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Navigation Drawer Application crashes on API 10

Hi I am creating a sample navigation drawer app using ActionBarActivity . My problem is my application is running fine in Android 4.0+ but crashes on Android 2.3.3 even after adding the appropriate support libraries. Thanks in advance.
Error I am getting is [IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/919kro.jpg[/IMG]
package com.example.navigationdrawerdemo;
import java.util.Locale;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ListView mDrawerList;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;
private CharSequence mTitle;
private String[] mPlanetTitles;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();
mPlanetTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
// set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer opens
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
// set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener
mDrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.drawer_list_item, mPlanetTitles));
mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());
// enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
// actionBar = ((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar();
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
// ActionBarDrawerToggle ties together the the proper interactions
// between the sliding drawer and the action bar app icon
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, /* host Activity */
mDrawerLayout, /* DrawerLayout object */
R.drawable.ic_drawer, /* nav drawer image to replace 'Up' caret */
R.string.drawer_open, /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */
R.string.drawer_close /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */
) {
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
};
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
selectItem(0);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
/* Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);
menu.findItem(R.id.action_websearch).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.
// ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
// Handle action buttons
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_websearch:
// create intent to perform web search for this planet
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, getSupportActionBar().getTitle());
// catch event that there's no activity to handle intent
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.app_not_available, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
/* The click listner for ListView in the navigation drawer */
private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
selectItem(position);
}
}
private void selectItem(int position) {
// update the main content by replacing fragments
Fragment fragment = new PlanetFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(PlanetFragment.ARG_PLANET_NUMBER, position);
fragment.setArguments(args);
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
// update selected item and title, then close the drawer
mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
setTitle(mPlanetTitles[position]);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
}
#Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
mTitle = title;
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}
/**
* When using the ActionBarDrawerToggle, you must call it during
* onPostCreate() and onConfigurationChanged()...
*/
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
/**
* Fragment that appears in the "content_frame", shows a planet
*/
public static class PlanetFragment extends Fragment {
public static final String ARG_PLANET_NUMBER = "planet_number";
public PlanetFragment() {
// Empty constructor required for fragment subclasses
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_planet, container, false);
int i = getArguments().getInt(ARG_PLANET_NUMBER);
String planet = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array)[i];
int imageId = getResources().getIdentifier(planet.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()),
"drawable", getActivity().getPackageName());
((ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.fragmentimage)).setImageResource(imageId);
getActivity().setTitle(planet);
return rootView;
}
}
}

Problem: my compiler was not showing that these android:attr/* are not supported in API level 10. I found a solution.
To support lower versions, instead of removing the following three parameters,
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceListItemSmall"
android:background="?android:attr/activatedBackgroundIndicator"
android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeightSmall"
You can actually replace them with equivalent values/resources.
The equivalent values can be obtained from https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/res/res/values/themes.xml
Now,
a) android:textAppearance="#android:style/TextAppearance.Medium"
b) Download a selector from https://github.com/habzy/Test0011_DialerPad/blob/master/res/drawable/list_item_activated_background.xml
In the above project browse the resources in hdpi,mdpi etc and get files named list_activated_holo.9.png
Finally
android:background="#drawable/activated_background_holo_dark"
c) From the equivalent values obtained , we know that listPreferredItemHeightSmall is 48dip
android:minHeight="48dip"

Sample Navigation Folding Drawer

I want to share a demo on Navigation Folding Drawer. How do I do it?
I've come across some really pernicious problems where there is either no good information available or the good information is buried under a sea of bad information.

