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Sending data from activity to fragment with interface listener

I'm trying to send data from an activity to a fragment. I'm not sending data from a fragment to an activity. I've got everything set up correctly other than instantiating the interface listener object in the activity.
public class Activity extends AppCompatActivity {
private FragmentInterface fragmentInterfaceListener;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// This line below is actually in a button onClick()
fragmentInterfaceListener.sendDataMethod(dataToSend);
}
public interface FragmentInterface {
void sendDataMethod(SampleData sampleData);
}
}
Then in the fragment, I have:
public static class CustomFragment extends Fragment implements Activity.FragmentInterface {
#Override
public void sendDataMethod(final SampleData sampleData) {
}
}
When I put a log line in the button onClick(), the log line appears when the button is clicked. No, I'm not going to put the sampleData in a fragment bundle. Yes, I need to send the data through an interface. So how do I correctly instantiate the fragmentInterfaceListener object in the Activity? Am I missing anything else in the Activity or CustomFragment?

What your are missing here is the registering part.
The fragment has to register itself with the activity listener for the activity to send data when an event occurs.To do this create a method in activity
private void setOnDataListener(FragmentInterface interface){
fragmentInterfaceListener=interface;
}
And in the oncreate of your fragment set the listener like this
((YOUR_ACTIVITY_NAME)getActivity()).setOnDataListener(this);

You don't need to use listener in the Fragment because you can directly communicate with the Fragment from its host Activity.
As #lq-gioan says, you can create a public method in your Fragment then call it from your activity. So, create a public method to set the data, something like this:
public static class CustomFragment extends Fragment {
// public method to be accessed by host activity.
public void sendDataMethod(final SampleData sampleData) {
}
}
Then you can call the method within your host activity:
CustomFragment fragment = (CustomFragment)getSupportFragmentManager()
.findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_id);
// or use find by tag if you adding the fragment by tag
// CustomFragment fragment = (CustomFragment)getSupportFragmentManager()
// .findFragmentByTag("FragmentTag");
// now you can call it
fragment.sendDataMethod(yourSampleData);

For sending data from Activity to Fragment we don't need an interface.
You can directly call the method in Fragment or pass as setArguments in Bundle
ArticleFragment articleFrag = (ArticleFragment)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.article_fragment);
if (articleFrag != null) {
// If article frag is available, we're in two-pane layout...
// Call a method in the ArticleFragment to update its content
articleFrag.updateArticleView(position);
} else {
// Otherwise, we're in the one-pane layout and must swap frags...
// Create fragment and give it an argument for the selected article
ArticleFragment newFragment = new ArticleFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(ArticleFragment.ARG_POSITION, position);
newFragment.setArguments(args);
FragmentTransaction transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
// Replace whatever is in the fragment_container view with this fragment,
// and add the transaction to the back stack so the user can navigate back
transaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, newFragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
// Commit the transaction
transaction.commit();
}
You can refer https://developer.android.com/training/basics/fragments/communicating.html

Call Fragment B from Fragment A using ViewPager Tabs

I have done many programs, where I have implemented multiple Fragments inside a Single Activity, but not when using Single Activity to host multiple Fragments as Tabs and then on Tap show another Fragments...
Using MaterialViewPager library, in which I am calling different different Fragments to show views in their respective Tabs.
Like For the First Tab, I am using two Fragments, where
In First Fragment, I am using RecyclerView... to show list of Menus.
And in Second Fragment, I am using RecyclerView... to show list of Items under particular Menu.
So here my question is How to call Fragment from Fragment.
mRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerItemClickListener(getActivity(), mRecyclerView ,new RecyclerItemClickListener.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(View view, int position) {
Value value = valueList.get(position);
List<Learning> learning = value.getLearning();
// using when putting "item" data into same recyclerview
// but on back press just exiting, not showing list of Menus again
/**
learningAdapter = new LearningAdapter(learning, R.layout.card_learning, getActivity());
mRecyclerView.setAdapter(learningAdapter);
**/
ItemFragment fragment = new ItemFragment();
replaceFragment(fragment);
}
Method replaceFragment
public void replaceFragment(Fragment someFragment) {
FragmentTransaction transaction = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
// using Fragment not Activity, so where can I use frame_container in xml
transaction.replace(R.id.frame_container, someFragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();
}

you can have a callback interface that is implemented by the activity which hosts these two fragments. Fragment A will use the call back to notify the activity to replace A with fragment B. Depending on your need, you can pass parameters across through the callback method itself.
Your callback interface:
public interface YourCallback {
public void methodWhichReplacesFragmentAwithB(params...);
}
Your Activity hosting fragments:
public class YourActivity extends ... implements YourCallback {
..
..
#Override
public void methodWhichReplacesFragmentAwithB(params...) {
//insert replace fragment code here
}
}
Your fragment will have a callback object, YourCallback callbackObj;. This callback object can be initialised using the activity (pass as this from activity) itself since the activity has the implementation of the interface. Now, you can use
callbackObj.methodWhichReplacesFragmentAwithB(actual_params...);
to replace the fragment. This callback interface can be exploited for other communications to parent Activity as well as other fragment hosted in that activity.

