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How to save fragment state with annotations?

I have a little project, one activity and two fragment. I have started from the "Bottom Navigation Activity" sample on a new projet.
The I use the Android Annotations (https://github.com/androidannotations/androidannotations/wiki) for injecting my fragment, It display correctly but when I rotate, I loose all my information and the app display the first fragment, even if I displayed the second one. I tried to save my data, from an edit text with a Bundle object, in the "onSaveInstanceState" method, I get back it in the "onActivityCreated" or in the "onCreate" method but after their method were re-call and my data desappear.
I don't know how to save which fragment was displayed and how re-displayed it with the android annotations.
In my Activity class I have those methods :
#Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
}
#Override
protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
}
And in my main fragments :
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
if(dpdEditText != null){
rttNumberTemp = rttEditText.getText().toString();
outState.putString("rttNumberTemp", rttNumberTemp);
}
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
Log.d(Tag, "onActivityCreated");
if(savedInstanceState != null){
Log.d(Tag, "onActivityCreated if");
updateEditText(rttEditText,savedInstanceState.getString("rttNumberTemp"));
}
}
So my question is how can I save my fragment, and its data and which fragment is displayed ?

I finally find my mistake. In my main activity I have the following method :
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
So the program call the view by the injection and call it again with the setContentView. So I update the method like that :
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}

Saving the state of my App through rotation

I am building a memory game app for a java class and i need to save which words are displayed through rotation of the device...the widgets that need to be saved and passed to the new onCreate() method are button widgets that i used setText to display the words that are being shown....can i save and pass the entire state of the application...here is my code that is obviously not working and i was hoping i could get some insight...thanks...here is my code..
private Bundle myBundle = new Bundle();
.....
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_eight);
if(savedInstanceState != null) {
savedInstanceState = myBundle;
}
......
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
myBundle = savedInstanceState;
}

You got the semantics of using the Bundle backwards. You don't ever want to save the Bundle (or overwrite it). Just use it to serialize your own state variables into it and out of it. For example, if you want to preserve two integer variables and a string between a rotation (such that you can re-initialize the view with these members later), you could do the following:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_eight);
if(savedInstanceState != null) {
// Restore our member variables that represent activity state right here from the passed in Bundle.
_x = savedInstanceState.getInt("MyApp.X", 0);
_y = savedInstanceState.getInt("MyApp.Y", 0);
_name = savedInstanceState.getString("MyApp.NAME", "player");
// not shown - initializing the view elements with the initialized member variables.
}
......
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// save our activity state by adding our member variables that represent activity state into the Bundle.
savedInstanceState.putInt("MyApp.X", _x);
savedInstanceState.putInt("MyApp.Y", _y);
savedInstanceState.putString("MyApp.NAME", _name);
// call the parent method *after* you have saved your state
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
}
Bundle also supports arrays of simple types.

In method onSaveInstanceState add values which you want to save like below
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
savedInstanceState.putString("key","your string here");
}
and inside oncreate
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
if( savedInstanceState != null ) {
System.out.println(savedInstanceState .getString("key"));
}
}

Is it save to overrwrite the savedInstanceState bundle after passing it up?

I have the following (to avoid checking if a fragment is being created newly or just being recreated)
#Override public void onActivityCreated(Bundle args) {
super.onActivityCreated(args);
if (this.getArguments() != null) args = this.getArguments();
// rest of fragment loading goes here
}

Not sure what you are trying to do never seen budle values being overwritten.
If you want some values to be availbale inside fragment pass those values to activity and inside fragment call getActivity().getIntent().getExtra(
Otherwise have a look at code below if want save some fragment data if fragment is destroyed
Inside fragment in onCreate method check if savedInstanceState is null or not
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
if (savedInstanceState != null) {
//fragment recreated
}
}
Save data as follows
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
if (jsonObject != null) {
outState.putString(Constants.JSON, jsonObject.toString());
}
}

how to set listview's position after configuration change

I'm struggling to recover my position in a listview on screen rotation configuration change.
Amongst the many things I've tried I came to this:
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(#Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
...
mVisibleItem = -1;
} else {
if (savedInstanceState.containsKey(LV_VISIBLE_ITEM)) {
mVisibleItem = savedInstanceState.getInt(LV_VISIBLE_ITEM);
}
}
setRetainInstance(true);
}
and here I'm trying to set the position in the listview
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (mVisibleItem > 0) {
mlvDictionaryIndex.setSelectionFromTop(mVisibleItem, 0);
}
}
However, much to my surprise, after rotating the screen and watching mVisibleItem gets set with the correct value, in onResume I see that mVisibleItem equals -1. How come?

use onSavedInstanceState to write in the bundle the returned value of ListView.onSaveInstanceState(), and restored it onActivityCreated
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
if (mListView != null) {
outState.putParcelable(LISTVIEW_INTERNAL_STATE_KEY, mListView.onSaveInstanceState());
}
}
after the data are reload then you can call
mListView.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState.getParcelable(LISTVIEW_INTERNAL_STATE_KEY));

Override onSaveInstanceState such as below"
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
savedInstanceState.putInt("pos", pos);
}
Then in your onCreate method have read the savedInstanceState to check if this is an orientation change or a new activity.
private int pos = 0;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
//This is a new activity
}else{
pos = savedInstanceState.getInt("");
}
Now you have the position in the list, and you can scroll to this in configuration change.

Maybe after the data in the listview is reloaded，the code below will work.
mlvDictionaryIndex.setSelectionFromTop(mVisibleItem, 0);
So you can use post() method, just like below:
post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
mlvDictionaryIndex.setSelectionFromTop(mVisibleItem, 0);
}
});

saving ArrayList in the bundle savedInstanceState

the ArrayList is defined on class level.
these are my savedInstance methods:
#Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
outState.putStringArrayList("savedList", list);
}
#Override
protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
list=savedInstanceState.getStringArrayList("savedList");
}
but still, when i change orientation the ArrayList is blank

When you use onRestoreInstanceState() to restore state, its called after onStart() so you update your list with the saved state after you define your adapter. Your best option is to restore the list in onCreate() the same way you do it on onRestoreInstanceState(). You can also redefine the adapter or call notifyDataSetChanged().

TextView textviewname;
String textname;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//declare the ui like this
textviewname = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textviewid);
if(savedInstanceState==null){
//the first time the activity was created
//do the normal flow of the code
//Example:getting the intent data for(savedList)or processing it
Intent i = getIntent();
textname = i.getStringExtra("savetext");
//or textname="name_data";
}else{
//this is called when orientation change occur
//get the savedata
list=savedInstanceState.getStringArrayList("savedList");
textname=savedInstanceState.getString("savetext");
}
textviewname.setText(textname);
}
#Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
//saving data when orientation change trigger
//saving data before ondestroy happens
//onSaveInstanceState is called before going to another activity or orientation change
outState.putStringArrayList("savedList", list);
outState.putString("savetext", textname);
//all imnportant data saved and can be restored
}
#Override
protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
//this is only called after ondestroy-> oncreate occur
list=savedInstanceState.getStringArrayList("savedList");
textname=savedInstanceState.getString("savetext");
//oncreate->onSaveInstanceState->ondestroy->oncreate->onRestoreInstanceState
}

try to use
list.addAll(savedInstanceState.getStringArrayList("savedList"));
instead
list=savedInstanceState.getStringArrayList("savedList");