You have to download the Folding Layout library.
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat;
import android.support.v4.view.MenuItemCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import com.ptr.folding.FoldingDrawerLayout;
public class DemoActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private FoldingDrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ListView mDrawerList;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;
private CharSequence mTitle;
private String[] mAnimalTitles;
private ItemSelectedListener mItemSelectedListener;
static final boolean IS_HONEYCOMB = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_drawer);
mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();
mAnimalTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);
mDrawerLayout = (FoldingDrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
// mFoldLayout = (FoldingNavigationLayout)findViewById(R.id.fold_view);
// mFoldLayout.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
// set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer
// opens
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
// set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener
mDrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.drawer_list_item, mAnimalTitles));
mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());
mItemSelectedListener = new ItemSelectedListener();
// enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
// ActionBarDrawerToggle ties together the the proper interactions
// between the sliding drawer and the action bar app icon
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, /* host Activity */
mDrawerLayout, /* DrawerLayout object */
R.drawable.ic_drawer, /* nav drawer image to replace 'Up' caret */
R.string.drawer_open, /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */
R.string.drawer_close /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */
) {
#SuppressLint("NewApi")
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
if (IS_HONEYCOMB) {
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to
// onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
}
public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
}
#SuppressLint("NewApi")
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
if (IS_HONEYCOMB) {
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to
// onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
}
};
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
selectItem(0);
}
}
/* Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.
// ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
else {
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
/* The click listner for ListView in the navigation drawer */
private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
selectItem(position);
}
}
private void selectItem(int position) {
// update the main content by replacing fragments
Fragment fragment = new AnimalFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(AnimalFragment.ARG_ANIMAL_NUMBER, position);
fragment.setArguments(args);
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
// update selected item and title, then close the drawer
mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
setTitle(mAnimalTitles[position]);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
}
#Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
mTitle = title;
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}
/**
* When using the ActionBarDrawerToggle, you must call it during
* onPostCreate() and onConfigurationChanged()...
*/
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration config) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(config);
// Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(config);
}
/**
* Listens for selection events of the spinner located on the action bar.
* Every time a new value is selected, the number of folds in the folding
* view is updated and is also restored to a default unfolded state.
*/
private class ItemSelectedListener implements OnItemSelectedListener {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
int mNumberOfFolds = Integer.parseInt(parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString());
mDrawerLayout.getFoldingLayout(mDrawerList).setNumberOfFolds(mNumberOfFolds);
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
}
}
}
Here's a screen-shot:

Fragment UI's using navigation drawer

So I have my navigation drawer functionality in the MainActivity of my project, and I have my nav drawer links linked to a fragment, but I don't know how to add a UI to that. Things specifically like findViewById(r.id.code), and trying to set TextView's give me errors like unreachable code here is what I have so far.
MainActivity
package yc.android.yourchallenger;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private String [] mNavigationDrawerItemTitles;
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ListView mDrawerList;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;
private CharSequence mTitle;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mNavigationDrawerItemTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.navigation_drawer_items_array);
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
// Set the adapter for the list view
mDrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.nav_drawer, mNavigationDrawerItemTitles));
// Set the list's click listener
mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener((OnItemClickListener) new DrawerItemClickListener());
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, /* host Activity */
mDrawerLayout, /* DrawerLayout object */
R.drawable.ic_launcher, /* nav drawer icon to replace 'Up' caret */
R.string.drawer_open, /* "open drawer" description */
R.string.drawer_close /* "close drawer" description */
) {
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely closed state. */
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
super.onDrawerClosed(view);
getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely open state. */
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
getActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
}
};
// Set the drawer toggle as the DrawerListener
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Pass the event to ActionBarDrawerToggle, if it returns
// true, then it has handled the app icon touch event
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
// Handle your other action bar items...
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
selectItem(position);
}
}
private void selectItem(int position) {
Fragment fragment = null;
switch (position){
case 0: fragment = new CreateFragment();
break;
case 1: fragment = new ReadFragment();
break;
case 2: fragment = new HelpFragment();
break;
default:
break;
}
/* Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt("key", position);
fragment.setArguments(args);*/
if(fragment != null){
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment)
.commit();
// Highlight the selected item, update the title, and close the drawer
mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
setTitle(mNavigationDrawerItemTitles[position]);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
}
}
#Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title){
mTitle = title;
getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}
}
And here is one of my fragments
package yc.android.yourchallenger;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
public class ReadFragment extends Fragment {
public ReadFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_create, container, false);
TextView view = findViewById(R.id.view);
return rootView;
}
}

There is no reason to make the view created in onCreateView() static (re: Droidy). Simply call getView() anywhere within the Fragment lifecycle after onCreateView().
In your example, all you needed was to change
TextView view = findViewById(R.id.view);
to
TextView view = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.view);
You can call findViewById(int) on any ViewGroup to find it's children. Calling it in an Activity is a convenience method that uses the view set in setContentView().
So if you wanted to find the view later in the Fragment lifecycle, you'd do something like:
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
TextView view = (TextView) getView().findViewById(R.id.view);
}
You can also instantiate views in onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState), where the root view is the first parameter.

