Static fragments - android

I have two static fragments in same activity, in "fragmentA" i have a customized list, when an item is clicked must to appear a detail in "fragmentB", detail appear only when i change screen orientation, no automatically. I use this code in main activity for refresh but application restart(detail appear).
finish();
startActivity(getIntent());
Someone knows a better way to make appear detail automatically in "fragmentB" when i clicked some item from "fragmentA", always using two static fragments in same activity.

Don't use static references to hold a Fragment, it's a really bad practice.
Don't store the Context in a static reference. Or you could will leak memory.
Instead, implement an Interface:
//FragmentActivityTest
public class FragmentActivityTest extends FragmentActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
FragmentB fragmentB = new FragmentB();
FragmentA fragmentA = new FragmentA();
fragmentA.setFragmentBHandler(fragmentB);
//Perform transactions etc
}
}
//FragmentA
public class FragmentA extends Fragment {
private FragmentBHandler _handler;
public void setFragmentBHandler(FragmentBHandler handler) {
_handler = handler;
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
((ListView) getView().findViewById(R.id.list_view)).setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
_handler.updateDetail();
}
});
}
}
//FragmentB
public class FragmentB extends Fragment implements FragmentBHandler {
#Override
public void updateDetail() {
//do your work
}
}

You should use an event bus like greenrobot or otto. FragmentB subscribe to an event, and FragmentA post that event. When you click on an item, you'll send an event, and the subscriber will execute your action (show details).

Without showing code, I can only guess your current implementation.
The proper way to communicate between fragments is
Pass data to the parent activity from Fragment A on item click,
Activity passes this data to fragment B by finding the fragment in fragment manager and call a method in fragment B,
That method in fragment B should determine if it should populate the detail.

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Executing lifecycle method of backstack fragment problem in android

I have an activity with two fragment and want to be executed first fragment when its back from second fragment using back button. And i am using the add() when navigating first fragment to second fragment. Here is my scenario and code snippet:
First fragment:
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.one_fragment, container, false);
final Button button = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.buttonChange);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
buttonClicked(v);
}
});
return view;
}
public void buttonClicked(View view) {
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.fragment_Container, new TwoFragment());
fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack("sdfsf");
fragmentTransaction.commit();
}
Moving to Second fragment and here is the code:
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.two_fragment, container, false);
return view;
}
The problem is that, When I am navigating from first to second fragment and then back again in the first fragment using back button first fragment lifecycle method is not executing. Instead of using add() if I use replace() then lifecycle method are executing properly. I know its the difference between add() and replace() but I want to use add() and also want to have navigation callback to handle some logic when I back in the first fragment using back button.
Also tried below code:
fragmentManager.addOnBackStackChangedListener(
new FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener() {
public void onBackStackChanged() {
Log.e(TAG, "onBackStackChanged: ");
// Update your UI here.
}
});
But its also calling multiple times and creating anomalies.
How can I handle this? Specially handle some logic in first fragment when I back from second fragment.
The easiest way I can think of is to set result when you're done with the second fragment that essentially tells the first fragment to "resume" via its onActivityResult method.
When you create an instance of Fragment B, call #setTargetFragment() and pass in Fragment A as your target fragment. Then when Fragment B is done and going to return to Fragment A, before it exits, you will set the result of it for Fragment A by calling:
getTargetFragment().onActivityResult(getTargetRequestCode(), RESULT_FRAGMENT_B_FINISHED,null)
///// horizontal scroll padding
Note that RESULT_FRAGMENT_B_FINISHED would be some static integer you define somewhere, like
public static final int RESULT_FRAGMENT_B_FINISHED = 123123;
Now in Fragment A all you need to do is override onActivityResult and check that the request code matches the request code integer from setTargetFragment and the result code also matches RESULT_FRAGMENT_B_FINISHED, if so you can run the code that would have been fired from onResume().
#getTargetFragment()
#onActivityResult()
#getTargetRequestCode()
Instead of passing data between the two fragments I recommend you to use a SharedViewModel.
The idea is that the first fragment observe some data for changes and the second one edit this data.
Example:
Shared ViewModel
public class SharedViewModel extends ViewModel {
private final MutableLiveData<Item> selected = new
MutableLiveData<Item>();
public void select(Item item) {
selected.setValue(item);
}
public LiveData<Item> getSelected() {
return selected;
}
}
First fragment
public class FirstFragment extends Fragment {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
SharedViewModel model =
ViewModelProviders.of(getActivity()).get(SharedViewModel.class);
model.getSelected().observe(this, { item ->
// Update the UI.
});
}
}
Second fragment
public class SecondFragment extends Fragment {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
SharedViewModel model =
ViewModelProviders.of(getActivity()).get(SharedViewModel.class);
model.select(new Item("value 1","value 2");
}
}
You can read about ViewModels, LiveData and Architecture components starting from here: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/viewmodel#java
This answer is assuming that you want to execute some logic based on some data change. If it's not the case, you can explain what kind of logic do you want to execute and I will edit my answer.

