVisibleHint(false);
}
if (fragment != null) {
fragment.setMenuVisibility(true);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(true);
}
currentPrimaryItem = fragment;
}
}
#Override public void finishUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
if (currentTransaction != null) {
currentTransaction.commitNowAllowingStateLoss();
currentTransaction = null;
}
}
#Override public boolean isViewFromObject(#NonNull View view, #NonNull Object object) {
return ((Fragment) object).getView() == view;
}
#Override public Parcelable saveState() {
Bundle state = null;
if (savedStatesList.size() > 0) {
// save Fragment states
state = new Bundle();
long[] stateIds = new long[savedStatesList.size()];
for (int i = 0; i < savedStatesList.size(); i++) {
Fragment.SavedState entry = savedStatesList.valueAt(i);
stateIds[i] = savedStatesList.keyAt(i);
state.putParcelable(Long.toString(stateIds[i]), entry);
}
state.putLongArray("states", stateIds);
}
for (int i = 0; i < fragmentList.size(); i++) {
Fragment f = fragmentList.valueAt(i);
if (f != null && f.isAdded()) {
if (state == null) {
state = new Bundle();
}
String key = "f" + fragmentList.keyAt(i);
fragmentManager.putFragment(state, key, f);
}
}
return state;
}
#Override public void restoreState(#Nullable Parcelable state, ClassLoader loader) {
if (state != null) {
Bundle bundle = (Bundle) state;
bundle.setClassLoader(loader);
long[] fss = bundle.getLongArray("states");
savedStatesList.clear();
fragmentList.clear();
if (fss != null) {
for (long fs : fss) {
savedStatesList.put(fs, bundle.getParcelable(Long.toString(fs)));
}
}
Iterable<String> keys = bundle.keySet();
for (String key : keys) {
if (key.startsWith("f")) {
Fragment f = fragmentManager.getFragment(bundle, key);
if (f != null) {
f.setMenuVisibility(false);
fragmentList.put(Long.parseLong(key.substring(1)), f);
} else {
Timber.w("Bad fragment at key %s", key);
}
}
}
}
}
/**
* Return a unique identifier for the item at the given position.
* <p>
* <p>The default implementation returns the given position.
* Subclasses should override this method if the positions of items can change.</p>
*
* #param position Position within this adapter
* #return Unique identifier for the item at position
*/
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
}
This is the implementation of adapter
class FolderPagerAdapter extends UpdatableFragmentPagerAdapter {
private final FragmentManager fragmentManager;
// Sparse array to keep track of registered fragments in memory
private List<Fragment> addedFragments;
FolderPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
this.fragmentManager = fm;
}
void init() {
if (addedFragments == null) {
addedFragments = new ArrayList<>();
}
addedFragments.clear();
addedFragments.add(CollectionsListFragment.newInstance());
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return addedFragments.get(position);
}
#Override public long getItemId(int position) {
return addedFragments.get(position).hashCode();
}
#Override public int getCount() {
return addedFragments.size();
}
//this is called when notifyDataSetChanged() is called
#Override public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
//// refresh all fragments when data set changed
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) object;
if (fragment instanceof CollectionFragment) {
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
} else {
int hashCode = fragment.hashCode();
for (int i = 0; i < addedFragments.size(); i++) {
if (addedFragments.get(i).hashCode() == hashCode) {
return i;
}
}
}
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
void removeLastPage() {
addedFragments.remove(addedFragments.size() - 1);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
void addCollectionFragment(CollectionFragment collectionFragment) {
addedFragments.add(collectionFragment);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
void addFolderFragment(FolderFragment folderFragment) {
addedFragments.add(folderFragment);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
void restoreFragments(List<PagerFolderCollectionModel> pagesList) {
if (!pagesList.isEmpty()) {
for (int i = 0; i < pagesList.size(); i++) {
if (i == 0) {
addedFragments.add(CollectionFragment.newInstance(pagesList.get(0).getItemId()));
} else {
addedFragments.add(FolderFragment.newInstance(pagesList.get(i).getItemName()));
}
}
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
void removeAll() {
addedFragments.clear();
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
and a holder pojo which i am using to save in onsaveinstancestate in activity and restore on rotation
public class PagerFolderCollectionModel implements Parcelable {
public static final Parcelable.Creator<PagerFolderCollectionModel> CREATOR =
new Parcelable.Creator<PagerFolderCollectionModel>() {
#Override public PagerFolderCollectionModel createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
return new PagerFolderCollectionModel(source);
}
#Override public PagerFolderCollectionModel[] newArray(int size) {
return new PagerFolderCollectionModel[size];
}
};
private String itemId;
private String itemName;
public PagerFolderCollectionModel(String itemId, String itemName) {
this.itemId = itemId;
this.itemName = itemName;
}
protected PagerFolderCollectionModel(Parcel in) {
this.itemId = in.readString();
this.itemName = in.readString();
}
public String getItemId() {
return itemId;
}
public String getItemName() {
return itemName;
}
#Override public int describeContents() {
return 0;
}
#Override public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
dest.writeString(this.itemId);
dest.writeString(this.itemName);
}
}
onsaveinstance method in activity
#Override protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
outState.putInt(STATE_SELECTED_OPTION, selectedDrawerOption);
outState.putBoolean(STATE_SHOW_GRID_OPTION, isShowGridOption);
outState.putParcelableArrayList(STATE_SHOWN_FRAGMENTS,
(ArrayList<PagerFolderCollectionModel>) adapteritemslist);
Timber.e("save");
}
The requirement is that the first item in the adapter is always collection fragment and folder fragments are added and removed on demand (tap or swipe back)
Is there a solution for this (implementing pager adapter differently, using custom views in adapter...)? Does anybody knows how this is done in Dropbox app?

Can you please try to use the
setRetainInstance(boolean retain)
in the onCreateView method of your fragment. Set it to true.
It Control whether a fragment instance is retained across Activity re-creation (such as from a configuration change).

Have a look at this resources:
How does viewPager retain fragment states on orientation change?
Fragment in ViewPager on Fragment doesn't reload on orientation change
https://stackoverflow.com/a/27316052/2930101
Try to search for the fragments in the fragment manager first when you return them in the ViewPager.
If you manage to solve your issue I would be interested in your solution!

I have managed to fix this by editing this code
#Override public long getItemId(int position) {
return addedFragments.get(position).hashCode();
}
The issue was that the hashCode is generated and different on each rotation and since the requirement is not to change the position of pages i have just removed this method. It works now as expected, you can add and remove fragments with restoring state on orientation change.

Instance of same fragment destroy layout of first one in ViewPager?

I am trying to fetch results from sqllite db in ViewPager using Adapater class
public class AppDetailPagerAdapter extends android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private List<AppPagingData> mData;
public AppDetailPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, List<AppPagingData> data) {
super(fm);
this.mData = data;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int i) {
sCurrentPosition = i;
Fragment fragment = AppDetailFragment.newInstance(mData, i);
return fragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mData.size();
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return "OBJECT " + (position + 1);
}
}
And my fragment is
public class AppDetailFragment extends Fragment implements LoaderManager.LoaderCallbacks<Cursor> {
// the fragment initialization parameters, e.g. ARG_ITEM_NUMBER
private List<AppPagingData> mData;
private int mCurrentPosition;
private int mToken;
private static final String EXTRA_KEY_APP_DATA = "EXTRA_KEY_APP_DATA";
private static final String EXTRA_KEY_APP_CURR_POSITION = "EXTRA_KEY_APP_CURR_POSITION";
public static AppDetailFragment newInstance(ArrayList<AppPagingData> param1, int currentPosition) {
AppDetailFragment fragment = new AppDetailFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putParcelableArrayList(EXTRA_KEY_APP_DATA, param1);
args.putInt(EXTRA_KEY_APP_CURR_POSITION, currentPosition);
fragment.setArguments(args);
return fragment;
}
public AppDetailFragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
getLoaderManager().restartLoader(mToken, null, this);
}
#Override
public void onLoadFinished(Loader<Cursor> loader, Cursor cursor) {
if (loader.getId() == mToken) {
ViewGroup oocsGroup = (ViewGroup) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.oocsGroup);
// Remove all existing timings (except 1 ie header)
//I think this line remove childs for all fragment????
for (int i = oocsGroup.getChildCount() - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
oocsGroup.removeViewAt(i);
}
} else {
cursor.close();
}
}...
Now, the problem is my fragment linear layout items get deleted, as android call my fragment second instance. for e.g. if i select 1st item second will called automatically.
How to avoid layout of first instance to destry because of second.

As your adapter creates a new instance of fragment at getItem(), you are probably loosing the previous fragment to the garbage collector.
You could keep your fragments in an array (or ArrayList) and return fragment from the array at getItem().
like:
// keep created instances of AppDetailFragments
private AppDetailFragment[] frags;
public AppDetailPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, List<AppPagingData> data) {
super(fm);
this.data = data;
frags = new AppDetailFragment[data.size()];
// init all frags
for (int i=0;i<data.size();i++) {
frags[i] = AppDetailFragment.newInstance(data, i);
}
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int i) {
sCurrentPosition = i;
return frags[i]; // may want to check for arrayindexoutofboundsEx..
}
This way you will keep a reference to all created fragments.
note:
You no longer need to keep the data as for getCount you can return length of frags-array.

Set data in Fragments from ViewPager [duplicate]

I'm using the v4 compatibility ViewPager in Android. My FragmentActivity has a bunch of data which is to be displayed in different ways on different pages in my ViewPager. So far I just have 3 instances of the same ListFragment, but in the future I will have 3 instances of different ListFragments. The ViewPager is on a vertical phone screen, the lists are not side-by-side.
Now a button on the ListFragment starts an separate full-page activity (via the FragmentActivity), which returns and FragmentActivity modifies the data, saves it, then attempts to update all views in its ViewPager. It is here, where I am stuck.
public class ProgressMainActivity extends FragmentActivity
{
MyAdapter mAdapter;
ViewPager mPager;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
...
mAdapter = new MyAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
mPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewpager);
mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
...
updateFragments();
...
}
public void updateFragments()
{
//Attempt 1:
//mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
//mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
//Attempt 2:
//HomeListFragment fragment = (HomeListFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(mAdapter.fragId[0]);
//fragment.updateDisplay();
}
public static class MyAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter implements
TitleProvider
{
int[] fragId = {0,0,0,0,0};
public MyAdapter(FragmentManager fm)
{
super(fm);
}
#Override
public String getTitle(int position){
return titles[position];
}
#Override
public int getCount(){
return titles.length;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position)
{
Fragment frag = HomeListFragment.newInstance(position);
//Attempt 2:
//fragId[position] = frag.getId();
return frag;
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
return POSITION_NONE; //To make notifyDataSetChanged() do something
}
}
public class HomeListFragment extends ListFragment
{
...
public static HomeListFragment newInstance(int num)
{
HomeListFragment f = new HomeListFragment();
...
return f;
}
...
Now as you can see, my first attempt was to notifyDataSetChanged on the entire FragmentPagerAdapter, and this showed to update the data sometimes, but others I got an IllegalStateException: Can not perform this action after onSaveInstanceState.
My second attempt involed trying to call an update function in my ListFragment, but getId in getItem returned 0. As per the docs I tried by
acquiring a reference to the Fragment from FragmentManager, using
findFragmentById() or findFragmentByTag()
but I don't know the tag or id of my Fragments! I have an android:id="#+id/viewpager" for ViewPager, and a android:id="#android:id/list" for my ListView in the ListFragment layout, but I don't think these are useful.
So, how can I either:
a) update the entire ViewPager safely in one go (ideally returning the user to the page he was on before) - it is ok that the user see the view change.
Or preferably,
b) call a function in each affected ListFragment to update the ListView manually.
Any help would be gratefully accepted!

