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keep previously loaded fragment instance when tab changes instead of creating new one in android

I have a tab swiped layout which includes four tabs each of which have their own layout and fragment, in my main activity layout a viewpager takes part for changing tabs. specific view(tab) loads when app starts up and the others will be loaded when the tab changes. my problem is when I nevigate to the third or forth tab (not the second tab) a new instance of it's corresponding fragment will be created instead of loading previously created fragment (the expected behavior that only occur for the second tab).When I navigate to the second tab (SecondPageFragment()) and again come back to first tab it works correct and doesn't create a new IndexFragment, it load the previously created fragment instead so every thing is fine in this case but when I go to the third or forth tab and then come back to first tab it creates an new instance of IndexFragment.
what's the possible reason for that and why it only happens for third,forth etc tab and only second tab works correct and as expected ????
here is my codes that switch the tabs and their corresponding fragments
public class TabsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public TabsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int index) {
switch (index) {
case 0:
return new ForthPageFragment();
case 1:
return new ThirdPageFragment();
case 2:
return new SecondPageFragment();
case 3:
return new IndexFragment();
default :
break;
}
return null;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// get item count - equal to number of tabs
return 4;
}
}
and here is my main activity code :
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
ActionBar.TabListener {
private ViewPager viewPager;
private TabsPagerAdapter mAdapter;
private ActionBar actionBar;
// Tab titles
private String[] tabs = { "صفحه چهارم","صفحه سوم","صفحه دوم","صفحه اصلی" };
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Initilization
viewPager = (ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.tabpager);
actionBar = getActionBar();
mAdapter = new TabsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
viewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
// Adding Tabs
for (String tab_name : tabs) {
actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText(tab_name)
.setTabListener(this));
}
viewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
// on changing the page
// make respected tab selected
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
}
});
viewPager.setCurrentItem(3);
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
#Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
}

viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(3);

I don't want to refresh fragment on change

I have 3 fragments... with their 3 navigation tabs.
The problem is that if i'm on the first tab, and i click the third.. when I click another time the first, it reloads all the fragment. If I click the second tab (in the middle) and I click the first, it doesn't reload.
My objective is that I don't want to refresh my fragments never!
How can I do it?
My code is:
public class TabsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public TabsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
// Return Items
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int index) {
switch (index) {
case 0:
return new Retos();
case 1:
return new Amics();
case 2:
return new Ranking();
}
return null;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// get item count - equal to number of tabs
return 3;
}
}
And this :
public class Perfil extends ActionBarActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener{
private ViewPager viewPager;
private TabsPagerAdapter mAdapter;
private ActionBar actionBar;
private SearchView mSearchView;
private TextView mStatusView;
// Tab titles
private String[] tabs = { "TAB1", "TAB2", "TAB3" };
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.perfil);
// Initilization
viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
mAdapter = new TabsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
viewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
/** Creating fragment1 Tab */
Tab tab = actionBar.newTab()
.setText("TAB1")
.setTabListener(this);
actionBar.addTab(tab);
/** Creating fragment2 Tab */
tab = actionBar.newTab()
.setText("TAB2")
.setTabListener(this);
//.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_group);
actionBar.addTab(tab);
/** Creating fragment3 Tab */
tab = actionBar.newTab()
.setText("TAB3")
.setTabListener(this);
actionBar.addTab(tab);
/**
* on swiping the viewpager make respective tab selected
* */
viewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
// on changing the page
// make respected tab selected
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
}
});
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
#Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// on tab selected
// show respected fragment view
viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
#Override
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
}

viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(C_FRAGMENTS_TO_KEEP_IN_MEMORY);
C_FRAGMENTS_TO_KEEP_IN_MEMORY is the number of tabs at right and left of the current selected tab to keep in memory. So in your case should be 2.
Please be sure that you are NOT creating a new fragment instance each time you call the getItem method in you viewpager adapter.
Check the #Rarw answer in this page.