Adding a listener between two fragments

I have two fragments, A and B let's say, where B contains a list. I would like to add a listener on Fragment B that notifies Fragment A of the chosen list item. I couldn't figure out how to initialize the listener in Fragment B since it is bad practice to pass arguments in fragment's constructors.
NOTE: Fragment B is contained inside Fragment A. i.e. I have a FrameLayout in Fragment A; and Fragment B covers that FrameLayout.
Any idea how I could do that?
If you're saying that Fragment B is a child fragment of Fragment A (that is, you've added it to Fragment A using Fragment A's getChildFragmentManager()), then you can use the same approach that you use for Activity interfaces, but using getParentFragment() instead of getActivity().
For example:
Fragment B:
#Override
public void onAttach(Context context) {
MyInterface myInterface = (MyInterface) getParentFragment();
}
Assuming that Fragment A implements MyInterface.
One convenience method we've used to avoid having to know whether a Fragment is hosted by another Fragment or an Activity is something like:
public static <T> getInterface(Class<T> interfaceClass, Fragment thisFragment) {
final Fragment parent = thisFragment.getParentFragment();
if (parent != null && interfaceClass.isAssignableFrom(parent)) {
return interfaceClass.cast(parent);
}
final Activity activity = thisFragment.getActivity();
if (activity != null && interfaceClass.isAssignableFrom(activity)) {
return interfaceClass.cast(activity);
}
return null;
}
Then you can just use:
MyInterface myInterface = getInterface(MyInterface.class, this);
and it doesn't matter whether Fragment B is hosted as a child Fragment or in an Activity directly.
A better approach for this situation, since what you want to do is communication between fragments, is to use an interface. You want to notify A when B has changed. This should be done through the parent activity. Here is the android documentation on the topic: https://developer.android.com/training/basics/fragments/communicating.html.
The gist of it is that you want to define an interface with a method called OnItemSelected (you can name it whatever you want). In B, you want a reference to this interface. When an item is selected, call your new OnItemSelected method. Implement this interface in the parent activity of the two fragments. In the implementation, you can put whatever code you want to modify A.
An example
CommunicationInterface
public interface CommunicationInterface {
public void onItemSelected(int position);
}
FragmentB
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
CommunicationInterface myInterface = (CommunicationInterface) getActivity();
// What ever else you want here
}
#Override
public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
// Send the event to the host activity
myInterface.onItemSelected(position);
}
MainActivity
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements CommunicationInterface {
// What ever other code you have
#Override
public void onItemSelected(int position) {
FragmentA fragA = (FragmentA)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_a);
// Code to interact with Fragment A
}
Checkout the contract pattern https://gist.github.com/JakeWharton/2621173
If you are using multiple fragment, you dont have do it for every fragment, just add it to your BaseActivity if you have one.
This example shows the communication between activity and fragment. But for nested fragment you can replace the acitivy with getParentFragment();

How to update the ListView of a Fragment from another Fragment?

