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FragmentTransaction adds content to the wrong LinearLayout

I have a search interface (with an android search widget). When I retrieve results, each results is wrapped into a folding-cell. Once the folding-cell is loaded, I fill the cell-title with a simple TextView. Then, I fill the content with a TextView (which works). In addition to the TextView, my cell-content also contains a LinearLayout. I use this layout to add a fragment, using a FragmentTransaction.
My problem is that each fragment is supposed to fill a different folding-cell, but only they all adds to the first folding-cell (so I guess that FragmentTransaction manager is adding all fragments to the same LinearLayout, the one of the first Folding-Cell).
Here is a screen of 1st and 2nd folding-cells, unfolded:
Here is the code for the search results :
try {
JSONArray jsonarr = new JSONArray(response);
for (int i = 0; i < jsonarr.length(); i++) {
JSONObject row = jsonarr.getJSONObject(i);
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putString("email", row.getString("email"));
args.putString("name", row.getString("nom_organisme"));
Fragment newFragment = new FragmentOrganisationFoldingCell();
newFragment.setArguments(args);
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.container_organisation_presentation_for_search, newFragment).commit();
organisationList.add(newFragment);
}
if(jsonarr.length() == 0){
errorText.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Here is the FramgmentOrganisationFoldingCell:
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_organisation_folding_cell, container, false);
final FoldingCell fc = (FoldingCell) view.findViewById(R.id.folding_cell);
Bundle args = getArguments();
TextView organisationName = view.findViewById(R.id.search_organisation_default_name);
organisationName.setText(args.getString("name"));
TextView t = view.findViewById(R.id.cell_content);
t.setText(args.getString("name"));
LinearLayout fragContainer = (LinearLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.cell_content_frag);
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(fragContainer.getId(), new FragmentProfileOrganisation(), "Organisation" + args.getString("name")).commit();
fc.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
fc.toggle(false);
}
});
return view;
}
Here is fragment_organisation_folding_cell, which is the view I inflate in FragmentOrganisationFoldingCell :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/block">
<com.ramotion.foldingcell.FoldingCell
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/folding_cell"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clipChildren="false"
android:clipToPadding="false">
<!-- CONTENT (UNFOLDED) LAYOUT (MUST BE AT LEAST 2x times BIGGER than content layout bellow)-->
<include layout="#layout/cell_content_layout" />
<!-- TITLE (FOLDED) LAYOUT (MUST BE AT LEAST 2x times SMALLER than content layout above) -->
<include layout="#layout/cell_title_layout" />
</com.ramotion.foldingcell.FoldingCell>
</LinearLayout>
Here is the XML code for the cell_content_layout, which contains the LinearLayout I use to add my fragments. (So I beleive that this is the file that creates the trouble).
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="60sp"
android:layout_margin="40dp"
android:id="#+id/cell_content"/>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/cell_content_frag">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Here is the fragment_organisation_search XML file :
...
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/block"
android:id="#+id/container_organisation_presentation_for_search"
android:layout_margin="5dp">
</LinearLayout>
...
Do anyone have any trouble adding fragments into Folding-cells too? If anyone have any idea I would be really thankful !

The following command in your code that is parsing search results will add newFragment to a view with ID R.id.container_organisation_presentation_for_search. That ID is in your XML for the actual fragment.
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.container_organisation_presentation_for_search, newFragment).commit();
I think instead what you want may be:
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.cell_content_frag, newFragment).commit();

Why is the text of TextView not restored when setRetainInstance(true) has been called?

I called setRetainInstance(true) for a fragment. I added an EditText and TextView on the fragment. When rotated, the text in the EditText survived, but the text in the TextView was gone.
I think I can manually restore the text of the TextView, but I wonder why the system automatically restores the text for EditText, and not for TextView. Did I do something wrong?
Steps to reproduce.
Type "android" in the EditText
Press the [Test 1] button. The TextView now displays "android"
Rotate the device.
Result
The EditText has "android", but the TextView is empty.
MyFragment.java
public class MyFragment extends Fragment
{
private static final String TAG = "MyFragment";
EditText etInput;
Button btnTest1;
TextView tvMessage;
#Nullable
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, #Nullable ViewGroup container, #Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
Log.d(TAG, "onCreateView()");
View v= inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_fragment, container, false);
etInput = (EditText)v.findViewById(R.id.etInput);
btnTest1 = (Button)v.findViewById(R.id.btnTest1);
btnTest1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
tvMessage.setText(etInput.getText().toString());
Log.d(TAG, "btnTest1 was clicked");
}
});
tvMessage = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tvMessage);
return v;
}
}
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
{
String TAG = this.getClass().getName();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
Log.d(TAG, "onCreate()");
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
Fragment mf = fm.findFragmentById(R.id.placeholder);
if(mf == null)
{
Log.d(TAG, "creating new my fragment");
mf = new MyFragment();
mf.setRetainInstance(true);
fm.beginTransaction().add(R.id.placeholder, mf).commit();
}
}
}
my_fragment.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etInput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvMessage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnTest1"
android:text="Test 1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<TextView
android:text="Fragment Test"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/placeholder"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