Barkside's answer works with FragmentPagerAdapter but doesn't work with FragmentStatePagerAdapter, because it doesn't set tags on fragments it passes to FragmentManager.
With FragmentStatePagerAdapter it seems we can get by, using its instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) call. It returns reference to fragment at position position. If FragmentStatePagerAdapter already holds reference to fragment in question, instantiateItem just returns reference to that fragment, and doesn't call getItem() to instantiate it again.
So, suppose, I'm currently looking at fragment #50, and want to access fragment #49. Since they are close, there's a good chance the #49 will be already instantiated. So,
ViewPager pager = findViewById(R.id.viewpager);
FragmentStatePagerAdapter a = (FragmentStatePagerAdapter) pager.getAdapter();
MyFragment f49 = (MyFragment) a.instantiateItem(pager, 49)

OK, I think I've found a way to perform request b) in my own question so I'll share for others' benefit. The tag of fragments inside a ViewPager is in the form "android:switcher:VIEWPAGER_ID:INDEX", where VIEWPAGER_ID is the R.id.viewpager in XML layout, and INDEX is the position in the viewpager. So if the position is known (eg 0), I can perform in updateFragments():
HomeListFragment fragment =
(HomeListFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(
"android:switcher:"+R.id.viewpager+":0");
if(fragment != null) // could be null if not instantiated yet
{
if(fragment.getView() != null)
{
// no need to call if fragment's onDestroyView()
//has since been called.
fragment.updateDisplay(); // do what updates are required
}
}
I've no idea if this is a valid way of doing it, but it'll do until something better is suggested.

Try to record the tag each time a Fragement is instantiated.
public class MPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private Map<Integer, String> mFragmentTags;
private FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
public MPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
mFragmentManager = fm;
mFragmentTags = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return 10;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return Fragment.instantiate(mContext, AFragment.class.getName(), null);
}
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
Object obj = super.instantiateItem(container, position);
if (obj instanceof Fragment) {
// record the fragment tag here.
Fragment f = (Fragment) obj;
String tag = f.getTag();
mFragmentTags.put(position, tag);
}
return obj;
}
public Fragment getFragment(int position) {
String tag = mFragmentTags.get(position);
if (tag == null)
return null;
return mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(tag);
}
}

If you ask me, the second solution on the below page, keeping track of all the "active" fragment pages, is better: http://tamsler.blogspot.nl/2011/11/android-viewpager-and-fragments-part-ii.html
The answer from barkside is too hacky for me.
you keep track of all the "active" fragment pages. In this case, you keep track of the fragment pages in the FragmentStatePagerAdapter, which is used by the ViewPager.
private final SparseArray<Fragment> mPageReferences = new SparseArray<Fragment>();
public Fragment getItem(int index) {
Fragment myFragment = MyFragment.newInstance();
mPageReferences.put(index, myFragment);
return myFragment;
}
To avoid keeping a reference to "inactive" fragment pages, we need to implement the FragmentStatePagerAdapter's destroyItem(...) method:
public void destroyItem(View container, int position, Object object) {
super.destroyItem(container, position, object);
mPageReferences.remove(position);
}
... and when you need to access the currently visible page, you then call:
int index = mViewPager.getCurrentItem();
MyAdapter adapter = ((MyAdapter)mViewPager.getAdapter());
MyFragment fragment = adapter.getFragment(index);
... where the MyAdapter's getFragment(int) method looks like this:
public MyFragment getFragment(int key) {
return mPageReferences.get(key);
}
"

Okay, after testing the method by #barkside above, I could not get it to work with my application. Then I remembered that the IOSched2012 app uses a viewpager as well, and that is where I found my solution. It does not use any fragment ID's or Tags as these are not stored by viewpager in an easily accessible way.
Here's the important parts from the IOSched apps HomeActivity. Pay particular attention to the comment, as therein lies the key.:
#Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
// Since the pager fragments don't have known tags or IDs, the only way to persist the
// reference is to use putFragment/getFragment. Remember, we're not persisting the exact
// Fragment instance. This mechanism simply gives us a way to persist access to the
// 'current' fragment instance for the given fragment (which changes across orientation
// changes).
//
// The outcome of all this is that the "Refresh" menu button refreshes the stream across
// orientation changes.
if (mSocialStreamFragment != null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().putFragment(outState, "stream_fragment",
mSocialStreamFragment);
}
}
#Override
protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
if (mSocialStreamFragment == null) {
mSocialStreamFragment = (SocialStreamFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
.getFragment(savedInstanceState, "stream_fragment");
}
}
And store instances of you Fragments in the FragmentPagerAdapter like so:
private class HomePagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public HomePagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return (mMyScheduleFragment = new MyScheduleFragment());
case 1:
return (mExploreFragment = new ExploreFragment());
case 2:
return (mSocialStreamFragment = new SocialStreamFragment());
}
return null;
}
Also, remember to guard your Fragment calls like so:
if (mSocialStreamFragment != null) {
mSocialStreamFragment.refresh();
}

You can copy FragmentPagerAdapter and modify some source code, add getTag() method
for example
public abstract class AppFragmentPagerAdapter extends PagerAdapter {
private static final String TAG = "FragmentPagerAdapter";
private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
private final FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
private FragmentTransaction mCurTransaction = null;
private Fragment mCurrentPrimaryItem = null;
public AppFragmentPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
mFragmentManager = fm;
}
public abstract Fragment getItem(int position);
#Override
public void startUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
}
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
final long itemId = getItemId(position);
String name = getTag(position);
Fragment fragment = mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(name);
if (fragment != null) {
if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Attaching item #" + itemId + ": f=" + fragment);
mCurTransaction.attach(fragment);
} else {
fragment = getItem(position);
if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Adding item #" + itemId + ": f=" + fragment);
mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment,
getTag(position));
}
if (fragment != mCurrentPrimaryItem) {
fragment.setMenuVisibility(false);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(false);
}
return fragment;
}
#Override
public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Detaching item #" + getItemId(position) + ": f=" + object
+ " v=" + ((Fragment) object).getView());
mCurTransaction.detach((Fragment) object);
}
#Override
public void setPrimaryItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) object;
if (fragment != mCurrentPrimaryItem) {
if (mCurrentPrimaryItem != null) {
mCurrentPrimaryItem.setMenuVisibility(false);
mCurrentPrimaryItem.setUserVisibleHint(false);
}
if (fragment != null) {
fragment.setMenuVisibility(true);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(true);
}
mCurrentPrimaryItem = fragment;
}
}
#Override
public void finishUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
if (mCurTransaction != null) {
mCurTransaction.commitAllowingStateLoss();
mCurTransaction = null;
mFragmentManager.executePendingTransactions();
}
}
#Override
public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object object) {
return ((Fragment) object).getView() == view;
}
#Override
public Parcelable saveState() {
return null;
}
#Override
public void restoreState(Parcelable state, ClassLoader loader) {
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
private static String makeFragmentName(int viewId, long id) {
return "android:switcher:" + viewId + ":" + id;
}
protected abstract String getTag(int position);
}
then extend it, override these abstract method,don't need to be afraid of Android Group change
FragmentPageAdapter source code in the future
class TimeLinePagerAdapter extends AppFragmentPagerAdapter {
List<Fragment> list = new ArrayList<Fragment>();
public TimeLinePagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
list.add(new FriendsTimeLineFragment());
list.add(new MentionsTimeLineFragment());
list.add(new CommentsTimeLineFragment());
}
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return list.get(position);
}
#Override
protected String getTag(int position) {
List<String> tagList = new ArrayList<String>();
tagList.add(FriendsTimeLineFragment.class.getName());
tagList.add(MentionsTimeLineFragment.class.getName());
tagList.add(CommentsTimeLineFragment.class.getName());
return tagList.get(position);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return list.size();
}
}

Also works without problems:
somewhere in page fragment's layout:
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="0dp" android:visibility="gone" android:id="#+id/fragment_reference">
<View android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="0dp" android:visibility="gone"/>
</FrameLayout>
in fragment's onCreateView():
...
View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_page, container, false);
ViewGroup ref = (ViewGroup)root.findViewById(R.id.fragment_reference);
ref.setTag(this);
ref.getChildAt(0).setTag("fragment:" + pageIndex);
return root;
and method to return Fragment from ViewPager, if exists:
public Fragment getFragment(int pageIndex) {
View w = mViewPager.findViewWithTag("fragment:" + pageIndex);
if (w == null) return null;
View r = (View) w.getParent();
return (Fragment) r.getTag();
}

Alternatively you can override setPrimaryItem method from FragmentPagerAdapter like so:
public void setPrimaryItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
if (mCurrentFragment != object) {
mCurrentFragment = (Fragment) object; //Keep reference to object
((MyInterface)mCurrentFragment).viewDidAppear();//Or call a method on the fragment
}
super.setPrimaryItem(container, position, object);
}
public Fragment getCurrentFragment(){
return mCurrentFragment;
}

I want to give my approach in case it can help anyone else:
This is my pager adapter:
public class CustomPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter{
private Fragment[] fragments;
public CustomPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
fragments = new Fragment[]{
new FragmentA(),
new FragmentB()
};
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int arg0) {
return fragments[arg0];
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return fragments.length;
}
}
In my activity I have:
public class MainActivity {
private ViewPager view_pager;
private CustomPagerAdapter adapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
adapter = new CustomPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
view_pager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
view_pager.setAdapter(adapter);
view_pager.setOnPageChangeListener(this);
...
}
}
Then to get the current fragment what I do is:
int index = view_pager.getCurrentItem();
Fragment currentFragment = adapter.getItem(index);

This is my solution since I don't need to keep track of my tabs and need to refresh them all anyway.
Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putInt(Constants.SharedPreferenceKeys.NUM_QUERY_DAYS,numQueryDays);
for(android.support.v4.app.Fragment f:getSupportFragmentManager().getFragments()){
if(f instanceof HomeTermFragment){
((HomeTermFragment) f).restartLoader(b);
}
}

Remove Fragment Page from ViewPager in Android

I'm trying to dynamically add and remove Fragments from a ViewPager, adding works without any problems, but removing doesn't work as expected.
Everytime I want to remove the current item, the last one gets removed.
I also tried to use an FragmentStatePagerAdapter or return POSITION_NONE in the adapter's getItemPosition method.
What am I doing wrong?
Here's a basic example:
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements TextProvider {
private Button mAdd;
private Button mRemove;
private ViewPager mPager;
private MyPagerAdapter mAdapter;
private ArrayList<String> mEntries = new ArrayList<String>();
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mEntries.add("pos 1");
mEntries.add("pos 2");
mEntries.add("pos 3");
mEntries.add("pos 4");
mEntries.add("pos 5");
mAdd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);
mRemove = (Button) findViewById(R.id.remove);
mPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mAdd.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
addNewItem();
}
});
mRemove.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
removeCurrentItem();
}
});
mAdapter = new MyPagerAdapter(this.getSupportFragmentManager(), this);
mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
private void addNewItem() {
mEntries.add("new item");
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
private void removeCurrentItem() {
int position = mPager.getCurrentItem();
mEntries.remove(position);
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override
public String getTextForPosition(int position) {
return mEntries.get(position);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mEntries.size();
}
private class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private TextProvider mProvider;
public MyPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, TextProvider provider) {
super(fm);
this.mProvider = provider;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return MyFragment.newInstance(mProvider.getTextForPosition(position));
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mProvider.getCount();
}
}
}
TextProvider.java
public interface TextProvider {
public String getTextForPosition(int position);
public int getCount();
}
MyFragment.java
public class MyFragment extends Fragment {
private String mText;
public static MyFragment newInstance(String text) {
MyFragment f = new MyFragment(text);
return f;
}
public MyFragment() {
}
public MyFragment(String text) {
this.mText = text;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment, container, false);
((TextView) root.findViewById(R.id.position)).setText(mText);
return root;
}
}
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/add"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="add new item" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/remove"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="remove current item" />
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
fragment.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/position"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="35sp" />
</LinearLayout>