To replace fragment,
FragmentTransaction transaction = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.frame_container, someFragment).addToBackStack("null").commit();

You can try this:
YourFragment fragment = new YourFragment();
FragmentTransaction transaction = ((AppCompatActivity) mContext).getSupportFragmentManager()
.beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.frame, fragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();

There is One option which i have been using from long time before. I will added the solution with clear example.
So you want to pass the value from fragment A to fragment B
So, here what you want to do is, you have pass the value through the activity.
1) you pass the value from fragment A to activity
2) then activity to fragment B
Step 1: first create an Interface Like below in fragment A
public interface HomePage {
void onHomeButtonsClicked(String clickedButton);
}
public void setOnHomeButtonClicked(HomePage homePage) {
this.homePage = homePage;
}
Step 2: then create the instance like below in Activity. where fragment created in PagerAdapter
((FragmentA) fragment).setOnHomeButtonClicked(new FragmentA.HomePage() {
#Override
public void onHomeButtonsClicked(String buttonClicked) {
pageSelected.onHomeButtonsClicked(selectedPage);
}
}
});
Step 3: then create the interface in Activity like below.
public interface PageSelected {
void onHomeButtonsClicked(String clickedButton);
}
public void setOnHomeButtonClicked(PageSelected pageSelected) {
this.pageSelected = pageSelected;
}
step 3: then add the following method in fragment B in onCreateView or onResume()
((MainActivity) getActivity()).setOnHomeButtonClicked(new MainActivity.PageSelected() {
#Override
public void onHomeButtonsClicked(String clickedButton) {
//fragment B received the value here
}
});
Step 5: finally add the line in fragment A in button click or where you want to pass the value.
homePage.onHomeButtonsClicked("Some String , by this code it is in String. you can change in your own data type");
You can rise your question if you face any difficulties.

Passing data between fragments contained in an activity

I have an activity A with 3 fragments. Each fragments replaces each other, hence at a given time only 1 is visible.
HomeFragment has 2 textviews wrapped inside 2 cardviews. Each cardview represents a text value which comes from Fragment1 and Fragment2. When I click on say Card1,I get to the Fragment1.
Fragment1 has some cardviews, when I selects any of them I navigate back to HomeFragment and update the cardview text based on my selection in Fragment1.Here is the switch statement, depending upon what card user selects I put that in a bundle and pass it to HomeFragment.
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.card_view0:
Fragment1Bundle.putString("Test", "Testing");
bundle.putBundle("Fragment1Bundle", Fragment1Bundle);
fragmentTransaction.setCustomAnimations(R.anim.slideup, R.anim.slidedown, R.anim.slideup, R.anim.slidedown);
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment);
fragment.setArguments(bundle);
fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(null);
fragmentTransaction.commit();
break;
Fragment2 has same behavior as Fragment 1.
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.card_view0:
Fragment2Bundle.putString("Test2", "Tetsing");
bundle.putBundle("Fragment2Bundle", Fragment2Bundle);
fragmentTransaction.setCustomAnimations(R.anim.slideup, R.anim.slidedown, R.anim.slideup, R.anim.slidedown);
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment);
fragment.setArguments(bundle);
fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(null);
fragmentTransaction.commit();
break;
My challenge is that I am using bundles to pass data between fragments, My home fragment gets updated with the data it from fragment1 but when I go to fragment 2 and after making the selection come back to Home fragment, my fragment1 data is set to default. This is what I am doing in Home Fragments onCreateView()
try {
bundle1 = getArguments().getBundle("Fragment1Bundle");
bundle2 = getArguments().getBundle("Fragment2Bundle");
tv.setText(bundle1.getString("Test") == null ? null : bundle1.getString("Test"));
tv2.setText(bundle2.getString("Test2") == null ? nul : bundle2.getString("Test2"));
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
Log.d(TAG, e.printStackTrace());
}
I know that I am creating a new Homefragment in my fragment transaction in both fragment1 and fragment2, How can I keep just 1 instance of Home fragment around.