If you want to enable auto restoration of TextView, you need to set freezesText attribute to true in your xml (or call setFreezesText(true)).
For TextView, freezesText default value is false, but in case of EditText, default value is true.
From documentation of freezesText:
If set, the text view will include its current complete text inside of
its frozen icicle in addition to meta-data such as the current cursor
position. By default this is disabled; it can be useful when the
contents of a text view is not stored in a persistent place such as a
content provider. For EditText it is always enabled, regardless of the
value of the attribute.

When declaring buttons different fragments does not recognize

I have a problem when declaring a button.
I will try to explain as specific as possible.
In my main Layout I have a Fragment containing a secondary Layout. In which I have several buttons.
My intention is that my main fichero.java to declare the buttons within the fragment.
Here we put the main Layout:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:baselineAligned="false">
<fragment
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:name="josejuansosarodriguez.radioecca.conocecanarias.TrueoFalseFragment"
android:id="#+id/fragmentTrueFalse"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/Grp1"
android:id="#+id/textGrp1"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"/>
<fragment
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="450dp"
android:name="josejuansosarodriguez.radioecca.conocecanarias.Grp1FragmentP1"
android:id="#+id/fragmetaskGRP1"
android:layout_below="#+id/textGrp1"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
Here we put the secondary Layout that has the buttons:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/fragment_TrueorFalse">
<Button
android:layout_width="120sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:text="#string/buttontrue"
android:id="#+id/buttontrue"
android:layout_marginLeft="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<Button
android:layout_width="120sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:text="#string/buttonfalse"
android:id="#+id/buttonfalse"
android:layout_marginRight="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
And here I leave the my main activity:
public class Grp1Fragment extends Fragment {
private Button buttonTrue;
private Button buttonFalse;
private Button buttonNextAsk;
private View view;
public Grp1Fragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
buttonTrue = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.buttontrue);
buttonTrue.setOnClickListener(this);
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_grp1, container, false);
return view;
}
My problem I find in the following line:
buttonTrue.setOnClickListener (this);
The message reads: View can not be in Applied to josejuansosarodriguez.radioecca.conocecanarias.Grp1Fragment
I hope I have spread far.
Thank you very much for everything, this forum is amazing.

Try this:
Note that you have to FIRST inflate the layout to make accesible the widgets of the layout.
Then you can "bind" the widgets, and finallly in this case, set the listeners to the buttons.
I set you a Log, if you need change it to Toast, or code
public class Grp1Fragment extends Fragment {
private Button buttonTrue;
private Button buttonFalse;
private Button buttonNextAsk;
private View view;
public Grp1Fragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_grp1, container, false);
//Declare your widgets (Buttons)
buttonTrue = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.buttontrue);
buttonFalse = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.buttonfalse);
//Set the Listeners
buttonTrue.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Toast or Log, or whateber you need
Log.d("Fragment1" , "Button: True");
}
});
buttonFalse.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Toast or Log, or whateber you need
Log.d("Fragment1" , "Button: FAlse");
}
});
//return the view
return view;
}

void setOnClickListener(View.OnClickListener l)
requires a OnClickListener, which Grp1Fragment is not.
Use something like
buttonTrue.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
void onClick(View v) {
... // reaction on the button
}
});