The ViewPager doesn't remove your fragments with the code above because it loads several views (or fragments in your case) into memory. In addition to the visible view, it also loads the view to either side of the visible one. This provides the smooth scrolling from view to view that makes the ViewPager so cool.
To achieve the effect you want, you need to do a couple of things.
Change the FragmentPagerAdapter to a FragmentStatePagerAdapter. The reason for this is that the FragmentPagerAdapter will keep all the views that it loads into memory forever. Where the FragmentStatePagerAdapter disposes of views that fall outside the current and traversable views.
Override the adapter method getItemPosition (shown below). When we call mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); the ViewPager interrogates the adapter to determine what has changed in terms of positioning. We use this method to say that everything has changed so reprocess all your view positioning.
And here's the code...
private class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
//... your existing code
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object){
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
}

The solution by Louth was not enough to get things working for me, as the existing fragments were not getting destroyed. Motivated by this answer, I found that the solution is to override the getItemId(int position) method of FragmentPagerAdapter to give a new unique ID whenever there has been a change in the expected position of a Fragment.
Source Code:
private class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private TextProvider mProvider;
private long baseId = 0;
public MyPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, TextProvider provider) {
super(fm);
this.mProvider = provider;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return MyFragment.newInstance(mProvider.getTextForPosition(position));
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mProvider.getCount();
}
//this is called when notifyDataSetChanged() is called
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
// refresh all fragments when data set changed
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
// give an ID different from position when position has been changed
return baseId + position;
}
/**
* Notify that the position of a fragment has been changed.
* Create a new ID for each position to force recreation of the fragment
* #param n number of items which have been changed
*/
public void notifyChangeInPosition(int n) {
// shift the ID returned by getItemId outside the range of all previous fragments
baseId += getCount() + n;
}
}
Now, for example if you delete a single tab or make some change to the order, you should call notifyChangeInPosition(1) before calling notifyDataSetChanged(), which will ensure that all the Fragments will be recreated.
Why this solution works
Overriding getItemPosition():
When notifyDataSetChanged() is called, the adapter calls the notifyChanged() method of the ViewPager which it is attached to. The ViewPager then checks the value returned by the adapter's getItemPosition() for each item, removing those items which return POSITION_NONE (see the source code) and then repopulating.
Overriding getItemId():
This is necessary to prevent the adapter from reloading the old fragment when the ViewPager is repopulating. You can easily understand why this works by looking at the source code for instantiateItem() in FragmentPagerAdapter.
final long itemId = getItemId(position);
// Do we already have this fragment?
String name = makeFragmentName(container.getId(), itemId);
Fragment fragment = mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(name);
if (fragment != null) {
if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Attaching item #" + itemId + ": f=" + fragment);
mCurTransaction.attach(fragment);
} else {
fragment = getItem(position);
if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Adding item #" + itemId + ": f=" + fragment);
mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment,
makeFragmentName(container.getId(), itemId));
}
As you can see, the getItem() method is only called if the fragment manager finds no existing fragments with the same Id. To me it seems like a bug that the old fragments are still attached even after notifyDataSetChanged() is called, but the documentation for ViewPager does clearly state that:
Note this class is currently under early design and development. The API will likely change in later updates of the compatibility library, requiring changes to the source code of apps when they are compiled against the newer version.
So hopefully the workaround given here will not be necessary in a future version of the support library.

my working solution to remove fragment page from view pager
public class MyFragmentAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private ArrayList<ItemFragment> pages;
public MyFragmentAdapter(FragmentManager fragmentManager, ArrayList<ItemFragment> pages) {
super(fragmentManager);
this.pages = pages;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int index) {
return pages.get(index);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return pages.size();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
int index = pages.indexOf (object);
if (index == -1)
return POSITION_NONE;
else
return index;
}
}
And when i need to remove some page by index i do this
pages.remove(position); // ArrayList<ItemFragment>
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); // MyFragmentAdapter
Here it is my adapter initialization
MyFragmentAdapter adapter = new MyFragmentAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager(), pages);
viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);

The fragment must be already removed but the issue was viewpager save state
Try
myViewPager.setSaveFromParentEnabled(false);
Nothing worked but this solved the issue !
Cheers !

I had the idea of simply copy the source code from android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdpater into a custom class named
CustumFragmentPagerAdapter. This gave me the chance to modify the instantiateItem(...) so that every time it is called, it removes / destroys the currently attached fragment before it adds the new fragment received from getItem() method.
Simply modify the instantiateItem(...) in the following way:
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
final long itemId = getItemId(position);
// Do we already have this fragment?
String name = makeFragmentName(container.getId(), itemId);
Fragment fragment = mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(name);
// remove / destroy current fragment
if (fragment != null) {
mCurTransaction.remove(fragment);
}
// get new fragment and add it
fragment = getItem(position);
mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment, makeFragmentName(container.getId(), itemId));
if (fragment != mCurrentPrimaryItem) {
fragment.setMenuVisibility(false);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(false);
}
return fragment;
}

You can combine both for better :
private class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
//... your existing code
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object){
if(Any_Reason_You_WantTo_Update_Positions) //this includes deleting or adding pages
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
else
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_UNCHANGED; //this ensures high performance in other operations such as editing list items.
}

I had some problems with FragmentStatePagerAdapter.
After removing an item:
there was another item used for a position (an item which did not belong to the position but to a position next to it)
or some fragment was not loaded (there was only blank background visible on that page)
After lots of experiments, I came up with the following solution.
public class SomeAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private List<Item> items = new ArrayList<Item>();
private boolean removing;
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
ItemFragment fragment = new ItemFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
// use items.get(position) to configure fragment
fragment.setArguments(args);
return fragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return items.size();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
if (removing) {
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
Item item = getItemOfFragment(object);
int index = items.indexOf(item);
if (index == -1) {
return POSITION_NONE;
} else {
return index;
}
}
public void addItem(Item item) {
items.add(item);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
public void removeItem(int position) {
items.remove(position);
removing = true;
notifyDataSetChanged();
removing = false;
}
}
This solution only uses a hack in case of removing an item. Otherwise (e.g. when adding an item) it retains the cleanliness and performance of an original code.
Of course, from the outside of the adapter, you call only addItem/removeItem, no need to call notifyDataSetChanged().

For future readers!
Now you can use ViewPager2 for dynamically adding, removing fragment from the viewpager.
Quoting form API reference
ViewPager2 replaces ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s
pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical
orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
Take look at MutableCollectionFragmentActivity.kt in googlesample/android-viewpager2 for an example of adding, removing fragments dynamically from the viewpager.
For your information:
Articles:
Exploring the ViewPager2
Look deep into ViewPager2
API reference
Release notes
Samples Repo: https://github.com/googlesamples/android-viewpager2

Louth's answer works fine. But I don't think always return POSITION_NONE is a good idea. Because POSITION_NONE means that fragment should be destroyed and a new fragment will be created.
You can check that in dataSetChanged function in the source code of ViewPager.
if (newPos == PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE) {
mItems.remove(i);
i--;
... not related code
mAdapter.destroyItem(this, ii.position, ii.object);
So I think you'd better use an arraylist of weakReference to save all the fragments you have created. And when you add or remove some page, you can get the right position from your own arraylist.
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
for (int i = 0; i < mFragmentsReferences.size(); i ++) {
WeakReference<Fragment> reference = mFragmentsReferences.get(i);
if (reference != null && reference.get() != null) {
Fragment fragment = reference.get();
if (fragment == object) {
return i;
}
}
}
return POSITION_NONE;
}
According to the comments, getItemPosition is Called when the host view is attempting to determine if an item's position has changed. And the return value means its new position.
But this is not enought. We still have an important step to take.
In the source code of FragmentStatePagerAdapter, there is an array named "mFragments" caches the fragments which are not destroyed. And in instantiateItem function.
if (mFragments.size() > position) {
Fragment f = mFragments.get(position);
if (f != null) {
return f;
}
}
It returned the cached fragment directly when it find that cached fragment is not null. So there is a problem. From example, let's delete one page at position 2, Firstly, We remove that fragment from our own reference arraylist. so in getItemPosition it will return POSITION_NONE for that fragment, and then that fragment will be destroyed and removed from "mFragments".
mFragments.set(position, null);
Now the fragment at position 3 will be at position 2. And instantiatedItem with param position 3 will be called. At this time, the third item in "mFramgents" is not null, so it will return directly. But actually what it returned is the fragment at position 2. So when we turn into page 3, we will find an empty page there.
To work around this problem. My advise is that you can copy the source code of FragmentStatePagerAdapter into your own project, and when you do add or remove operations, you should add and remove elements in the "mFragments" arraylist.
Things will be simpler if you just use PagerAdapter instead of FragmentStatePagerAdapter. Good Luck.

add or remove fragment in viewpager dynamically.
Call setupViewPager(viewPager) on activity start.
To load different fragment call setupViewPagerCustom(viewPager).
e.g. on button click call: setupViewPagerCustom(viewPager);
private void setupViewPager(ViewPager viewPager)
{
ViewPagerAdapter adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
adapter.addFrag(new fragmnet1(), "HOME");
adapter.addFrag(new fragmnet2(), "SERVICES");
viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);
}
private void setupViewPagerCustom(ViewPager viewPager)
{
ViewPagerAdapter adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
adapter.addFrag(new fragmnet3(), "Contact us");
adapter.addFrag(new fragmnet4(), "ABOUT US");
viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);
}
//Viewpageradapter, handles the views
static class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter
{
private final List<Fragment> mFragmentList = new ArrayList<>();
private final List<String> mFragmentTitleList = new ArrayList<>();
public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager manager){
super(manager);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return mFragmentList.get(position);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mFragmentList.size();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object){
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
public void addFrag(Fragment fragment, String title){
mFragmentList.add(fragment);
mFragmentTitleList.add(title);
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position){
return mFragmentTitleList.get(position);
}
}

Try this solution. I have used databinding for binding view. You can use common "findViewById()" function.
public class ActCPExpense extends BaseActivity implements View.OnClickListener, {
private static final String TAG = ActCPExpense.class.getSimpleName();
private Context mContext;
private ActCpLossBinding mBinding;
private ViewPagerAdapter adapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
try {
setContentView(R.layout.act_cp_loss);
mBinding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, R.layout.act_cp_loss);
mContext = ActCPExpense.this;
initViewsAct();
} catch (Exception e) {
LogUtils.LOGE(TAG, e);
}
}
private void initViewsAct() {
adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
adapter.addFragment(FragmentCPPayee.newInstance(), "Title");
mBinding.viewpager.setAdapter(adapter);
mBinding.tab.setViewPager(mBinding.viewpager);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem itemActUtility) {
int i = itemActUtility.getItemId();
if (i == android.R.id.home) {
onBackPressed();
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(itemActUtility);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
super.onClick(view);
int id = view.getId();
if (id == R.id.btnAdd) {
addFragment();
} else if (id == R.id.btnDelete) {
removeFragment();
}
}
private void addFragment(){
adapter.addFragment(FragmentCPPayee.newInstance("Title");
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
mBinding.tab.setViewPager(mBinding.viewpager);
}
private void removeFragment(){
adapter.removeItem(mBinding.viewpager.getCurrentItem());
mBinding.tab.setViewPager(mBinding.viewpager);
}
class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private final List<Fragment> mFragmentList = new ArrayList<>();
private final List<String> mFragmentTitleList = new ArrayList<>();
public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager manager) {
super(manager);
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(#NonNull Object object) {
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
#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 removeItem(int pos) {
destroyItem(null, pos, mFragmentList.get(pos));
mFragmentList.remove(pos);
mFragmentTitleList.remove(pos);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
mBinding.viewpager.setCurrentItem(pos - 1, false);
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return "Title " + String.valueOf(position + 1);
}
}
}

