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Fragment asynchronous Interface callback handling

I have a Fragment that does some communication with the internet trough some helper Class that requires an interface to handle asynchronous callbacks like this:
SomeInternetCommunicator.getResource(theResourceToGet, retrieverInterfaceInstance);
The interface looks like this:
public interface SomeInternetCommunicator {
void onResourceRetrieveSuccess(SomeResource resource);
void onResourceRetrieveFailed(CommunicatorException e);
}
The problem is that, sometimes the calls take too long, the user already navigated elsewhere and the Fragment that did the call to getResource is not part of the currently running Activity anymore (not showing, not on backstack). This causes many problems because this orphan Fragment is still attempting to react to the callbacks even if it is not part of the Activity anymore. For example, getContext() returns null.
Now my workaround on the Fragment looks like this:
SomeInternetCommunicator flocktrackerTrackerRetrieverInterface = new SomeInternetCommunicator() {
#Override
public void onResourceRetrieveSuccess(SomeResource resource) {
if(isVisible()){
doRetrievalPostProcessing(resource);
}
}
#Override
void onResourceRetrieveFailed(CommunicatorException e) {
if(isVisible()){
doExceptionHandling();
}
}
};
Using the isVisible() works because this ensures that the fragment is still on the foreground, part of the Activity and ready to do the handling. This, however, doesn't help me to cover the case for when the Fragment is not visible, but still part of the current Activity, limiting my possibilities for loading the Fragment before showing it. (Activity is in the background, Fragment is on the Backstack, Fragment loaded by a ViewPager).
Is there a better way to ensure that the Fragment is still on the current Activity's scope before I do the postprocessing? Maybe checking isAdded()?
This question seems to explain a broader but related situation, but it has no answers.
Thank you!

there're two usual approaches to this case:
the best approach is to have a way to clear the interface instance from the SomeInternetCommunicator. Something like:
.
#Override public void onDestroyView(){
SomeInternetCommunicator.removeMe(this);
}
if option (1) is not possible because SomeInternetCommunicator is a poorly coded library, you force option 1 to be possible by making a separate class to implement the interface.
.
public class SomeInternetCommunicatorInterceptor implements SomeInternetCommunicatorInterface {
private SomeInternetCommunicatorInterface listener;
public void setListener(SomeInternetCommunicatorInterface listener){
this.listener=listener;
}
#Override
public void onResourceRetrieveSuccess(SomeResource resource){
if(listener != null){
listener.onResourceRetrieveSuccess(resource);
}
}
#Override
public void onResourceRetrieveFailed(CommunicatorException e){
if(listener != null){
listener.onResourceRetrieveFailed(e);
}
}
}
then on your fragment you use this new class as:
private SomeInternetCommunicatorInterceptor interceptor;
public void onCreateView(....){
... your code
interceptor = new SomeInternetCommunicatorInterceptor();
}
onStart(){
interceptor.setListener(this);
}
onStop(){
interceptor.setListener(null);
}
public void onDestroyView(){
interceptor = null;
super.onDestroyView();
}
VERY IMPORTANT:
if you make SomeInternetCommunicatorInterceptor an internal class of the fragment you HAVE TO make it as static class

How to pass a bundle of a LinkedHashMap FROM Fragment back to its Activity

I have an expandable listview in an activity containing questions in groups. My answers are answered in a fragment when user choose the question.
I gather the positions of child and group positions in a LinkedHashMap.
How to send this Map back to the Activity?
thank you

I think simplest way is to pass it to Activity by simple setter:
inside Activity:
private LinkedHashMap linkedHashMap;
public void setLinkedHashMap(LinkedHashMap linkedHashMap) {
this.linkedHashMap = linkedHashMap;
}
inside some method in fragment:
MyActivity myActivity = (MyActivity) getActivity();
myActivity.setLinkedHashMap(linkedHashMap);

You declare an interface.
interface ActivityListener {
onGroupPositionsReady(LinkedHashMap map);
}
You implement it in your Activity.
And then implement the following in the fragment.
#Override
public void onAttach(Context context) {
super.onAttach(context);
Object host = getHost();
if (host instanceof ActivityListener ) {
activityListener = (ActivityListener ) host;
}
}
And when you are ready with the map.
activityListener.onGroupPositionsReady(yourMap);

Through an interface.
Define a custom interface, for example:
public interface BackToActivity {
void onAnswersChosen(LinkedHashMap map);
}
Your activity must implement it. Then, from fragment, call ((BackToActivity)getContext).onAnswersChosen(map)

How to pass data between multiple Fragments in Android

In my main Activity, I have a DialogFragment that contains a FragmentTabHost. I have two tabs, one that is a DialogFragment and one that is a ListFragment. When either the 'OK' button is pressed in the inner DialogFragment or when an element in the ListFragment is pressed, I want to pass two Strings (that are entered in two TextView's in the inner DialogFragment and are displayed in each element in the ListFragment) back to the Activity, but I am unsure of how to do this with multiple levels of Fragments.
Any help is appreciated!