Another design recommended by Google is to use the main Activity and 2 fragments (in your case Fragment1 and Fragment2). I can see your problem of passing data bundle to HomeFragment. This suggested design uses MainActivity which is declared static (may be required for scoping issue). And it uses an interface to be established between Activity and a Fragment. I think the interface is easier than passing bundle back to the HomeFragment.
A Google webpage is # Communicating with Other Fragments. This is not just my opinion. A good SO link, I think, is How to pass data between fragments.
Code snippet from the webpage...
An example of Fragment to Activity communication:
public class HeadlinesFragment extends ListFragment {
OnHeadlineSelectedListener mCallback;
// Container Activity must implement this interface
public interface OnHeadlineSelectedListener {
public void onArticleSelected(int position);
}
...
An example of Activity to Fragment communication:
public static class MainActivity extends Activity
implements HeadlinesFragment.OnHeadlineSelectedListener{
...
public void onArticleSelected(int position) {
// The user selected the headline of an article from the HeadlinesFragment
// Do something here to display that article
}
}
Note:
OnHeadlineSelectedListener is the interface created by the Fragment.
The created method onArticleSelected has a parameter position, which comes from the ListView in ListFragment (in the sample).
You can still set data bundles and send data between Activity and Fragment. However I have not sent back data from Fragment to Activity. I normally use Fragment to handle much of UI updates.

how to pass values from activity to already open fragment and update array-list help me please. when I using interface the array-list size is zero what I do? do not us bundle method.
public class Main2Activity extends AppCompatActivity{
String desc = "data";
OnDataPassedListener onDataPassedListener;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2);
String passedArg = getIntent().getExtras().getString("id");
Log.d("data",passedArg);
Scription scription = new Scription();
onDataPassedListener = (OnDataPassedListener)scription;
onDataPassedListener.onDataPassed(passedArg,desc);
}
public interface OnDataPassedListener {
void onDataPassed(String text,String name);
}
}
public class Test extends Fragment implements
Main2Activity.OnDataPassedListener{
.
.
.
.
#Override
public void onDataPassed(String text,String name) {
monthlylists.get(Integer.valueOf(text)).setFood_type(name);
}

Get data result from second Fragment

In my MainActivity extends FragmentActivity, I have a FragmentA, When I press a Button in FragmentA, I call to FragmentB.
FragmentB f = FragmentB.newInstance(1);
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.llMain, f).addToBackStack(null).commit();
In FragmentB, I create a Object People p1(with Name and age) . And When I press a Button B in FragmentB, I call
getFragmentManager().popBackStack();
It will return FragmentA,
So, I want to pass data Object People p1 from FragmentB to FragmentA. What do i have to do?
I try to search but can't find a solution.

create CallBack in your Fragment and handle it in FragmentActivity,
google example has this realization
declaring OnHeadlineSelectedListener callback
public class HeadlinesFragment extends ListFragment {
OnHeadlineSelectedListener mCallback;
// The container Activity must implement this interface so the frag can deliver messages
public interface OnHeadlineSelectedListener {
/** Called by HeadlinesFragment when a list item is selected */
public void onArticleSelected(int position);
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// We need to use a different list item layout for devices older than Honeycomb
int layout = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB ?
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_activated_1 : android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1;
// Create an array adapter for the list view, using the Ipsum headlines array
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(getActivity(), layout, Ipsum.Headlines));
}
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
// This makes sure that the container activity has implemented
// the callback interface. If not, it throws an exception.
try {
mCallback = (OnHeadlineSelectedListener) activity;
} catch (ClassCastException e) {
throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString()
+ " must implement OnHeadlineSelectedListener");
}
}
#Override
public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
// Notify the parent activity of selected item
mCallback.onArticleSelected(position);
// Set the item as checked to be highlighted when in two-pane layout
getListView().setItemChecked(position, true);
}
Realize callback method in FragmentActivity and send (by .setArguments()) data from HeadLinesFragment to ArticleFragment, if ArticleFragment is available
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity
implements HeadlinesFragment.OnHeadlineSelectedListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.news_articles);
// Check whether the activity is using the layout version with
// the fragment_container FrameLayout. If so, we must add the first fragment
if (findViewById(R.id.fragment_container) != null) {
// However, if we're being restored from a previous state,
// then we don't need to do anything and should return or else
// we could end up with overlapping fragments.
if (savedInstanceState != null) {
return;
}
// Create an instance of ExampleFragment
HeadlinesFragment firstFragment = new HeadlinesFragment();
// In case this activity was started with special instructions from an Intent,
// pass the Intent's extras to the fragment as arguments
firstFragment.setArguments(getIntent().getExtras());
// Add the fragment to the 'fragment_container' FrameLayout
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.fragment_container, firstFragment).commit();
}
}
public void onArticleSelected(int position) {
// The user selected the headline of an article from the HeadlinesFragment
// Capture the article fragment from the activity layout
ArticleFragment articleFrag = (ArticleFragment)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.article_fragment);
if (articleFrag != null) {
// If article frag is available, we're in two-pane layout...
// Call a method in the ArticleFragment to update its content
articleFrag.updateArticleView(position);
} else {
// If the frag is not available, we're in the one-pane layout and must swap frags...
// Create fragment and give it an argument for the selected article
ArticleFragment newFragment = new ArticleFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(ArticleFragment.ARG_POSITION, position);
newFragment.setArguments(args);
FragmentTransaction transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
// Replace whatever is in the fragment_container view with this fragment,
// and add the transaction to the back stack so the user can navigate back
transaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, newFragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
// Commit the transaction
transaction.commit();
}
}