I added a function "clearFragments" and I used that function to clear adapter before setting the new fragments. This calls the proper remove actions of Fragments. My pagerAdapter class:
private class ChartPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter{
private ArrayList<Fragment> fragmentList;
ChartPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm){
super(fm);
fragmentList = new ArrayList<>();
}
void setFragments(ArrayList<? extends Fragment> fragments){
fragmentList.addAll(fragments);
}
void clearFragments(){
for(Fragment fragment:fragmentList)
getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction().remove(fragment).commit();
fragmentList.clear();
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int i) {
return fragmentList.get(i);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return fragmentList.size();
}
}

i solved this problem by these steps
1- use FragmentPagerAdapter
2- in each fragment create a random id
fragment.id = new Random().nextInt();
3- override getItemPosition in adapter
#Override
public int getItemPosition(#NonNull Object object) {
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
4-override getItemId in adapter
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
return mDatasetFragments.get(position).id;
}
5- now delete code is
adapter.mDatasetFragments.remove(< item to delete position >);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
this worked for me i hope help

My final version code, fixed ALL bugs. It took me 3 days
Updated 2020/07/18:
I had changed a lot of the source code and fix so many bugs, but I don't promise it still work today.
https://github.com/lin1987www/FragmentBuilder/blob/master/commonLibrary/src/main/java/android/support/v4/app/FragmentStatePagerAdapterFix.java
public class FragmentStatePagerAdapterFix extends PagerAdapter {
private static final String TAG = FragmentStatePagerAdapterFix.class.getSimpleName();
private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
private WeakReference<FragmentActivity> wrFragmentActivity;
private WeakReference<Fragment> wrParentFragment;
private final FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
private FragmentTransaction mCurTransaction = null;
protected ArrayList<Fragment> mFragments = new ArrayList<>();
protected ArrayList<FragmentState> mFragmentStates = new ArrayList<>();
protected ArrayList<String> mFragmentTags = new ArrayList<>();
protected ArrayList<String> mFragmentClassNames = new ArrayList<>();
protected ArrayList<Bundle> mFragmentArgs = new ArrayList<>();
private Fragment mCurrentPrimaryItem = null;
private boolean[] mTempPositionChange;
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mFragmentClassNames.size();
}
public FragmentActivity getFragmentActivity() {
return wrFragmentActivity.get();
}
public Fragment getParentFragment() {
return wrParentFragment.get();
}
public FragmentStatePagerAdapterFix(FragmentActivity activity) {
mFragmentManager = activity.getSupportFragmentManager();
wrFragmentActivity = new WeakReference<>(activity);
wrParentFragment = new WeakReference<>(null);
}
public FragmentStatePagerAdapterFix(Fragment fragment) {
mFragmentManager = fragment.getChildFragmentManager();
wrFragmentActivity = new WeakReference<>(fragment.getActivity());
wrParentFragment = new WeakReference<>(fragment);
}
public void add(Class<? extends android.support.v4.app.Fragment> fragClass) {
add(fragClass, null, null);
}
public void add(Class<? extends android.support.v4.app.Fragment> fragClass, Bundle args) {
add(fragClass, args, null);
}
public void add(Class<? extends android.support.v4.app.Fragment> fragClass, String tag) {
add(fragClass, null, tag);
}
public void add(Class<? extends android.support.v4.app.Fragment> fragClass, Bundle args, String tag) {
add(fragClass, args, tag, getCount());
}
public void add(Class<? extends android.support.v4.app.Fragment> fragClass, Bundle args, String tag, int position) {
mFragments.add(position, null);
mFragmentStates.add(position, null);
mFragmentTags.add(position, tag);
mFragmentClassNames.add(position, fragClass.getName());
mFragmentArgs.add(position, args);
mTempPositionChange = new boolean[getCount()];
}
public void remove(int position) {
if (position < getCount()) {
mTempPositionChange = new boolean[getCount()];
for (int i = position; i < mTempPositionChange.length; i++) {
mTempPositionChange[i] = true;
}
mFragments.remove(position);
mFragmentStates.remove(position);
mFragmentTags.remove(position);
mFragmentClassNames.remove(position);
mFragmentArgs.remove(position);
}
}
public void clear(){
mFragments.clear();
mFragmentStates.clear();
mFragmentTags.clear();
mFragmentClassNames.clear();
mFragmentArgs.clear();
}
#Override
public void startUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
}
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
Fragment fragment;
// If we already have this item instantiated, there is nothing
// to do. This can happen when we are restoring the entire pager
// from its saved state, where the fragment manager has already
// taken care of restoring the fragments we previously had instantiated.
fragment = mFragments.get(position);
if (fragment != null) {
return fragment;
}
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
FragmentState fs = mFragmentStates.get(position);
if (fs != null) {
fragment = fs.instantiate(getFragmentActivity(), getParentFragment());
// Fix bug
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11381470/classnotfoundexception-when-unmarshalling-android-support-v4-view-viewpagersav
if (fragment.mSavedFragmentState != null) {
fragment.mSavedFragmentState.setClassLoader(fragment.getClass().getClassLoader());
}
}
if (fragment == null) {
fragment = Fragment.instantiate(getFragmentActivity(), mFragmentClassNames.get(position), mFragmentArgs.get(position));
}
if (DEBUG) {
Log.v(TAG, "Adding item #" + position + ": f=" + fragment);
}
fragment.setMenuVisibility(false);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(false);
mFragments.set(position, fragment);
mFragmentStates.set(position, null);
mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment, mFragmentTags.get(position));
return fragment;
}
#Override
public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) object;
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
if (DEBUG) {
Log.v(TAG, "Removing item #" + position + ": f=" + object
+ " v=" + ((Fragment) object).getView());
}
if (position < getCount()) {
FragmentState fragmentState = new FragmentState(fragment);
Fragment.SavedState savedState = mFragmentManager.saveFragmentInstanceState(fragment);
if (savedState != null) {
fragmentState.mSavedFragmentState = savedState.mState;
}
mFragmentStates.set(position, fragmentState);
mFragments.set(position, null);
}
mCurTransaction.remove(fragment);
}
#Override
public void setPrimaryItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) object;
if (fragment != mCurrentPrimaryItem) {
if (mCurrentPrimaryItem != null) {
mCurrentPrimaryItem.setMenuVisibility(false);
mCurrentPrimaryItem.setUserVisibleHint(false);
}
if (fragment != null) {
fragment.setMenuVisibility(true);
fragment.setUserVisibleHint(true);
}
mCurrentPrimaryItem = fragment;
}
}
#Override
public void finishUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
if (mCurTransaction != null) {
mCurTransaction.commitAllowingStateLoss();
mCurTransaction = null;
mFragmentManager.executePendingTransactions();
// Fix: Fragment is added by transaction. BUT didn't add to FragmentManager's mActive.
for (Fragment fragment : mFragments) {
if (fragment != null) {
fixActiveFragment(mFragmentManager, fragment);
}
}
}
}
#Override
public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object object) {
return ((Fragment) object).getView() == view;
}
#Override
public Parcelable saveState() {
Bundle state = null;
// 目前顯示的 Fragments
for (int i = 0; i < mFragments.size(); i++) {
Fragment f = mFragments.get(i);
if (f != null && f.isAdded()) {
if (state == null) {
state = new Bundle();
}
String key = "f" + i;
mFragmentManager.putFragment(state, key, f);
}
}
if (mFragmentStates.size() > 0) {
if (state == null) {
state = new Bundle();
}
FragmentState[] fs = new FragmentState[mFragmentStates.size()];
mFragmentStates.toArray(fs);
state.putParcelableArray("states_fragment", fs);
}
return state;
}
#Override
public void restoreState(Parcelable state, ClassLoader loader) {
if (state != null) {
Bundle bundle = (Bundle) state;
bundle.setClassLoader(loader);
Parcelable[] fs = bundle.getParcelableArray("states_fragment");
mFragments.clear();
mFragmentStates.clear();
mFragmentTags.clear();
mFragmentClassNames.clear();
mFragmentArgs.clear();
if (fs != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < fs.length; i++) {
FragmentState fragmentState = (FragmentState) fs[i];
mFragmentStates.add(fragmentState);
if (fragmentState != null) {
mFragmentArgs.add(fragmentState.mArguments);
mFragmentTags.add(fragmentState.mTag);
mFragmentClassNames.add(fragmentState.mClassName);
} else {
mFragmentArgs.add(null);
mFragmentTags.add(null);
mFragmentClassNames.add(null);
}
mFragments.add(null);
}
}
Iterable<String> keys = bundle.keySet();
for (String key : keys) {
if (key.startsWith("f")) {
int index = Integer.parseInt(key.substring(1));
Fragment f = mFragmentManager.getFragment(bundle, key);
if (f != null) {
f.setMenuVisibility(false);
mFragments.set(index, f);
mFragmentArgs.set(index, f.mArguments);
mFragmentTags.set(index, f.mTag);
mFragmentClassNames.set(index, f.getClass().getName());
} else {
Log.w(TAG, "Bad fragment at key " + key);
}
}
}
// If restore will change
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
public static void fixActiveFragment(FragmentManager fragmentManager, Fragment fragment) {
FragmentManagerImpl fm = (FragmentManagerImpl) fragmentManager;
if (fm.mActive != null) {
int index = fragment.mIndex;
Fragment origin = fm.mActive.get(index);
if (origin != null) {
if ((origin.mIndex != fragment.mIndex) || !(origin.equals(fragment))) {
Log.e(TAG,
String.format("fixActiveFragment: Not Equal! Origin: %s %s, Fragment: %s $s",
origin.getClass().getName(), origin.mIndex,
fragment.getClass().getName(), fragment.mIndex
));
}
}
fm.mActive.set(index, fragment);
}
}
// Fix
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10396321/remove-fragment-page-from-viewpager-in-android
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
int index = mFragments.indexOf(object);
if (index < 0) {
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
boolean isPositionChange = mTempPositionChange[index];
int result = PagerAdapter.POSITION_UNCHANGED;
if (isPositionChange) {
result = PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE;
}
return result;
}
}

2020 now.
Simple add this to PageAdapter:
override fun getItemPosition(`object`: Any): Int {
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_NONE
}

You could just override the destroyItem method
#Override
public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().remove((Fragment) object).commitNowAllowingStateLoss();
}

I hope this can help what you want.
private class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
//... your existing code
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object){
return PagerAdapter.POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
}

Replace Fragment inside a ViewPager

I'm trying to use Fragment with a ViewPager using the FragmentPagerAdapter.
What I'm looking for to achieve is to replace a fragment, positioned on the first page of the ViewPager, with another one.
The pager is composed of two pages. The first one is the FirstPagerFragment, the second one is the SecondPagerFragment. Clicking on a button of the first page. I'd like to replace the FirstPagerFragment with the NextFragment.
There is my code below.
public class FragmentPagerActivity extends FragmentActivity {
static final int NUM_ITEMS = 2;
MyAdapter mAdapter;
ViewPager mPager;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.fragment_pager);
mAdapter = new MyAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
mPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
/**
* Pager Adapter
*/
public static class MyAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public MyAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return NUM_ITEMS;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
if(position == 0) {
return FirstPageFragment.newInstance();
} else {
return SecondPageFragment.newInstance();
}
}
}
/**
* Second Page FRAGMENT
*/
public static class SecondPageFragment extends Fragment {
public static SecondPageFragment newInstance() {
SecondPageFragment f = new SecondPageFragment();
return f;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//Log.d("DEBUG", "onCreateView");
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.second, container, false);
}
}
/**
* FIRST PAGE FRAGMENT
*/
public static class FirstPageFragment extends Fragment {
Button button;
public static FirstPageFragment newInstance() {
FirstPageFragment f = new FirstPageFragment();
return f;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//Log.d("DEBUG", "onCreateView");
View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.first, container, false);
button = (Button) root.findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
FragmentTransaction trans = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
trans.replace(R.id.first_fragment_root_id, NextFragment.newInstance());
trans.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN);
trans.addToBackStack(null);
trans.commit();
}
});
return root;
}
/**
* Next Page FRAGMENT in the First Page
*/
public static class NextFragment extends Fragment {
public static NextFragment newInstance() {
NextFragment f = new NextFragment();
return f;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//Log.d("DEBUG", "onCreateView");
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.next, container, false);
}
}
}
...and here the xml files
fragment_pager.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="4dip"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</LinearLayout>
first.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/first_fragment_root_id"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="to next"/>
</LinearLayout>
Now the problem... which ID should I use in
trans.replace(R.id.first_fragment_root_id, NextFragment.newInstance());
?
If I use R.id.first_fragment_root_id, the replacement works, but Hierarchy Viewer shows a strange behavior, as below.
At the beginning the situation is
after the replacement the situation is
As you can see there is something wrong, I expect to find the same state shown as in the first picture after I replace the fragment.