There's no magic.
You can achieve with two approaches.
Use callback.
Create interface and class to pass the data through child Fragment to Activity. You don't need to modify bridged TabHostFragment as Fragment always rely on its mother Context (Activity) no matter how many fragments wrap the fragment.
public class TwoStrings {
public TwoStrings(String one, String two){
this.one = one;
this.two = two;
}
public String one;
public String two;
}
First, declare interface.
public interface DataPassListener {
void dataPassed(TwoStrings data);
}
And, implement interface in Activity.
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements DataPassListener {
#Override
public void dataPassed(TwoStrings data) {
// do something with data.
Log.d("string one", data.one);
Log.d("string two", data.two);
}
}
Finally, let child Fragment acknowlege that mother Activity has the callback listener.
public class DialogFragment1 extends DialogFragment {
DataPassListener listener;
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
if (activity instanceOf DataPassListener)
listener = (DataPassListener) activity;
}
public void setDataPassListener(DataPassListener listener){
listener = ((DataPassListener) listener);
}
public void doSomeThing(){
if(listener != null) // important to prevent NullPointerException
listener.dataPassed("a", "b");
}
}
Use EventBus.
I prefer to use Otto in order to publish and subscribe data.
To subscribe event for listening in Activity,
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
BusProvider.getInstance().register(this);
}
#Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
BusProvider.getInstance().unregister(this);
}
#Subscribe
public void onUpdateTwoStrings(TwoStrings event) {
// do something with data.
Log.d("string one", data.one);
Log.d("string two", data.two);
}
}
And, publish event in anywhere in Fragment.
bus.post(new TwoStrings("a", "b"));

Take a look at setTargetFragment() and getTargetFragment() methods. You could connect fragments with each other through it without any additional callbacks and libs.

How Send message from fragment to activity and received and use in activity?

Please please don't minus my question i confused when googling.
I used Android Tab Layout with Swipeable Views in my code for when user pressed setting button on an activity.
now I need send message from TopRatedFragment.java that extends from fragment to the activity that call the mainActivity of "Android Tab Layout with Swipeable Views".

You can do this by implementing a call back
create an interface first
public interface CommunicationInterface {
public void onSuccess();
public void onFailed();
}
then in your activity implement the interface
public class YourActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements CommunicationInterface {
//default functions
#Override
public void onSuccess() {
//stuff you want to do in the acivity
}
#Override
public void onFailed() {
//stuff you want to do in the acivity
}
}
Now in the fragment
public class yourfragment extends Fragment {
CommunicationInterface callback;
//stuffs that usually come in yor fragment and like OncreateView etc
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(#Nullable Bundle outState) {
super.onActivityCreated(outState);
//after all the stuff you want to do in your fragment then implement //call back function to communicate with the activity
callback= (CommunicationInterface) getActivity();
callback.onSuccess();//according to your purpose use where ever you like
callback.onFailed();//according to your purpose use where ever you like
}
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
callback= (CommunicationInterface) activity;
}
}

Take a close look on this reference:
Creating event callbacks to the activity

The android docs recommend using this pattern of having the parent activity implement an interface of the fragment (Basically calling methods on it)
class MyFragment extends Fragment {
interface Listener {
public void onSomeEvent();
}
private void somethingHappeninInTheFragment() {
// let the activity know
((Listener) getActivity()).onSomeEVent();
}
}
class MyActivity extends Activity implements MyFragment.Listener {
// etc
#Override
public void onSomeEvent() {
// handle the message from the fragment
}
}
Explained with a more concrete example here: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html#EventCallbacks

Here's the solution:
Step 1 : From your fragment.
Intent i = new Intent(getActivity(), YourActivity.class);
i.putExtra("key", "Your value1");
i.putExtra("key2", "Your value2");
i.putExtra("key3", "Your value3");
getActivity().startActivity(i);
Step 2 : In your Activity where you want the result
Intent getResults = getIntent();
String firstValue = getResults.getStringExtra("key1");
String secondValue = getResults.getStringExtra("key2");
String thirdValue = getResults.getStringExtra("key3");
Use those values your needs are.
Hope this helps.. :)

Call fragment from another fragment after some delay

I searched all over the web, couldn't find a good reference on how to call fragment from another fragment.
Fragment A -> Fragment B (fragment A calls fragment B after 3 seconds)