Try setting your ViewPager offScreenPageLimit to cover the number of fragments you are trying to load. OffScreenPageLimist keeps fragments alive in an idle state when they are not visible. I don't see that value set in your code and based on what you're describing, that fragments keep recycling, it sounds to me like you're using the default state of 1, which will only retain one of the fragments off screen and not both.
Some caveats, this approach only really works if you know in advance how many fragments you will need since if you're dynamically adding and removing fragments its hard to know how many if any to retain.
UPDATE
This is likely why you're pages are refreshing:
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int index) {
switch (index) {
case 0:
return new Retos();
case 1:
return new Amics();
case 2:
return new Ranking();
}
return null;
}
You keep returning a new fragment each time you switch id. What you should do something like this:
case 0:
if(mRetrosFragment == null)
mRetrosFragment = new Retros();
return mRetrosFragment;
This way you stop recreating the fragment every time the tab changes and instead retain that instance.

Adding tabs in top and bottom of the activity simoultaneously in android

I am having a SherlockActionbar with Tab Using view-Pager
Current Output:: (Clearly you can see three tabs on top)
My Code::
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity {
// Declare Variables
ActionBar mActionBar;
ViewPager mPager;
Tab tab;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Get the view from activity_main.xml
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Activate Navigation Mode Tabs
mActionBar = getSupportActionBar();
mActionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
// Locate ViewPager in activity_main.xml
mPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
// Activate Fragment Manager
FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
// Capture ViewPager page swipes
ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener ViewPagerListener = new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
super.onPageSelected(position);
// Find the ViewPager Position
mActionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
};
mPager.setOnPageChangeListener(ViewPagerListener);
// Locate the adapter class called ViewPagerAdapter.java
ViewPagerAdapter viewpageradapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(fm);
// Set the View Pager Adapter into ViewPager
mPager.setAdapter(viewpageradapter);
// Capture tab button clicks
ActionBar.TabListener tabListener = new ActionBar.TabListener() {
#Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// Pass the position on tab click to ViewPager
mPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
#Override
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
};
// Create first Tab
tab = mActionBar.newTab().setText("Tab1").setTabListener(tabListener);
mActionBar.addTab(tab);
// Create second Tab
tab = mActionBar.newTab().setText("Tab2").setTabListener(tabListener);
mActionBar.addTab(tab);
// Create third Tab
tab = mActionBar.newTab().setText("Tab3").setTabListener(tabListener);
mActionBar.addTab(tab);
}
}
activity_main.xml
<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.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</RelativeLayout>
ViewPagerAdapter.java
public class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
// Declare the number of ViewPager pages
final int PAGE_COUNT = 3;
public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int arg0) {
switch (arg0) {
// Open FragmentTab1.java
case 0:
FragmentTab1 fragmenttab1 = new FragmentTab1();
return fragmenttab1;
// Open FragmentTab2.java
case 1:
FragmentTab2 fragmenttab2 = new FragmentTab2();
return fragmenttab2;
// Open FragmentTab3.java
case 2:
FragmentTab3 fragmenttab3 = new FragmentTab3();
return fragmenttab3;
}
return null;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return PAGE_COUNT;
}
}
How can i achieve this Or is this possible::(I need three tabs at top and three tabs at bottom)
If this is possible what changes should i need to make for my code ?

If I'm getting this right you want to have the same tabs in top and bottom simultaneously both tied to the contents in between?
If so, I would suggest extending tabhost activity from sherlock library and change the layout so that the tabs are in both in top and bottom using the same variable.
Hope this helps.

How to do Up navigation using ActionBar's tabs and Fragment?