There is another solution that does not need modifying source code of ViewPager and FragmentStatePagerAdapter, and it works with the FragmentPagerAdapter base class used by the author.
I'd like to start by answering the author's question about which ID he should use; it is ID of the container, i.e. ID of the view pager itself. However, as you probably noticed yourself, using that ID in your code causes nothing to happen. I will explain why:
First of all, to make ViewPager repopulate the pages, you need to call notifyDataSetChanged() that resides in the base class of your adapter.
Second, ViewPager uses the getItemPosition() abstract method to check which pages should be destroyed and which should be kept. The default implementation of this function always returns POSITION_UNCHANGED, which causes ViewPager to keep all current pages, and consequently not attaching your new page. Thus, to make fragment replacement work, getItemPosition() needs to be overridden in your adapter and must return POSITION_NONE when called with an old, to be hidden, fragment as argument.
This also means that your adapter always needs to be aware of which fragment that should be displayed in position 0, FirstPageFragment or NextFragment. One way of doing this is supplying a listener when creating FirstPageFragment, which will be called when it is time to switch fragments. I think this is a good thing though, to let your fragment adapter handle all fragment switches and calls to ViewPager and FragmentManager.
Third, FragmentPagerAdapter caches the used fragments by a name which is derived from the position, so if there was a fragment at position 0, it will not be replaced even though the class is new. There are two solutions, but the simplest is to use the remove() function of FragmentTransaction, which will remove its tag as well.
That was a lot of text, here is code that should work in your case:
public class MyAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter
{
static final int NUM_ITEMS = 2;
private final FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
private Fragment mFragmentAtPos0;
public MyAdapter(FragmentManager fm)
{
super(fm);
mFragmentManager = fm;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position)
{
if (position == 0)
{
if (mFragmentAtPos0 == null)
{
mFragmentAtPos0 = FirstPageFragment.newInstance(new FirstPageFragmentListener()
{
public void onSwitchToNextFragment()
{
mFragmentManager.beginTransaction().remove(mFragmentAtPos0).commit();
mFragmentAtPos0 = NextFragment.newInstance();
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
});
}
return mFragmentAtPos0;
}
else
return SecondPageFragment.newInstance();
}
#Override
public int getCount()
{
return NUM_ITEMS;
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object)
{
if (object instanceof FirstPageFragment && mFragmentAtPos0 instanceof NextFragment)
return POSITION_NONE;
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
}
public interface FirstPageFragmentListener
{
void onSwitchToNextFragment();
}

As of November 13th 2012, repacing fragments in a ViewPager seems to have become a lot easier. Google released Android 4.2 with support for nested fragments, and it's also supported in the new Android Support Library v11 so this will work all the way back to 1.6
It's very similiar to the normal way of replacing a fragment except you use getChildFragmentManager. It seems to work except the nested fragment backstack isn't popped when the user clicks the back button. As per the solution in that linked question, you need to manually call the popBackStackImmediate() on the child manager of the fragment. So you need to override onBackPressed() of the ViewPager activity where you'll get the current fragment of the ViewPager and call getChildFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate() on it.
Getting the Fragment currently being displayed is a bit hacky as well, I used this dirty "android:switcher:VIEWPAGER_ID:INDEX" solution but you can also keep track of all fragments of the ViewPager yourself as explained in the second solution on this page.
So here's my code for a ViewPager with 4 ListViews with a detail view shown in the ViewPager when the user clicks a row, and with the back button working. I tried to include just the relevant code for the sake of brevity so leave a comment if you want the full app uploaded to GitHub.
HomeActivity.java
public class HomeActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity {
FragmentAdapter mAdapter;
ViewPager mPager;
TabPageIndicator mIndicator;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mAdapter = new FragmentAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
mPager = (ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.pager);
mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mIndicator = (TabPageIndicator)findViewById(R.id.indicator);
mIndicator.setViewPager(mPager);
}
// This the important bit to make sure the back button works when you're nesting fragments. Very hacky, all it takes is some Google engineer to change that ViewPager view tag to break this in a future Android update.
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("android:switcher:" + R.id.pager + ":"+mPager.getCurrentItem());
if (fragment != null) // could be null if not instantiated yet
{
if (fragment.getView() != null) {
// Pop the backstack on the ChildManager if there is any. If not, close this activity as normal.
if (!fragment.getChildFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate()) {
finish();
}
}
}
}
class FragmentAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public FragmentAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return ListProductsFragment.newInstance();
case 1:
return ListActiveSubstancesFragment.newInstance();
case 2:
return ListProductFunctionsFragment.newInstance();
case 3:
return ListCropsFragment.newInstance();
default:
return null;
}
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return 4;
}
}
}
ListProductsFragment.java
public class ListProductsFragment extends SherlockFragment {
private ListView list;
public static ListProductsFragment newInstance() {
ListProductsFragment f = new ListProductsFragment();
return f;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View V = inflater.inflate(R.layout.list, container, false);
list = (ListView)V.findViewById(android.R.id.list);
list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
// This is important bit
Fragment productDetailFragment = FragmentProductDetail.newInstance();
FragmentTransaction transaction = getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.replace(R.id.products_list_linear, productDetailFragment).commit();
}
});
return V;
}
}

Based on #wize 's answer, which I found helpful and elegant, I could achieve what I wanted partially, cause I wanted the cability to go back to the first Fragment once replaced. I achieved it bit modifying a bit his code.
This would be the FragmentPagerAdapter:
public static class MyAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private final class CalendarPageListener implements
CalendarPageFragmentListener {
public void onSwitchToNextFragment() {
mFragmentManager.beginTransaction().remove(mFragmentAtPos0)
.commit();
if (mFragmentAtPos0 instanceof FirstFragment){
mFragmentAtPos0 = NextFragment.newInstance(listener);
}else{ // Instance of NextFragment
mFragmentAtPos0 = FirstFragment.newInstance(listener);
}
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
CalendarPageListener listener = new CalendarPageListener();;
private Fragment mFragmentAtPos0;
private FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
public MyAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
mFragmentManager = fm;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return NUM_ITEMS;
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
if (object instanceof FirstFragment && mFragmentAtPos0 instanceof NextFragment)
return POSITION_NONE;
if (object instanceof NextFragment && mFragmentAtPos0 instanceof FirstFragment)
return POSITION_NONE;
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
if (position == 0)
return Portada.newInstance();
if (position == 1) { // Position where you want to replace fragments
if (mFragmentAtPos0 == null) {
mFragmentAtPos0 = FirstFragment.newInstance(listener);
}
return mFragmentAtPos0;
}
if (position == 2)
return Clasificacion.newInstance();
if (position == 3)
return Informacion.newInstance();
return null;
}
}
public interface CalendarPageFragmentListener {
void onSwitchToNextFragment();
}
To perfom the replacement, simply define a static field, of the type CalendarPageFragmentListener and initialized through the newInstance methods of the corresponding fragments and call FirstFragment.pageListener.onSwitchToNextFragment() or NextFragment.pageListener.onSwitchToNextFragment() respictevely.