Android adding Fragment inside Fragment

Hi there (and thanks in advance),
I have an application with a Google Play Store-like layout (using PagerTabStrip with 5 sub fragments). In some of those fragments I will need to display a little info regarding the last time the data was updated.
I immediately thought of creating a fragment (LastUpdatedFragment) which I would then add (nest) to the fragments I needed. At first, and since the last updated date was supposed to be the same for every screen, things were working (I simply added the fragment in the xml of the parent Fragments I needed and inside onCreateView I would put the date in the TextView), but after some changes I now need to send a specific date for each one of these LastUpdatedFragment instances.
I came up with one way - creating new custom attributes for my Fragment and then I would set the date I wanted. After some reading I stumbled across a easier way (Fragments within Fragments - dinamically adding the fragment using FragmentManager) - I simply needed the parent Fragment to handle the input parameters and pass it to the child fragment.
The problem is that, although I get no errors I also get no child fragment, it just does not display. I would be grateful if you could guide me in the right direction.
ScoreBoardFragment.java -> Parent Fragment
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_scoreboard, container,
false);
for (int i = 0; i < tvCount; i++) {
tvName = "f_scoreboard_header_tv" + String.valueOf(i);
resID = getResources().getIdentifier(tvName, "id",
_activity.getPackageName());
header = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(resID);
header.setTypeface(MyGlobalConfig.getInstance().getHeadersFont());
}
FragmentManager childFragMan = getChildFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction childFragTrans = childFragMan.beginTransaction();
LastUpdatedFragment fragB = new LastUpdatedFragment();
childFragTrans.add(R.id.FRAGMENT_PLACEHOLDER, fragB);
childFragTrans.addToBackStack("B");
childFragTrans.commit();
return rootView;
}
fragment_scoreboard.xml (simplified but displaying everything else)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/FRAGMENT_PLACEHOLDER"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
style="#style/ListView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/f_scoreboard_header_tv0"
style="#style/ListViewRowHeader"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/f_scoreboard_lvbody"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
LastUpdatedFragment.java -> Child Fragment
public class LastUpdatedFragment extends Fragment{
private View rootView;
private TextView tv;
private Context ctx;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new ExceptionHandler(
getActivity()));
this.ctx = getActivity().getApplicationContext();
}
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_date, container,
false);
tv = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.f_date_tv);
tv.setTypeface(MyGlobalConfig.getInstance().getBodyFont());
tv.setText(getString(R.string.lastupdated) + ": " + Util.getLastUpdated(ctx));
return rootView;
}
}
fragment_date.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/f_date_tv"
style="#style/LastUpdatedTV"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:text="Data de última actualização: 27/12/2014 21:30" />
</LinearLayout>

Try to use FrameLayout instead of LinearLayout as Placeholder.

How to use the xml setting in a view of a activity?

I want to show two views in one activity. If I clicked on button in the first view I want to see the second and other way round.
The views should not have the same size as the screen so I want e.g. to center it, like you see in first.xml.
But if I add the views with
addContentView(mFirstView, new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
the views are not centered. They are shown at top left.
How can I use the xml settings to e.g. center it?
first.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:minWidth="100dp"
android:minHeight="100dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
>
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/head"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageButton android:id="#+id/first_button"
android:src="#drawable/show_second"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#null" />
</LinearLayout>
second.xml same as first.xml but with
<ImageButton android:id="#+id/second_button"
android:src="#drawable/show_first"
... />
ShowMe.java
public class ShowMe extends Activity {
View mFirstView = null;
View mSecondView = null;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
initFirstLayout();
initSecondLayout();
showFirst();
}
private void initFirstLayout() {
LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
mFirstView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.first, null);
getWindow().addContentView(mFirstView, new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
ImageButton firstButton = (ImageButton)mMaxiView.findViewById(R.id.first_button);
firstButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
ShowMe.this.showSecond();
}
});
}
private void initSecondLayout() {
// like initMaxiLayout()
}
private void showFirst() {
mSecondView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
mFirstView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
private void showSecond() {
mFirstView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
mSecondView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}}
Hope someone can help.
Thanks

Why don't you use setContentView(R.layout.yourlayout)? I believe the new LayoutParams you're passing in addContentView() are overriding those you defined in xml.
Moreover, ViewGroup.LayoutParams lacks the layout gravity setting, so you would have to use the right one for the layout you're going to add the view to (I suspect it's a FrameLayout, you can check with Hierarchy Viewer). This is also a general rule to follow. When using methods that take layout resources as arguments this is automatic (they might ask for the intended parent).
With this consideration in mind, you could set your layout params with:
FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(/* wrap wrap */);
lp.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
addContentView(mYourView, lp);
But I would recommend setContentView() if you have no particular needs.
EDIT
I mean that you create a layout like:
~~~/res/layout/main.xml~~~
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="....."
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
then in your onCreate() or init...Layout():
setContentView(R.layout.main);
FrameLayout mainLayout = (FrameLayout)findViewById(R.id.mainLayout);
// this version of inflate() will automatically attach the view to the
// specified viewgroup.
mFirstView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.first, mainLayout, true);
this will keep the layout params from xml, because it knows what kind it needs. See reference.