Make rootView , private (static) and declare it before the default constructor. Then after inflating your layout to rootView, you can access all the UI elements by using the rootView as follows.
TextView view = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.view);
Use getActivity() instead of the keyword this inside your Fragment class.
Hope it helps.

Altering what will appear on different fragments (Navigation Drawer)

I'm back on again. My last attempt at the Navigation Drawer failed, so I have started it with fragments (going much better this time). Anyways, I have got to the point where the fragments are loading etc, but I have no idea where it edits what appears in each fragment.
I was assuming there was a separate thing for each fragment, but I can't find it, if you guys can help that would be great.
So basically, my question is, how to tell the different fragments what to display? I have a feeling it is in the onCreateView method but I'm not sure..
Here's my code:
package com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample;
import java.util.Locale;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private DrawerLayout DrawerLayout;
private ListView DrawerList;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle DrawerToggle;
private CharSequence DrawerTitle;
private CharSequence Title;
private String[] pageArray;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Title = DrawerTitle = getTitle();
pageArray = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.pageArray);
DrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
DrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
// set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer opens
DrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
// set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener
DrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.drawer_list_item, pageArray));
DrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());
// enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
// ActionBarDrawerToggle ties together the the proper interactions
// between the sliding drawer and the action bar app icon
DrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, /* host Activity */
DrawerLayout, /* DrawerLayout object */
R.drawable.ic_drawer, /* nav drawer image to replace standard image in action bar */
R.string.drawer_open, /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */
R.string.drawer_close /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */
) {
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
getActionBar().setTitle(Title);
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
getActionBar().setTitle(DrawerTitle);
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
};
DrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(DrawerToggle);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
selectItem(0);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
/* Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
boolean drawerOpen = DrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(DrawerList);
menu.findItem(R.id.action_websearch).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.
// ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.
if (DrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
// Handle action buttons
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_websearch:
// create intent to perform web search for this planet
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, getActionBar().getTitle());
// catch event that there's no activity to handle intent
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.app_not_available, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
/* The click listener for ListView in the navigation drawer */
private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view, int position, long id) {
selectItem(position);
}
}
private void selectItem(int position) {
// update the main content by replacing fragments
Fragment fragment = new PageFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(PageFragment.ARG_PAGE_NUMBER, position);
fragment.setArguments(args);
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
// update selected item and title, then close the drawer
DrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
setTitle(pageArray[position]);
DrawerLayout.closeDrawer(DrawerList);
}
#Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
Title = title;
getActionBar().setTitle(Title);
}
/**
* When using the ActionBarDrawerToggle, you must call it during
* onPostCreate() and onConfigurationChanged()...
*/
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
DrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls
DrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
/**
* Fragment that appears in the "content_frame", shows a planet
*/
public static class PageFragment extends Fragment {
public static final String ARG_PAGE_NUMBER = "page_number";
public PageFragment() {
// Empty constructor required for fragment subclasses
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_planet, container, false);
int pgNum = getArguments().getInt(ARG_PAGE_NUMBER);
String planet = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.pageArray)[pgNum];
int imageId = getResources().getIdentifier(planet.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()),
"drawable", getActivity().getPackageName());
((ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.image)).setImageResource(imageId);
getActivity().setTitle(planet);
return rootView;
}
}
}
If you can help me out, that would be great :)

Look in your selectItem method, which is called whenever a tab is selected.
It currently creates a new PageFragment instance:
Fragment fragment = new PageFragment();
And then passes the ID of the selected item as an argument:
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(PageFragment.ARG_PAGE_NUMBER, position);
fragment.setArguments(args);
That is to say, no matter which item is selected, PageFragment is instantiated, just with different arguments.
In PageFragment's onCreateView method, this argument is retrieved and used to determine which planet to display:
int pgNum = getArguments().getInt(ARG_PAGE_NUMBER);
String planet = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.pageArray)[pgNum];
int imageId = getResources().getIdentifier(planet.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()),
"drawable", getActivity().getPackageName());
So, that is 'where it edits what appears in each fragment'.
If you want to display a different fragment for each item in the drawer (probably a fairly common use case) then I would use a switch statement:
private void selectItem(int position) {
Fragment fragment;
// Select a different fragment based on which tab has been selected
switch (position) {
case 0:
fragment = new TopDrawerItemFragment();
break;
case 1:
fragment = new SecondDrawerItemFragment();
break;
}
// Replace the fragment
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
// update selected item and title, then close the drawer
mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
setTitle(mTabTitles[position]);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
}
TopDrawerItemFragment and SecondDrawerItemFragment could be inner classes (like PageFragment) or separate Java class files.