I have implemented a solution for:
Dynamic fragment replacement inside the tab
Maintenance of the history per tab
Working with orientation changes
The tricks to achieve this are the following:
Use the notifyDataSetChanged() method to apply the fragment replacement
Use the fragment manager only for back stage and no for fragament replacement
Maintain the history using the memento pattern (stack)
The adapter code is the following:
public class TabsAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter implements ActionBar.TabListener, ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener {
/** The sherlock fragment activity. */
private final SherlockFragmentActivity mActivity;
/** The action bar. */
private final ActionBar mActionBar;
/** The pager. */
private final ViewPager mPager;
/** The tabs. */
private List<TabInfo> mTabs = new LinkedList<TabInfo>();
/** The total number of tabs. */
private int TOTAL_TABS;
private Map<Integer, Stack<TabInfo>> history = new HashMap<Integer, Stack<TabInfo>>();
/**
* Creates a new instance.
*
* #param activity the activity
* #param pager the pager
*/
public TabsAdapter(SherlockFragmentActivity activity, ViewPager pager) {
super(activity.getSupportFragmentManager());
activity.getSupportFragmentManager();
this.mActivity = activity;
this.mActionBar = activity.getSupportActionBar();
this.mPager = pager;
mActionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
}
/**
* Adds the tab.
*
* #param image the image
* #param fragmentClass the class
* #param args the arguments
*/
public void addTab(final Drawable image, final Class fragmentClass, final Bundle args) {
final TabInfo tabInfo = new TabInfo(fragmentClass, args);
final ActionBar.Tab tab = mActionBar.newTab();
tab.setTabListener(this);
tab.setTag(tabInfo);
tab.setIcon(image);
mTabs.add(tabInfo);
mActionBar.addTab(tab);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(final int position) {
final TabInfo tabInfo = mTabs.get(position);
return Fragment.instantiate(mActivity, tabInfo.fragmentClass.getName(), tabInfo.args);
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(final Object object) {
/* Get the current position. */
int position = mActionBar.getSelectedTab().getPosition();
/* The default value. */
int pos = POSITION_NONE;
if (history.get(position).isEmpty()) {
return POSITION_NONE;
}
/* Checks if the object exists in current history. */
for (Stack<TabInfo> stack : history.values()) {
TabInfo c = stack.peek();
if (c.fragmentClass.getName().equals(object.getClass().getName())) {
pos = POSITION_UNCHANGED;
break;
}
}
return pos;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mTabs.size();
}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
}
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
}
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
mActionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
#Override
public void onTabSelected(final ActionBar.Tab tab, final FragmentTransaction ft) {
TabInfo tabInfo = (TabInfo) tab.getTag();
for (int i = 0; i < mTabs.size(); i++) {
if (mTabs.get(i).equals(tabInfo)) {
mPager.setCurrentItem(i);
}
}
}
#Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
public void replace(final int position, final Class fragmentClass, final Bundle args) {
/* Save the fragment to the history. */
mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().addToBackStack(null).commit();
/* Update the tabs. */
updateTabs(new TabInfo(fragmentClass, args), position);
/* Updates the history. */
history.get(position).push(new TabInfo(mTabs.get(position).fragmentClass, mTabs.get(position).args));
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
/**
* Updates the tabs.
*
* #param tabInfo
* the new tab info
* #param position
* the position
*/
private void updateTabs(final TabInfo tabInfo, final int position) {
mTabs.remove(position);
mTabs.add(position, tabInfo);
mActionBar.getTabAt(position).setTag(tabInfo);
}
/**
* Creates the history using the current state.
*/
public void createHistory() {
int position = 0;
TOTAL_TABS = mTabs.size();
for (TabInfo mTab : mTabs) {
if (history.get(position) == null) {
history.put(position, new Stack<TabInfo>());
}
history.get(position).push(new TabInfo(mTab.fragmentClass, mTab.args));
position++;
}
}
/**
* Called on back
*/
public void back() {
int position = mActionBar.getSelectedTab().getPosition();
if (!historyIsEmpty(position)) {
/* In case there is not any other item in the history, then finalize the activity. */
if (isLastItemInHistory(position)) {
mActivity.finish();
}
final TabInfo currentTabInfo = getPrevious(position);
mTabs.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < TOTAL_TABS; i++) {
if (i == position) {
mTabs.add(new TabInfo(currentTabInfo.fragmentClass, currentTabInfo.args));
} else {
TabInfo otherTabInfo = history.get(i).peek();
mTabs.add(new TabInfo(otherTabInfo.fragmentClass, otherTabInfo.args));
}
}
}
mActionBar.selectTab(mActionBar.getTabAt(position));
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
/**
* Returns if the history is empty.
*
* #param position
* the position
* #return the flag if empty
*/
private boolean historyIsEmpty(final int position) {
return history == null || history.isEmpty() || history.get(position).isEmpty();
}
private boolean isLastItemInHistory(final int position) {
return history.get(position).size() == 1;
}
/**
* Returns the previous state by the position provided.
*
* #param position
* the position
* #return the tab info
*/
private TabInfo getPrevious(final int position) {
TabInfo currentTabInfo = history.get(position).pop();
if (!history.get(position).isEmpty()) {
currentTabInfo = history.get(position).peek();
}
return currentTabInfo;
}
/** The tab info class */
private static class TabInfo {
/** The fragment class. */
public Class fragmentClass;
/** The args.*/
public Bundle args;
/**
* Creates a new instance.
*
* #param fragmentClass
* the fragment class
* #param args
* the args
*/
public TabInfo(Class fragmentClass, Bundle args) {
this.fragmentClass = fragmentClass;
this.args = args;
}
#Override
public boolean equals(final Object o) {
return this.fragmentClass.getName().equals(o.getClass().getName());
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
return fragmentClass.getName() != null ? fragmentClass.getName().hashCode() : 0;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "TabInfo{" +
"fragmentClass=" + fragmentClass +
'}';
}
}
The very first time you add all tabs, we need to call the method createHistory(), to create the initial history
public void createHistory() {
int position = 0;
TOTAL_TABS = mTabs.size();
for (TabInfo mTab : mTabs) {
if (history.get(position) == null) {
history.put(position, new Stack<TabInfo>());
}
history.get(position).push(new TabInfo(mTab.fragmentClass, mTab.args));
position++;
}
}
Every time you want to replace a fragment to a specific tab you call:
replace(final int position, final Class fragmentClass, final Bundle args)
/* Save the fragment to the history. */
mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().addToBackStack(null).commit();
/* Update the tabs. */
updateTabs(new TabInfo(fragmentClass, args), position);
/* Updates the history. */
history.get(position).push(new TabInfo(mTabs.get(position).fragmentClass, mTabs.get(position).args));
notifyDataSetChanged();
On back pressed you need to call the back() method:
public void back() {
int position = mActionBar.getSelectedTab().getPosition();
if (!historyIsEmpty(position)) {
/* In case there is not any other item in the history, then finalize the activity. */
if (isLastItemInHistory(position)) {
mActivity.finish();
}
final TabInfo currentTabInfo = getPrevious(position);
mTabs.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < TOTAL_TABS; i++) {
if (i == position) {
mTabs.add(new TabInfo(currentTabInfo.fragmentClass, currentTabInfo.args));
} else {
TabInfo otherTabInfo = history.get(i).peek();
mTabs.add(new TabInfo(otherTabInfo.fragmentClass, otherTabInfo.args));
}
}
}
mActionBar.selectTab(mActionBar.getTabAt(position));
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
The solution works with sherlock action bar and with swipe gesture.

tl;dr: Use a host fragment that is responsible for replacing its hosted content and keeps track of a back navigation history (like in a browser).
As your use case consists of a fixed amount of tabs my solution works well: The idea is to fill the ViewPager with instances of a custom class HostFragment, that is able to replace its hosted content and keeps its own back navigation history. To replace the hosted fragment you make a call to the method hostfragment.replaceFragment():
public void replaceFragment(Fragment fragment, boolean addToBackstack) {
if (addToBackstack) {
getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.hosted_fragment, fragment).addToBackStack(null).commit();
} else {
getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.hosted_fragment, fragment).commit();
}
}
All that method does is to replace the frame layout with the id R.id.hosted_fragment with the fragment provided to the method.
Check my tutorial on this topic for further details and a complete working example on GitHub!

Some of the presented solutions helped me a lot to partially solve the problem but there is still one important thing missing in the solutions which has produced unexpected exceptions and black page content instead of fragment content in some cases.
The thing is that FragmentPagerAdapter class is using item ID to store cached fragments to FragmentManager. For this reason, you need to override also the getItemId(int position) method so that it returns e. g. position for top-level pages and 100 + position for details pages. Otherwise the previously created top-level fragment would be returned from the cache instead of detail-level fragment.
Furthermore, I'm sharing here a complete example how to implement tabs-like activity with Fragment pages using ViewPager and tab buttons using RadioGroup that allows replacement of top-level pages with detailed pages and also supports back button. This implementation supports only one level of back stacking (item list - item details) but multi-level back stacking implementation is straightforward. This example works pretty well in normal cases except of it is throwing a NullPointerException in case when you switch to e. g. second page, change the fragment of the first page (while not visible) and return back to the first page. I'll post a solution to this issue once I'll figure it out:
public class TabsActivity extends FragmentActivity {
public static final int PAGE_COUNT = 3;
public static final int FIRST_PAGE = 0;
public static final int SECOND_PAGE = 1;
public static final int THIRD_PAGE = 2;
/**
* Opens a new inferior page at specified tab position and adds the current page into back
* stack.
*/
public void startPage(int position, Fragment content) {
// Replace page adapter fragment at position.
mPagerAdapter.start(position, content);
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Initialize basic layout.
this.setContentView(R.layout.tabs_activity);
// Add tab fragments to view pager.
{
// Create fragments adapter.
mPagerAdapter = new PagerAdapter(pager);
ViewPager pager = (ViewPager) super.findViewById(R.id.tabs_view_pager);
pager.setAdapter(mPagerAdapter);
// Update active tab in tab bar when page changes.
pager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int index, float value, int nextIndex) {
// Not used.
}
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int index) {
RadioGroup tabs_radio_group = (RadioGroup) TabsActivity.this.findViewById(
R.id.tabs_radio_group);
switch (index) {
case 0: {
tabs_radio_group.check(R.id.first_radio_button);
}
break;
case 1: {
tabs_radio_group.check(R.id.second_radio_button);
}
break;
case 2: {
tabs_radio_group.check(R.id.third_radio_button);
}
break;
}
}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int index) {
// Not used.
}
});
}
// Set "tabs" radio group on checked change listener that changes the displayed page.
RadioGroup radio_group = (RadioGroup) this.findViewById(R.id.tabs_radio_group);
radio_group.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new RadioGroup.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(RadioGroup radioGroup, int id) {
// Get view pager representing tabs.
ViewPager view_pager = (ViewPager) TabsActivity.this.findViewById(R.id.tabs_view_pager);
if (view_pager == null) {
return;
}
// Change the active page.
switch (id) {
case R.id.first_radio_button: {
view_pager.setCurrentItem(FIRST_PAGE);
}
break;
case R.id.second_radio_button: {
view_pager.setCurrentItem(SECOND_PAGE);
}
break;
case R.id.third_radio_button: {
view_pager.setCurrentItem(THIRD_PAGE);
}
break;
}
});
}
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (!mPagerAdapter.back()) {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
/**
* Serves the fragments when paging.
*/
private class PagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public PagerAdapter(ViewPager container) {
super(TabsActivity.this.getSupportFragmentManager());
mContainer = container;
mFragmentManager = TabsActivity.this.getSupportFragmentManager();
// Prepare "empty" list of fragments.
mFragments = new ArrayList<Fragment>(){};
mBackFragments = new ArrayList<Fragment>(){};
for (int i = 0; i < PAGE_COUNT; i++) {
mFragments.add(null);
mBackFragments.add(null);
}
}
/**
* Replaces the view pager fragment at specified position.
*/
public void replace(int position, Fragment fragment) {
// Get currently active fragment.
Fragment old_fragment = mFragments.get(position);
if (old_fragment == null) {
return;
}
// Replace the fragment using transaction and in underlaying array list.
// NOTE .addToBackStack(null) doesn't work
this.startUpdate(mContainer);
mFragmentManager.beginTransaction().setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN)
.remove(old_fragment).add(mContainer.getId(), fragment)
.commit();
mFragments.set(position, fragment);
this.notifyDataSetChanged();
this.finishUpdate(mContainer);
}
/**
* Replaces the fragment at specified position and stores the current fragment to back stack
* so it can be restored by #back().
*/
public void start(int position, Fragment fragment) {
// Remember current fragment.
mBackFragments.set(position, mFragments.get(position));
// Replace the displayed fragment.
this.replace(position, fragment);
}
/**
* Replaces the current fragment by fragment stored in back stack. Does nothing and returns
* false if no fragment is back-stacked.
*/
public boolean back() {
int position = mContainer.getCurrentItem();
Fragment fragment = mBackFragments.get(position);
if (fragment == null) {
// Nothing to go back.
return false;
}
// Restore the remembered fragment and remove it from back fragments.
this.replace(position, fragment);
mBackFragments.set(position, null);
return true;
}
/**
* Returns fragment of a page at specified position.
*/
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
// If fragment not yet initialized, create its instance.
if (mFragments.get(position) == null) {
switch (position) {
case FIRST_PAGE: {
mFragments.set(FIRST_PAGE, new DefaultFirstFragment());
}
break;
case SECOND_PAGE: {
mFragments.set(SECOND_PAGE, new DefaultSecondFragment());
}
break;
case THIRD_PAGE: {
mFragments.set(THIRD_PAGE, new DefaultThirdFragment());
}
break;
}
}
// Return fragment instance at requested position.
return mFragments.get(position);
}
/**
* Custom item ID resolution. Needed for proper page fragment caching.
* #see FragmentPagerAdapter#getItemId(int).
*/
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
// Fragments from second level page hierarchy have their ID raised above 100. This is
// important to FragmentPagerAdapter because it is caching fragments to FragmentManager with
// this item ID key.
Fragment item = mFragments.get(position);
if (item != null) {
if ((item instanceof NewFirstFragment) || (item instanceof NewSecondFragment) ||
(item instanceof NewThirdFragment)) {
return 100 + position;
}
}
return position;
}
/**
* Returns number of pages.
*/
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mFragments.size();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object)
{
int position = POSITION_UNCHANGED;
if ((object instanceof DefaultFirstFragment) || (object instanceof NewFirstFragment)) {
if (object.getClass() != mFragments.get(FIRST_PAGE).getClass()) {
position = POSITION_NONE;
}
}
if ((object instanceof DefaultSecondragment) || (object instanceof NewSecondFragment)) {
if (object.getClass() != mFragments.get(SECOND_PAGE).getClass()) {
position = POSITION_NONE;
}
}
if ((object instanceof DefaultThirdFragment) || (object instanceof NewThirdFragment)) {
if (object.getClass() != mFragments.get(THIRD_PAGE).getClass()) {
position = POSITION_NONE;
}
}
return position;
}
private ViewPager mContainer;
private FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
/**
* List of page fragments.
*/
private List<Fragment> mFragments;
/**
* List of page fragments to return to in onBack();
*/
private List<Fragment> mBackFragments;
}
/**
* Tab fragments adapter.
*/
private PagerAdapter mPagerAdapter;
}