You should use an interface within Activity for communication between fragments. Check this android training lesson.
All Fragment-to-Fragment communication is done through the associated
Activity. Two Fragments should never communicate directly.
You can pass arguments to a Fragment with Bundle. Change your code to:
FragmentB f = FragmentB.newInstance(1);
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putString("NAME", name);
args.putInt("AGE", age);
f.setArguments(args);
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.llMain, f).addToBackStack(null).commit();
and then retrieve the arguments for example in FragmentA's onCreateView with:
int age = getArguments().getInt("AGE");
//or with a second parameter as the default value
int age = getArguments().getInt("AGE", 0);
If you want to pass the whole People object to the Bundle, you need to make the class serializable. I think it's easier to pass the variables and then recreate the object.

Android force Fragment to rebuild View

I have a simple app that has two fragments and when in landscape mode, both fragments are shown side by side and in portrait I show Fragment A and then if they select an option, start an Activity that shows Fragment B. My problem is when I am in Portrait mode and showing Fragment B, if the user selects a menu option I want to refresh or redraw the View that is associated with Fragment B and can’t understand how to make this work. I tried the getView method and getLayoutInflater method but the screen doesn’t change because I think I am creating a new view. I also tried to get a reference to Fragment A thinking I could call its routine to build a new fragment and replace Fragment B but can’t get a reference to it because it is not being displayed. What I really need to do is just force the onCreateView method to be called again to inflate the new view but I have tried several methods to try to do this but can’t get the onCreateView to be called again. Any thoughts on how to this?

You will want to perform a FragmentTransaction and use the replace() method
This shouldn't be too hard to do, but the answer will depend on where your Menu is located (i.e. is your onOptionsItemSelected() call back inside your parent Activity or is it in either Fragment A/B?).
Suppose for simplicity's sake, your menu implementation and onOptionsItemSelected() is in the parent activity, and you want to reshape the fragments in the event that menu_option1 is chosen. It would look something like this:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
//...
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_option1:
//do something
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
Fragment newFragment = new YourFragmentClass();
FragmentTransaction transaction = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.your_fragment_id, newFragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();
return true;
case R.id.menu_option2:
//do something else;
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Alternatively, if your menu is a child of one of your Fragments (which it should be for the sake of more reusable code), then one method is to require that host Activity to implement an interface defined by the Fragment, that can be used as a call back.
And in the onOptionsItemSelected() callback inside your fragment class, you simply make a call to this callback method.
Although it sounds like a mouthful, you only really need to do a couple of things. Pretend that this is your Fragment class
public static class FragmentA extends ListFragment {
OnSelectedListener mListener;
// Container Activity must implement this interface
public interface OnSelectedListener {
public void onSelected();
}
...
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
//This is to ensure that the Activity has implemented the interface we set up above
try {
mListener = (OnSelectedListener) activity;
} catch (ClassCastException e) {
throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString() + " must implement OnSelectedListener");
}
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
//...
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_option1:
//do something
getActivity().onSelected();
return true;
case R.id.menu_option2:
//do something else;
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
...
}
Then in the Activity, you would see something like:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements FragmentA.onSelectedListener{
...
public void onSelected(){
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
Fragment newFragment = new YourFragmentClass();
FragmentTransaction transaction = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.your_fragment_id, newFragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();
}
}

if the user selects a menu option I want to refresh or redraw the View that is associated with Fragment B and can’t understand how to make this work
In onOptionsItemSelected(), have the activity call a method on the fragment that causes it to update its widgets with the new content. Or, have the activity execute a FragmentTransaction to replace the fragment (if the fragment was originally set up via a FragmentTransaction).