Using Tabs inside android.app.Fragment? - android

How can I create a Fragment with tabs on the top, hosting other Fragments?
I previously used android.support.v4.app.Fragment but switched to android.app.Fragment because of the PreferenceFragment class. My code was:
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_tabs,container, false);
mTabHost = (FragmentTabHost)rootView.findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
mTabHost.setup(getActivity(), getChildFragmentManager(), R.id.realtabcontent);
mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("fragmentb").setIndicator("Fragment B"),
FragmentB.class, null);
return rootView;
}
But this don't work anymore because setup require a v4-FragmentManager.
Any suggestion how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance!

As #SubinSebastian answered here :
Add the following project as a library project to your application.
https://github.com/kolavar/android-support-v4-preferencefragment
This solution is better than all other solutions. Add this project as a library project to your workspace. You can keep everything including your fragment transaction as it is and when importing the PreferenceFragment do it like the following.
import android.support.v4.preference.PreferenceFragment;
instead of
import android.preference.PreferenceFragment;

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Its a combination of fragment transactions add, hide, and stack push and pop.
Stack is needed for back press events.
Hope that helps.

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