I have created a ViewPager with 3 elements and 2 sub elements for index 2 and 3 and here what I wanted to do..
I have implemented this with the help from previous questions and answers from StackOverFlow and here is the link.
ViewPagerChildFragments

To replace a fragment inside a ViewPager you can move source codes of ViewPager, PagerAdapter and FragmentStatePagerAdapter classes into your project and add following code.
into ViewPager:
public void notifyItemChanged(Object oldItem, Object newItem) {
if (mItems != null) {
for (ItemInfo itemInfo : mItems) {
if (itemInfo.object.equals(oldItem)) {
itemInfo.object = newItem;
}
}
}
invalidate();
}
into FragmentStatePagerAdapter:
public void replaceFragmetns(ViewPager container, Fragment oldFragment, Fragment newFragment) {
startUpdate(container);
// remove old fragment
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
int position = getFragmentPosition(oldFragment);
while (mSavedState.size() <= position) {
mSavedState.add(null);
}
mSavedState.set(position, null);
mFragments.set(position, null);
mCurTransaction.remove(oldFragment);
// add new fragment
while (mFragments.size() <= position) {
mFragments.add(null);
}
mFragments.set(position, newFragment);
mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), newFragment);
finishUpdate(container);
// ensure getItem returns newFragemtn after calling handleGetItemInbalidated()
handleGetItemInbalidated(container, oldFragment, newFragment);
container.notifyItemChanged(oldFragment, newFragment);
}
protected abstract void handleGetItemInbalidated(View container, Fragment oldFragment, Fragment newFragment);
protected abstract int getFragmentPosition(Fragment fragment);
handleGetItemInvalidated() ensures that after next call of getItem() it return newFragment
getFragmentPosition() returns position of the fragment in your adapter.
Now, to replace fragments call
mAdapter.replaceFragmetns(mViewPager, oldFragment, newFragment);
If you interested in an example project ask me for the sources.

Works Great with AndroidTeam's solution, however I found that I needed the ability to go back much like FrgmentTransaction.addToBackStack(null) But merely adding this will only cause the Fragment to be replaced without notifying the ViewPager. Combining the provided solution with this minor enhancement will allow you to return to the previous state by merely overriding the activity's onBackPressed() method. The biggest drawback is that it will only go back one at a time which may result in multiple back clicks
private ArrayList<Fragment> bFragments = new ArrayList<Fragment>();
private ArrayList<Integer> bPosition = new ArrayList<Integer>();
public void replaceFragmentsWithBackOut(ViewPager container, Fragment oldFragment, Fragment newFragment) {
startUpdate(container);
// remove old fragment
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
int position = getFragmentPosition(oldFragment);
while (mSavedState.size() <= position) {
mSavedState.add(null);
}
//Add Fragment to Back List
bFragments.add(oldFragment);
//Add Pager Position to Back List
bPosition.add(position);
mSavedState.set(position, null);
mFragments.set(position, null);
mCurTransaction.remove(oldFragment);
// add new fragment
while (mFragments.size() <= position) {
mFragments.add(null);
}
mFragments.set(position, newFragment);
mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), newFragment);
finishUpdate(container);
// ensure getItem returns newFragemtn after calling handleGetItemInbalidated()
handleGetItemInvalidated(container, oldFragment, newFragment);
container.notifyItemChanged(oldFragment, newFragment);
}
public boolean popBackImmediate(ViewPager container){
int bFragSize = bFragments.size();
int bPosSize = bPosition.size();
if(bFragSize>0 && bPosSize>0){
if(bFragSize==bPosSize){
int last = bFragSize-1;
int position = bPosition.get(last);
//Returns Fragment Currently at this position
Fragment replacedFragment = mFragments.get(position);
Fragment originalFragment = bFragments.get(last);
this.replaceFragments(container, replacedFragment, originalFragment);
bPosition.remove(last);
bFragments.remove(last);
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
Hope this helps someone.
Also as far as getFragmentPosition() goes it's pretty much getItem() in reverse. You know which fragments go where, just make sure you return the correct position it will be in. Here's an example:
#Override
protected int getFragmentPosition(Fragment fragment) {
if(fragment.equals(originalFragment1)){
return 0;
}
if(fragment.equals(replacementFragment1)){
return 0;
}
if(fragment.equals(Fragment2)){
return 1;
}
return -1;
}

In your onCreateView method, container is actually a ViewPager instance.
So, just calling
ViewPager vpViewPager = (ViewPager) container;
vpViewPager.setCurrentItem(1);
will change current fragment in your ViewPager.

Here's my relatively simple solution to this problem. The keys to this solution are to use FragmentStatePagerAdapter instead of FragmentPagerAdapter as the former will remove unused fragments for you while the later still retains their instances. The second is the use of POSITION_NONE in getItem(). I've used a simple List to keep track of my fragments. My requirement was to replace the entire list of fragments at once with a new list, but the below could be easily modified to replace individual fragments:
public class MyFragmentAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private List<Fragment> fragmentList = new ArrayList<Fragment>();
private List<String> tabTitleList = new ArrayList<String>();
public MyFragmentAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
public void addFragments(List<Fragment> fragments, List<String> titles) {
fragmentList.clear();
tabTitleList.clear();
fragmentList.addAll(fragments);
tabTitleList.addAll(titles);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
if (fragmentList.contains(object)) {
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
return POSITION_NONE;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int item) {
if (item >= fragmentList.size()) {
return null;
}
return fragmentList.get(item);
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return fragmentList.size();
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return tabTitleList.get(position);
}
}

I also made a solution, which is working with Stacks. It's a more modular approach so u don't have to specify each Fragment and Detail Fragment in your FragmentPagerAdapter. It's build on top of the Example from ActionbarSherlock which derives if I'm right from the Google Demo App.
/**
* This is a helper class that implements the management of tabs and all
* details of connecting a ViewPager with associated TabHost. It relies on a
* trick. Normally a tab host has a simple API for supplying a View or
* Intent that each tab will show. This is not sufficient for switching
* between pages. So instead we make the content part of the tab host
* 0dp high (it is not shown) and the TabsAdapter supplies its own dummy
* view to show as the tab content. It listens to changes in tabs, and takes
* care of switch to the correct paged in the ViewPager whenever the selected
* tab changes.
*
* Changed to support more Layers of fragments on each Tab.
* by sebnapi (2012)
*
*/
public class TabsAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter
implements TabHost.OnTabChangeListener, ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener {
private final Context mContext;
private final TabHost mTabHost;
private final ViewPager mViewPager;
private ArrayList<String> mTabTags = new ArrayList<String>();
private HashMap<String, Stack<TabInfo>> mTabStackMap = new HashMap<String, Stack<TabInfo>>();
static final class TabInfo {
public final String tag;
public final Class<?> clss;
public Bundle args;
TabInfo(String _tag, Class<?> _class, Bundle _args) {
tag = _tag;
clss = _class;
args = _args;
}
}
static class DummyTabFactory implements TabHost.TabContentFactory {
private final Context mContext;
public DummyTabFactory(Context context) {
mContext = context;
}
#Override
public View createTabContent(String tag) {
View v = new View(mContext);
v.setMinimumWidth(0);
v.setMinimumHeight(0);
return v;
}
}
public interface SaveStateBundle{
public Bundle onRemoveFragment(Bundle outState);
}
public TabsAdapter(FragmentActivity activity, TabHost tabHost, ViewPager pager) {
super(activity.getSupportFragmentManager());
mContext = activity;
mTabHost = tabHost;
mViewPager = pager;
mTabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(this);
mViewPager.setAdapter(this);
mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(this);
}
/**
* Add a Tab which will have Fragment Stack. Add Fragments on this Stack by using
* addFragment(FragmentManager fm, String _tag, Class<?> _class, Bundle _args)
* The Stack will hold always the default Fragment u add here.
*
* DON'T ADD Tabs with same tag, it's not beeing checked and results in unexpected
* beahvior.
*
* #param tabSpec
* #param clss
* #param args
*/
public void addTab(TabHost.TabSpec tabSpec, Class<?> clss, Bundle args){
Stack<TabInfo> tabStack = new Stack<TabInfo>();
tabSpec.setContent(new DummyTabFactory(mContext));
mTabHost.addTab(tabSpec);
String tag = tabSpec.getTag();
TabInfo info = new TabInfo(tag, clss, args);
mTabTags.add(tag); // to know the position of the tab tag
tabStack.add(info);
mTabStackMap.put(tag, tabStack);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
/**
* Will add the Fragment to Tab with the Tag _tag. Provide the Class of the Fragment
* it will be instantiated by this object. Proivde _args for your Fragment.
*
* #param fm
* #param _tag
* #param _class
* #param _args
*/
public void addFragment(FragmentManager fm, String _tag, Class<?> _class, Bundle _args){
TabInfo info = new TabInfo(_tag, _class, _args);
Stack<TabInfo> tabStack = mTabStackMap.get(_tag);
Fragment frag = fm.findFragmentByTag("android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + mTabTags.indexOf(_tag));
if(frag instanceof SaveStateBundle){
Bundle b = new Bundle();
((SaveStateBundle) frag).onRemoveFragment(b);
tabStack.peek().args = b;
}
tabStack.add(info);
FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
ft.remove(frag).commit();
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
/**
* Will pop the Fragment added to the Tab with the Tag _tag
*
* #param fm
* #param _tag
* #return
*/
public boolean popFragment(FragmentManager fm, String _tag){
Stack<TabInfo> tabStack = mTabStackMap.get(_tag);
if(tabStack.size()>1){
tabStack.pop();
Fragment frag = fm.findFragmentByTag("android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + mTabTags.indexOf(_tag));
FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
ft.remove(frag).commit();
notifyDataSetChanged();
return true;
}
return false;
}
public boolean back(FragmentManager fm) {
int position = mViewPager.getCurrentItem();
return popFragment(fm, mTabTags.get(position));
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mTabStackMap.size();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
ArrayList<Class<?>> positionNoneHack = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
for(Stack<TabInfo> tabStack: mTabStackMap.values()){
positionNoneHack.add(tabStack.peek().clss);
} // if the object class lies on top of our stacks, we return default
if(positionNoneHack.contains(object.getClass())){
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
return POSITION_NONE;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
Stack<TabInfo> tabStack = mTabStackMap.get(mTabTags.get(position));
TabInfo info = tabStack.peek();
return Fragment.instantiate(mContext, info.clss.getName(), info.args);
}
#Override
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
int position = mTabHost.getCurrentTab();
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(position);
}
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
}
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
// Unfortunately when TabHost changes the current tab, it kindly
// also takes care of putting focus on it when not in touch mode.
// The jerk.
// This hack tries to prevent this from pulling focus out of our
// ViewPager.
TabWidget widget = mTabHost.getTabWidget();
int oldFocusability = widget.getDescendantFocusability();
widget.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);
mTabHost.setCurrentTab(position);
widget.setDescendantFocusability(oldFocusability);
}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {
}
}
Add this for back button functionality in your MainActivity:
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (!mTabsAdapter.back(getSupportFragmentManager())) {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
If u like to save the Fragment State when it get's removed. Let your Fragment implement the interface SaveStateBundle return in the function a bundle with your save state. Get the bundle after instantiation by this.getArguments().
You can instantiate a tab like this:
mTabsAdapter.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("firstTabTag").setIndicator("First Tab Title"),
FirstFragmentActivity.FirstFragmentFragment.class, null);
works similiar if u want to add a Fragment on top of a Tab Stack.
Important: I think, it won't work if u want to have 2 instances of same class on top of two Tabs.
I did this solution quick together, so I can only share it without providing any experience with it.