How can I communicate a listview of a ListFragment after an event of a Fragment inside another Fragment?
In the ListFragment (fragment A) I have a method to refresh the ListView. But also, I need to refresh it after a click of a Button inside a Fragment, wich is child of another Fragment (fragment b)
Its like Fragment A (listFragment) | Fragment B (detailview)
(fragment C - child fragment of B)
How can I do it?
You can access another Fragment by its tag:
// find your fragment
YourFragment f = (YourFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("yourFragTag");
// update the list view
f.updateListView();
The tag of your Fragment is set when it is attached to a container layout:
FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
fm.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.frameBuy, YourFragment.newInstance(), "yourFragTag").commit();
So when you click your Button, find the Fragment you want to refresh by its tag, and then call your refresh method.
IF you are using a ViewPager, this is how to get the Fragments tag:
/**
* Gets the fragment tag of a fragment at a specific position in the viewpager.
*
* #param pos the pos
* #return the fragment tag
*/
public String getFragmentTag(int pos){
return "android:switcher:"+R.id.yourViewPagerId+":"+pos;
}
You can do it with a few simple steps:
Create a listener interface for component to listen to the button click event from FragmentC. For example:
public interface FragmentCButtonListener {
public void onButtonClicked();
}
Add a method in FragmentC to allow listener registration. FragmentC will keep track of the listener, and call the listener callback as soon as the button is clicked. For example:
public class FragmentC extends Fragment {
FragmentCButtonListener myListener;
public void registerListener (FragmentCButtonListener listener) {
myListener = listener;
}
}
FragmentA should implement FragmentCButtonListener interface, register itself as a listener to FragmentC, and refresh the list view when it receives the callback from FragmentC. For example:
public class FragmentC extends Fragment implements FragementCButtonListener {
FragmentC fragmentC;
public void onCreate() {
fragment = new FragmentC();
fragment.registerListener (this);
}
public void onButtonClicked() {
//refresh the list view
}
}
Please note, I assume the FragmentA has a reference to FragmentC in the sample. If not, just make sure the container class of all fragments registers itself as the listener of FragmentC. The container class can as FragmentA to update listview once it receives callback from FragmentC.
follow these steps
We have two fragments called AddFragmentand ListFragment, and upon adding an item on first fragment you want the updated list be shown on list fragment (what sort of sorcery is this!!!).
Step 1 create the listener interface on class level of AddFragment with a method that is going to be implemented by the other guy (ListFragment ) and create Interface type variable
public class AddFragment extends Fragment{
//listener varriable
//listener
public interface OnCategoryAddedListener{
public void refreshList();
}
private static OnCategoryAddedListener meAddListener;
}
Step 2 create register method on class level of the same AddFragment class and set listenter variable
public class AddFragment extends Fragment{
public void registerListener(OnCategoryAddedListener listener)
{
meAddListener = listener;
}
}
Step 3 upon any event cud be button click or yelling at ur application(that is considered rude event in android :-) ) check for listener object meAddListener variable and call the interface,
in a Shakespeare’s nutshell it means “for thou who implement ye interface and brought the method within ur class shelter, I shall give u my utmost privilege and blessing to …. ”
Step 4 On ListFragment implement the AddFragment’s interface,no turning back just go implement its method. Within that method u just call abracadabra to repopulate ur list or any sort of updatable android view object… and ur done
public class ListFragment extends Fragment implements AddFragment.OnCattegoryAddedListener{
//refer to AddFragment
AddFragment addFragment;
//once the fragment is within the memory scope u instantiate AddFragment
//and register listener with AddFragment context which inherently implement OnCategoryAddedListener
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
categoryAddFragment = new CategoryAddFragment();
categoryAddFragment.registerListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
fillList();
}
public void fillList() {
ArrayAdapter<String> catArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(context,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,getItems());
setListAdapter(catArrayAdapter);
}
//le interface method u can count on to refresh ur list content
public void refreshList(){
fillList();
}
check this out for a little more
enjoy the java magic