You're selectItem method is setting up your fragment views. The lines
Fragment fragment = new PageFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(PageFragment.ARG_PAGE_NUMBER, position);
fragment.setArguments(args);
are creating the new fragment and setting its data where as the next 2 lines in the method
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
are changing the app's view to that of the fragment's (basically displaying that fragment). As for the fragment's view, the fragment'w own onCreateView method issetting up its view. Hopefully that helps

NavigationDrawer using only Android Support Library

is there any example project which use only Android Support Library (revision 18) to implement Navigation Drawer on Android +2.2 without using any additional library (ABS etc.) ? Here is the example which use ASL but it's work only on API +14 : http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html .
Here is my MainActivity:
package com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample;
import java.util.Locale;
import android.app.Activity;
//import android.app.Fragment;
//import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ListView mDrawerList;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;
private CharSequence mTitle;
private String[] mPlanetTitles;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();
mPlanetTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
// set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer opens
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
// set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener
mDrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.drawer_list_item, mPlanetTitles));
mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());
// enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
/* ActionBarDrawerToggle ties together the the proper interactions
between the sliding drawer and the action bar app icon */
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, /* host Activity */
mDrawerLayout, /* DrawerLayout object */
R.drawable.ic_drawer, /* nav drawer image to replace 'Up' caret */
R.string.drawer_open, /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */
R.string.drawer_close /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */
) {
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
getActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
};
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
selectItem(0);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
/* Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);
menu.findItem(R.id.action_websearch).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.
// ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
// Handle action buttons
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_websearch:
// create intent to perform web search for this planet
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, getActionBar().getTitle());
// catch event that there's no activity to handle intent
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.app_not_available, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
/* The click listner for ListView in the navigation drawer */
private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
selectItem(position);
}
}
private void selectItem(int position) {
// update the main content by replacing fragments
Fragment fragment = new PlanetFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt(PlanetFragment.ARG_PLANET_NUMBER, position);
fragment.setArguments(args);
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
// update selected item and title, then close the drawer
mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
setTitle(mPlanetTitles[position]);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
}
#Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
mTitle = title;
getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}
/**
* When using the ActionBarDrawerToggle, you must call it during
* onPostCreate() and onConfigurationChanged()...
*/
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
/**
* Fragment that appears in the "content_frame", shows a planet
*/
public static class PlanetFragment extends Fragment {
public static final String ARG_PLANET_NUMBER = "planet_number";
public PlanetFragment() {
// Empty constructor required for fragment subclasses
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_planet, container, false);
int i = getArguments().getInt(ARG_PLANET_NUMBER);
String planet = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array)[i];
int imageId = getResources().getIdentifier(planet.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()),
"drawable", getActivity().getPackageName());
((ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.image)).setImageResource(imageId);
getActivity().setTitle(planet);
return rootView;
}
}
}
and of course i change minSdk to 8 but it still doesn't work.

First you need to extend ActionBarActivity instead of FragmentActivity
Second change your App Theme to #style/Theme.AppCompat or #style/Theme.AppCompat.Light
Third change every call to getActionBar() for getSupportActionBar() and invalidateOptionsMenu() for supportInvalidateOptionsMenu()
That should do, here is the google example using AppCompat-v7 i did to test it, I also used a custom adapter for the listview just ignore that :)
https://github.com/BradleyRL/NavDrawerExampleAppCompat-v7

all you have to do is just import the v4 support library in your project and you can just follow the example in the docs that you linked.
its the same thing for any version of android 2.2 and up, just substitute any fragment use with support fragment usage from the library

What makes you think it only works on API 14+? If it's the minSDKVersion in the Manifest in the downloadable example, I guess that's just to have the Holo Theme they use.
Just change minSDKVersion to 8 or so and fix what needs fixing to match it. The NavigationDrawer itself should work with SDKVersions down to 4 as it's in the v4 version of the support library.