Well, first of all you need to consider that it's a very bad idea to keep somehow a direct reference from FragmentA to FragmentB. Why:
FragmentB may be recreated and you may keep a reference to an older reference of FragmentB. So you have a memory leak.
FragmentB may be not created, added or visible. So you would have a null/unusable reference.
For this reason you need to consider methods that base on sending messages from FragmentA to FragmentB. I see several options:
Send a broadcast message using a custom action from FragmentA. FragmentB registers itself as a receiver for this kind of message (in onCreate/onResume/onAttach and de-register in onDestroy/onPause/onDetach) and when the message arrives it can handle it. This is very suitable if you have no data to send from FragmentA to FragmentB or if you do these are primitive types or easy-to-implement Parcelables. Here's an example:
Have this in FragmentA:
private void sendMessageToFragmentB(String someData) {
Intent messageIntent = new Intent("com.your_package.A_TO_B_ACTION");
messageIntent.putExtra("DATA_VALUE", someData);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).sendBroadcast(messageIntent);
}
While in FragmentB you could have this:
public class FragmentB extends Fragment {
private BroadcastReceiver messagesFromAReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if ("com.your_package.A_TO_B_ACTION".equals(intent.getAction())) {
String dataFromA = intent.getStringExtra("DATA_VALUE");
dataFromAReceived(dataFromA);
}
}
};
protected void dataFromAReceived(String data) {
// here you have the data
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
IntentFilter messageFromAIntentFilter = new IntentFilter("com.your_package.A_TO_B_ACTION");
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).registerReceiver(messagesFromAReceiver,
messageFromAIntentFilter);
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).unregisterReceiver(messagesFromAReceiver);
}
}
Use the hosting activity as a proxy: The host activity implements some kind of interface defined in FragmentA and when requested it can search if it can find FragmentB and if so call some method in there. The advantage is that you can send any data, no matter its weight. The base idea is descrived in Android dev articles. To exemplify, you could have FragmentA as:
public class FragmentA extends Fragment {
public static interface CallerProxy {
public void sendCustomMessage(Object... dataParams);
}
private CallerProxy proxyActivity;
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
if (activity instanceof CallerProxy) {
this.proxyActivity = (CallerProxy) activity;
}
}
#Override
public void onDetach() {
super.onDetach();
this.proxyActivity = null;
}
private void sendMessageToFragmentB(String someData) {
if (proxyActivity != null) {
// send whatever data
proxyActivity.sendCustomMessage(new Integer(1), new Object());
// or don't send anything ...
proxyActivity.sendCustomMessage();
}
}
}
The proxy activity would have at least these methods and signature:
public class MyProxyActivity extends FragmentActivity implements CallerProxy {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// call setContentView and then make sure you've added FragmentA and
// FragmentB.
}
#Override
public void sendCustomMessage(Object... dataParams) {
// FragmentB must be identified somehow, either by tag,
// either by id. Suppose you'll identify by tag. This means you've added
// it previously with this tag
Fragment fragment = getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("FragmentB-TAG");
if (fragment != null) {
FragmentB fragB = (FragmentB) fragment;
fragB.dataFromAReceived(dataParams);
}
}
}
While in FragmentB all you need is a method that can be called with above sent parameters:
public void dataFromAReceived(Object ... data) {
// here you have the data
}
Use or implement some sort of event bus. Some general details here. For Android I remember that Otto event bus was very handy and easy to use. Here's a link with this. This is very similar to first option as you need anyway to register and un-register.
In the end it depends on what you need to send as a message, when should it be received and how flexible does it need to be. ... your choice!
Enjoy programming!

Fragments are not supposed to connect to each other directly, that may be your problem in finding a decent guide to do this.
Your approach makes the assumption that a fragment B will always be reachable (and ready) for a fragment A to interact, and that is actually not true, will kill the flexibility of your Fragment and will cause you problems in the future.
A better approach to interaction of Fragments is to talk only through interfaces that talk directly to a activity that can handle who is alive when where and should receive what.
-> http://developer.android.com/training/basics/fragments/index.html
This Android guide above, specifically on the last topic, shows you how to do this.

i hope this code help you..
in your first fragment add this code
onCreateView
LocalBroadcastManager broadcastManager = LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity());
IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter("update");
// Here you can add additional actions which then would be received by the BroadcastReceiver
broadcastManager.registerReceiver(receiver, intentFilter);
#Override
public void onDestroyView() {
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).unregisterReceiver(receiver);
super.onDestroyView();
}
private BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String action = intent.getAction();
if (action != null && action.equals("update")) {
// perform your update
getOngoingOrderData();
}
}
};
in your second fragment add this code where you send broadcast..
Intent intent = new Intent("update");
LocalBroadcastManager broadcastManager = LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity());
broadcastManager.sendBroadcast(intent);