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Android fragment simple backstack

I have one activity containing one container that will receive 2 fragments.
Once the activity initialises i start the first fragment with:
showFragment(new FragmentA());
private void showFragment(Fragment fragment) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.container, fragment, fragment.getTag())
.addToBackStack(fragment.getTag())
.commit();
}
Then when the user clicks on FragmentA, I receive this click on Activity level and I call:
showFragment(new FragmentB());
Now when I press back button it returns to fragment A (thats correct) and when i press again back button it show empty screen (but stays in the same activity). I would like it to just close the app (since the activity has no parent).
There are a lot of posts related with Fragments and backstack, but i can't find a simple solution for this. I would like to avoid the case where I have to check if im doing back press on Fragment A or Fragment B, since i might extend the number of Fragments and I will need to maintain that method.

You are getting blank screen because when you add first fragment you are calling addToBackStack() due to which you are adding a blank screen unknowingly!
now what you can do is call the following method in onBackPressed() and your problem will be solved
public void moveBack()
{
//FM=fragment manager
if (FM != null && FM.getBackStackEntryCount() > 1)
{
FM.popBackStack();
}else {
finish();
}
}
DO NOT CALL SUPER IN ONBACKPRESSED();
just call the above method!

addToBackStack(fragment.getTag())
use it for fragment B only, not for fragment A

I think your fragment A is not popped out correctly, try to use add fragment rather replace to have proper back navigation, however You can check count of back stack using:
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
int count = fragmentManager.getBackStackEntryCount();
and you can also directly call finish() in activity onBackPressed() when you want your activity to close on certain fragment count.

Which callback method called when coming back to a fragment from another added fragment?

I have a fragment [A], and I add a new fragment [B] through this code:
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.addToBackStack(null).**add**(R.id.activity_content, fragment).commit();
I want to run some code when I come back to [A] from [B] using a back button. However, When clicking back button on fragment [B], none of the callback methods on [A] are called.
Given that I am adding a fragment through "add" and not "replace," are there any callback methods I can override in [A]?

For this case you should probably add an OnBackstackChangedListener:
// Add this after the transaction...
getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(new OnBackStackChangedListener() {
#Override
public void onBackStackChanged() {
// Do your logic here. Probably want to remove the
// listener at this point too.
}
});

Returning back to an Activity after calling and closing a Fragment does not change my Activity's lifecycle

Given an Activity that acts as a Home page (it never closes) that launches various fragments, how to know when the Activity is visible to the user?
From what I have observed, when I open a fragment the lifecycle for the Activity never changes, onPause() is not called. And when I close the fragment, onResume() is not called on my Activity.
Here is how I am starting my fragments, I am using this method and passing the fragment I want to launch to it.
public void addFragment(int containerId, Fragment fragment, boolean addToBackStack) {
// Check if the fragment has been added already. If so, then
// don't add the fragment.
Fragment temp = mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(fragment.getClass().getName());
if(temp != null && temp.isAdded()) {
return;
}
FragmentTransaction ft = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
ft.add(containerId, fragment, fragment.getClass().getName());
if(addToBackStack)
ft.addToBackStack(null);
ft.commit();
}
What is the methodology for indicating that my Activity is visible again? Thanks in advance!

in the oncreate method of your home activity, call
mFragmentManager.addOnBackStackChangedListener(this) ;
and then define
#Override
public void onBackStackChanged() {
int backStackCount = mFragmentManager.getBackStackEntryCount();
if(backStackCount == 0) {} //back to home screen
}

Your Activity is always Visible even if thousand Fragments are showing at the same time, for the sake of understanding Fragments are just Custom-Views, and the Fragment gives a helping hand in handling your View, so onPause() on your activity does not need to called when a Fragment dies or is born,just like inflating a View.
Just like Sir #Tim Mutton said, you need to check your BackStack to know if you are back, or you can use the ViewGroup method ViewGroup.indexOfChild(View child) - this method will an int of value getChildCount()-1 which means its on top of its fellow sibblings..
Hope it helps

Query with Fragment backstack

Say I have 2 fragments: A and B
Fragment A is on top. Now, I add fragment B keeping A in backstack.
Now when back button is pressed, B is removed and A comes on top.
Is there any callback method in A which gets called at this point?
Note: onResume is closely bound with activity, thus it is not called. Fragment's onResume() is called only when activity's onResume() is called.

Sorry but there is no call back, as popToBackStack results to recreate fragments only in case of replace transaction and not in add.

You may want to add OnBackStackChangedListener to your fragment manager and monitor BackStackEntryCount
getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(new OnBackStackChangedListener() {
public void onBackStackChanged() {
Log.i(TAG, "back stack changed ");
int backCount = getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount();
}
}
});
Once you get this trigger, you can pass a message from activity to fragment A as described in this article Deliver a Message to a Fragment or probably have an Observer in your Fragment observe an Observable in your main Activity

onViewStateRestored() is called when fragment is shown again.

Back from fragment to Activity onBackPressed

My question is that, i've one activity and one fragment,from activity open that fragment but when i pressed back button it close application.
i try with this code.
for open fragment.
case R.id.button_contact:
Fragment fragment = new FragmentContact();
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.frame_container,fragment).addToBackStack("Frag1").commit();
break;
for back button.
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate("Frag1",0);
super.onBackPressed();
}

I'm assuming you just want to remove the fragment and have the activity remain?
In that case modify your onBackPressed method to be
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("Frag1") != null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate("Frag1",0);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
This will remove the fragment from the activity if it is added and if it isn't, then the back button will act as normal and destroy the activity.

Just remove this line from onBackPressed().
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate("Frag1",0);
Its work.

You can do something like this. It will work with your stack:
if (getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() == 0) {
super.onBackPressed();
} else {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
}
This piece of code will pop the stack if there is any fragment. Otherwise the back button will close the activity

What these two lines are doing:
1). getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate("Frag1",0);
As you are adding you fragment in activity backstack, so when you are calling on back press,
it remove fragment from stack, now in your stack activity is left, means stack size is one.
2). super.onBackPressed();
I think you are aware of calling super.onbackpress funcionality, here it will finish
your activity and stack size is 0 now, and app will close immidately if stack size is 0.
so you have to remove super.onbackpress() Method.