I'm using the ActionBar and tab navigation with Fragments.
Each tab contain a Fragment FragmentX with a ListView, and when clicking on an item of a list FragmentX is replaced by another Fragment FragmentY with the detail of the item.
How can I set the Up button of the ActionBar to load FragmentX when I'm in FragmentY?
The doc shows that the navigation should be done between Activities, but the ActionBar's navigation tabs allow to navigate between Fragments, not Activities.
What am I missing?
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
ActionBar.TabListener {
/**
* The {#link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
* fragments for each of the sections. We use a
* {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which
* will keep every loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory
* intensive, it may be best to switch to a
* {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
*/
SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;
/**
* The {#link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
*/
ViewPager mViewPager;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Set up the action bar.
final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
// Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
// primary sections of the app.
mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(
getSupportFragmentManager());
// Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);
// When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
// tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
// a reference to the Tab.
mViewPager
.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
});
// For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
// Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
// the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
// the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
// this tab is selected.
LinearLayout view = (LinearLayout) getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.tab, null);
ImageView icon = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.icon);
icon.setImageResource(tabIconList[i]);
TextView title = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.title);
title.setText(tabTitleList[i]);
actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
.setCustomView(view)
.setTabListener(this));
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
// When the given tab is selected, switch to the corresponding page in
// the ViewPager.
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
#Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}
/**
* A {#link FragmentPagerAdapter} that returns a fragment corresponding to
* one of the sections/tabs/pages.
*/
public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
// getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page.
// Return a DummySectionFragment (defined as a static inner class
// below) with the page number as its lone argument.
Fragment fragment = null;
switch(position){
case 0:
fragment = new MyListFragment1();
break;
case 1:
fragment = new MyListFragment2();
break;
case 2:
fragment = new MyListFragment3();
break;
default: fragment = new MyListFragment1();
}
return fragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// Show 3 total pages.
return 3;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
Locale l = Locale.getDefault();
switch (position) {
case 0:
return getString(R.string.title1).toUpperCase(l);
case 1:
return getString(R.string.title2).toUpperCase(l);
case 2:
return getString(R.string.title3).toUpperCase(l);
}
return null;
}
}
}

Active up navigation when you load FragmentY.
Then intercept up navigation on onOptionsItemSelected, just popup the backstack and launch your FragmentX.
I've done a rapid search on SO and i found this, wich inspired me.

I didn't use the ActionBar in the end. Too many constraints (I had another issue and I wanted to add a View above the ActionBar, which seemed complicated).
It was much simpler doing my own layout from scratch.

Using Fragments with classes in Tabs (Android)

I have completed so many tutorials on this, yet I still have not found one which has helped. The problem is I am using Tabs (with swipe), and want each tab to load a different class (some tabs will have access to different data and databases, each tab will be completely different). I know I need to use fragments, but the tutorials just get each fragment to display 'Tab 1', 'Tab 2', etc. Does anybody know a tutorial which explains how to do this? Its driving me crazy! I´ve spent so many hours trying to figure this out. Tks

Here is how i do it:
My MainActivity with my ViewPager:
public class MainActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity implements
ActionBar.TabListener {
/**
* The {#link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
* fragments for each of the sections. We use a
* {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which
* will keep every loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory
* intensive, it may be best to switch to a
* {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
*/
SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;
/**
* The {#link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
*/
ViewPager mViewPager;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Set up the action bar.
final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
// Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
// primary sections of the app.
mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(
getSupportFragmentManager());
// Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);
// When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
// tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
// a reference to the Tab.
mViewPager
.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
});
// For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
// Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
// the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
// the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
// this tab is selected.
actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
.setText(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
.setTabListener(this));
}
}
#Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
// When the given tab is selected, switch to the corresponding page in
// the ViewPager.
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
#Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}
public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
Fragment fragment = null;
if (position == 0) {
fragment = new Tab1Fragment();
}
if (position == 1) {
fragment = new Tab2Fragment();
}
if (position == 2) {
fragment = new Tab3Fragment();
}
if (position == 3) {
fragment = new Tab4Fragment();
}
return fragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// Show 4 total pages.
return 4;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return getString(R.string.title_section1).toUpperCase();
case 1:
return getString(R.string.title_section2).toUpperCase();
case 2:
return getString(R.string.title_section3).toUpperCase();
case 3:
return getString(R.string.title_section4).toUpperCase();
}
return null;
}
}
}
This loads a different fragment depending on which tab is selected. For example, if tab 2 is selected, it loads Tab2Fragment.java