Replacing fragments in a viewpager is quite involved but is very possible and can look super slick. First, you need to let the viewpager itself handle the removing and adding of the fragments. What is happening is when you replace the fragment inside of SearchFragment, your viewpager retains its fragment views. So you end up with a blank page because the SearchFragment gets removed when you try to replace it.
The solution is to create a listener inside of your viewpager that will handle changes made outside of it so first add this code to the bottom of your adapter.
public interface nextFragmentListener {
public void fragment0Changed(String newFragmentIdentification);
}
Then you need to create a private class in your viewpager that becomes a listener for when you want to change your fragment. For example you could add something like this. Notice that it implements the interface that was just created. So whenever you call this method, it will run the code inside of the class below.
private final class fragmentChangeListener implements nextFragmentListener {
#Override
public void fragment0Changed(String fragment) {
//I will explain the purpose of fragment0 in a moment
fragment0 = fragment;
manager.beginTransaction().remove(fragAt0).commit();
switch (fragment){
case "searchFragment":
fragAt0 = SearchFragment.newInstance(listener);
break;
case "searchResultFragment":
fragAt0 = Fragment_Table.newInstance(listener);
break;
}
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
There are two main things to point out here:
fragAt0 is a "flexible" fragment. It can take on whatever fragment type you give it. This allows it to become your best friend in changing the fragment at position 0 to the fragment you desire.
Notice the listeners that are placed in the 'newInstance(listener)constructor. These are how you will callfragment0Changed(String newFragmentIdentification)`. The following code shows how you create the listener inside of your fragment.
static nextFragmentListener listenerSearch;
public static Fragment_Journals newInstance(nextFragmentListener listener){
listenerSearch = listener;
return new Fragment_Journals();
}
You could call the change inside of your onPostExecute
private class SearchAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params){
.
.//some more operation
.
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void param){
listenerSearch.fragment0Changed("searchResultFragment");
}
}
This would trigger the code inside of your viewpager to switch your fragment at position zero fragAt0 to become a new searchResultFragment. There are two more small pieces you would need to add to the viewpager before it became functional.
One would be in the getItem override method of the viewpager.
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int index) {
switch (index) {
case 0:
//this is where it will "remember" which fragment you have just selected. the key is to set a static String fragment at the top of your page that will hold the position that you had just selected.
if(fragAt0 == null){
switch(fragment0){
case "searchFragment":
fragAt0 = FragmentSearch.newInstance(listener);
break;
case "searchResultsFragment":
fragAt0 = FragmentSearchResults.newInstance(listener);
break;
}
}
return fragAt0;
case 1:
// Games fragment activity
return new CreateFragment();
}
Now without this final piece you would still get a blank page. Kind of lame, but it is an essential part of the viewPager. You must override the getItemPosition method of the viewpager. Ordinarily this method will return POSITION_UNCHANGED which tells the viewpager to keep everything the same and so getItem will never get called to place the new fragment on the page. Here's an example of something you could do
public int getItemPosition(Object object)
{
//object is the current fragment displayed at position 0.
if(object instanceof SearchFragment && fragAt0 instanceof SearchResultFragment){
return POSITION_NONE;
//this condition is for when you press back
}else if{(object instanceof SearchResultFragment && fragAt0 instanceof SearchFragment){
return POSITION_NONE;
}
return POSITION_UNCHANGED
}
Like I said, the code gets very involved, but you basically have to create a custom adapter for your situation. The things I mentioned will make it possible to change the fragment. It will likely take a long time to soak everything in so I would be patient, but it will all make sense. It is totally worth taking the time because it can make a really slick looking application.
Here's the nugget for handling the back button. You put this inside your MainActivity
public void onBackPressed() {
if(mViewPager.getCurrentItem() == 0) {
if(pagerAdapter.getItem(0) instanceof FragmentSearchResults){
((Fragment_Table) pagerAdapter.getItem(0)).backPressed();
}else if (pagerAdapter.getItem(0) instanceof FragmentSearch) {
finish();
}
}
You will need to create a method called backPressed() inside of FragmentSearchResults that calls fragment0changed. This in tandem with the code I showed before will handle pressing the back button. Good luck with your code to change the viewpager. It takes a lot of work, and as far as I have found, there aren't any quick adaptations. Like I said, you are basically creating a custom viewpager adapter, and letting it handle all of the necessary changes using listeners

This is my way to achieve that.
First of all add Root_fragment inside viewPager tab in which you want to implement button click fragment event. Example;
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
if(position==0)
return RootTabFragment.newInstance();
else
return SecondPagerFragment.newInstance();
}
First of all, RootTabFragment should be include FragmentLayout for fragment change.
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/root_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</FrameLayout>
Then, inside RootTabFragment onCreateView, implement fragmentChange for your FirstPagerFragment
getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.root_frame, FirstPagerFragment.newInstance()).commit();
After that, implement onClick event for your button inside FirstPagerFragment and make fragment change like that again.
getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.root_frame, NextFragment.newInstance()).commit();
Hope this will help you guy.

I found simple solution, which works fine even if you want add new fragments in the middle or replace current fragment. In my solution you should override getItemId() which should return unique id for each fragment. Not position as by default.
There is it:
public class DynamicPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private ArrayList<Page> mPages = new ArrayList<Page>();
private ArrayList<Fragment> mFragments = new ArrayList<Fragment>();
public DynamicPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
public void replacePage(int position, Page page) {
mPages.set(position, page);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
public void setPages(ArrayList<Page> pages) {
mPages = pages;
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
if (mPages.get(position).mPageType == PageType.FIRST) {
return FirstFragment.newInstance(mPages.get(position));
} else {
return SecondFragment.newInstance(mPages.get(position));
}
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return mPages.size();
}
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
// return unique id
return mPages.get(position).getId();
}
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
Fragment fragment = (Fragment) super.instantiateItem(container, position);
while (mFragments.size() <= position) {
mFragments.add(null);
}
mFragments.set(position, fragment);
return fragment;
}
#Override
public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
super.destroyItem(container, position, object);
mFragments.set(position, null);
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
PagerFragment pagerFragment = (PagerFragment) object;
Page page = pagerFragment.getPage();
int position = mFragments.indexOf(pagerFragment);
if (page.equals(mPages.get(position))) {
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
} else {
return POSITION_NONE;
}
}
}
Notice: In this example FirstFragment and SecondFragment extends abstract class PageFragment, which has method getPage().

I doing something to similar to wize but in my answer yo can change between the two fragments whenever you want. And with the wize answer I have some problems when changing the orientation of the screen an things like that. This is the PagerAdapter looks like:
public class MyAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter
{
static final int NUM_ITEMS = 2;
private final FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
private Fragment mFragmentAtPos0;
private Map<Integer, String> mFragmentTags;
private boolean isNextFragment=false;
public MyAdapter(FragmentManager fm)
{
super(fm);
mFragmentManager = fm;
mFragmentTags = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position)
{
if (position == 0)
{
if (isPager) {
mFragmentAtPos0 = new FirstPageFragment();
} else {
mFragmentAtPos0 = new NextFragment();
}
return mFragmentAtPos0;
}
else
return SecondPageFragment.newInstance();
}
#Override
public int getCount()
{
return NUM_ITEMS;
}
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
Object obj = super.instantiateItem(container, position);
if (obj instanceof Fragment) {
// record the fragment tag here.
Fragment f = (Fragment) obj;
String tag = f.getTag();
mFragmentTags.put(position, tag);
}
return obj;
}
public void onChange(boolean isNextFragment) {
if (mFragmentAtPos0 == null)
mFragmentAtPos0 = getFragment(0);
if (mFragmentAtPos0 != null)
mFragmentManager.beginTransaction().remove(mFragmentAtPos0).commit();
if (!isNextFragment) {
mFragmentAtFlashcards = new FirstPageFragment();
} else {
mFragmentAtFlashcards = new NextFragment();
}
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object)
{
if (object instanceof FirstPageFragment && mFragmentAtPos0 instanceof NextFragment)
return POSITION_NONE;
if (object instanceof NextFragment && mFragmentAtPos0 instanceof FirstPageFragment)
return POSITION_NONE;
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
public Fragment getFragment(int position) {
String tag = mFragmentTags.get(position);
if (tag == null)
return null;
return mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(tag);
}
}
The listener I implemented in the adapter container activity to put it to the fragment when attaching it, this is the activity:
public class PagerContainerActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ChangeFragmentListener {
//...
#Override
public void onChange(boolean isNextFragment) {
if (pagerAdapter != null)
pagerAdapter.onChange(isNextFragment);
}
//...
}
Then in the fragment putting the listener when attach an calling it:
public class FirstPageFragment extends Fragment{
private ChangeFragmentListener changeFragmentListener;
//...
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
changeFragmentListener = ((PagerContainerActivity) activity);
}
#Override
public void onDetach() {
super.onDetach();
changeFragmentListener = null;
}
//...
//in the on click to change the fragment
changeFragmentListener.onChange(true);
//...
}
And finally the listener:
public interface changeFragmentListener {
void onChange(boolean isNextFragment);
}

I followed the answers by #wize and #mdelolmo and I got the solution. Thanks Tons. But, I tuned these solutions a little bit to improve the memory consumption.
Problems I observed:
They save the instance of Fragment which is replaced. In my case, it is a Fragment which holds MapView and I thought its costly. So, I am maintaining the FragmentPagerPositionChanged (POSITION_NONE or POSITION_UNCHANGED) instead of Fragment itself.
Here is my implementation.
public static class DemoCollectionPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private SwitchFragListener mSwitchFragListener;
private Switch mToggle;
private int pagerAdapterPosChanged = POSITION_UNCHANGED;
private static final int TOGGLE_ENABLE_POS = 2;
public DemoCollectionPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, Switch toggle) {
super(fm);
mToggle = toggle;
mSwitchFragListener = new SwitchFragListener();
mToggle.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
mSwitchFragListener.onSwitchToNextFragment();
}
});
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int i) {
switch (i)
{
case TOGGLE_ENABLE_POS:
if(mToggle.isChecked())
{
return TabReplaceFragment.getInstance();
}else
{
return DemoTab2Fragment.getInstance(i);
}
default:
return DemoTabFragment.getInstance(i);
}
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return 5;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return "Tab " + (position + 1);
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
// This check make sures getItem() is called only for the required Fragment
if (object instanceof TabReplaceFragment
|| object instanceof DemoTab2Fragment)
return pagerAdapterPosChanged;
return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
}
/**
* Switch fragments Interface implementation
*/
private final class SwitchFragListener implements
SwitchFragInterface {
SwitchFragListener() {}
public void onSwitchToNextFragment() {
pagerAdapterPosChanged = POSITION_NONE;
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
/**
* Interface to switch frags
*/
private interface SwitchFragInterface{
void onSwitchToNextFragment();
}
}
Demo link here.. https://youtu.be/l_62uhKkLyM
For demo purpose, used 2 fragments TabReplaceFragment and DemoTab2Fragment at position two. In all the other cases I'm using DemoTabFragment instances.
Explanation:
I'm passing Switch from Activity to the DemoCollectionPagerAdapter. Based on the state of this switch we will display correct fragment. When the switch check is changed, I'm calling the SwitchFragListener's onSwitchToNextFragment method, where I'm changing the value of pagerAdapterPosChanged variable to POSITION_NONE. Check out more about POSITION_NONE. This will invalidate the getItem and I have logics to instantiate the right fragment over there. Sorry, if the explanation is a bit messy.
Once again big thanks to #wize and #mdelolmo for the original idea.
Hope this is helpful. :)
Let me know if this implementation has any flaws. That will be greatly helpful for my project.

after research i found solution with short code.
first of all create a public instance on fragment and just remove your fragment on onSaveInstanceState if fragment not recreating on orientation change.
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
if (null != mCalFragment) {
FragmentTransaction bt = getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
bt.remove(mFragment);
bt.commit();
}
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
}