Reuse a fragment in Android

I have a fragment which has a TextView, an EditText and a Button. I also have 2 activities which include this fragment and at onClick of the button in one of the activities, the other is started. Via the intent, the text in the edittext is passed which becomes the text of the textview of the other activity.
I had two design decisions to choose from
Create two such fragments classes with appropriate methods that construct the appropriate intents. Access the UI elements from inside the respective fragment object and start the activities.
Create only one fragment class. onClick the, event is passed down to a particular method in the activities (both the activities have this method) and the activities have the logic to build the intent and start the other activity
Consider what would happen if there are 100 such activities. The first method would have us write 100 different fragment classes with custom methods, but in the second method, it is a single class and the activities have the custom logic in a particularly named method.
Therefore I chose to go with the second choice and I realized that the UI elements could not be instantiated in the onCreate method of activity as the fragment's layout is not inflated yet. I am doing the instantiation in onStart as a workaround.
Is that bad practice or is there a better design pattern to follow?
The recommended pattern is to create a holder interface which any activity that wants to instantiate your fragment must implement. Also to set data for views in your new fragment then create a newInstance() factory method on your fragment.
I tend to approach it like this;
class FooFragment implements Fragment {
private static final String TEXT_FOR_TEXTVIEW = "textForTextView";
private FooFragmentHolder mHolder;
/*
* Rather than creating your fragment in your layout directly
* you should instead instantiate it using this class in your
* activity.
*/
public static FooFragment newInstance(String text) {
Bundle data = new Bundle();
data.putString(TEXT_FOR_TEXTVIEW, text);
FooFragment fooFragment = new FooFragment();
fooFragment.setArguments(data);
return fooFragment;
}
public interface FooFragmentHolder {
public void buttonPressed(String editTextContent);
}
/*
* When we create the fragment with the activity we use onAttach to get
* our holder implementation (the activity)
*/
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
if (activity instanceof FooFragmentHolder) {
mHolder = (FooFragmentHolder) activity;
} else {
throw new IllegalStateException("Containing activity must implement FooFragmentHolder");
}
}
#Override
public void onCreateView(Inflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_foo, container, false);
final EditText editText = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.edit_text);
Button button = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(Button button) {
mHolder.buttonPressed(editText.getText());
}
})};
TextView textView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.text_view);
Bundle args = getArguments();
if (args != null) {
textView.setText(args.getString(TEXT_FOR_TEXTVIEW));
}
return view;
}
}
Now in your activity you just need to implement the FooFragmentHolder interface and use the newInstance method we created;
class FooActivity extends Activity implements FooFragment.FooFragmentHolder {
private static final String TEXT_FOR_TEXTVIEW = "textForTextView";
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentLayout(R.layout.activity_foo);
// Instead of creating your fragment in your layout, create a holder
// layout and attach a new instance of your fragment using a fragment
// transaction.
FooFragment fooFragment = FooFragment.newInstance(getIntent().getStringExtra(TEXT_FOR_TEXTVIEW));
getFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.content, fooFragment)
.commit();
}
#Override
public void buttonPressed(String editTextContent) {
// In this case just starting the next FooActivity, but logic could be
// applied for any other activity.
Intent intent = new Intent(this, FooActivity.class)
.putExtra(TEXT_FOR_TEXTVIEW, editTextContent);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
I decided to settle with the following patter --
Any activity which includes this fragment should implement an interface like
public interface ViewsCreatedListener {
public void onViewsCreated();
}
The activity would then look like
public class ExampleActivity extends Activity implements ViewsCreatedListener {
.
.
.
.
#Override
public void onViewsCreated() {
//Initiate the views here and do what gotta be done
}
}
The fragment should check that any activity that includes this fragment should implement that interface using the onAttach method and onActivityCreated, the activity is notified
public class ExampleFragment extends Fragment {
ViewsCreatedListener listener = null;
.
.
.
.
#Override
public onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
try {
listener = (ViewsCreatedListener) activity;
} catch (ClassCastException e) {
throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString()
+ " must implement ViewsCreatedListener");
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
listener.onViewsCreated();
}
}
Doing this way, the fragment just provides the UI and the including activities decide as to what should be done with the UI elements included via the fragment. This maximizes reusability.. DRY... :-D

Detect a fragment in the screen

I have a pager that contains three fragments
adapter.addFragment (new PlainColorFragment (Color.red));
adapter.addFragment (new PlainColorFragment (Color.green));
adapter.addFragment (new PlainColorFragment (Color.blue));
My question is whether it is possible to detect that fragmentation has focus or is being displayed to the user.
For example, when the green fragment is the one on screen or has focus, show a "toast" on the screen
I hope I have explained my question correctly.
thanks
Simple:
greenFragment.isVisible();
If you're looking for some kind of event, you would have to manage that manually wherever your fragment switching happens, or in your fragment class, you could execute your code in the fragment's OnHiddenChanged event (double checking, of course, that it is currently visible)
You could set an OnPageChangedListener to your ViewPager and show a different toast depending on the position.
You can create an Interface, implementing it in your Fragment and then, on parent activity, you can implement BackStackChangedListener as in example below:
public interface MyFragmentOnScreen {
public void onActiveFragment();
}
public class MyFragment extends Fragment implements MyFragmentOnScreen{
[...]
#Override
public void onActiveFragment() {
//Things you should do when your fragment becomes active
}
}
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
[...]
getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(
new FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener() {
public void onBackStackChanged() {
// Update your UI here.
Log.v(MainActivity.TAG, "Backstack changed");
if (getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.frMain) instanceof MyFragmentOnScreen) {
((MyFragmentOnScreen) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.frMain)).onActiveFragment();
}
}
}
});
}
}
where frMain is the holder in MainActivity layout for your Fragment.

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