Fragment in ViewPager not restored after popBackStack - android

Problem
A Fragment is not reattached to its hosting ViewPager after returning from another fragment.
Situation
One Activity hosting a Fragment whose layout holds a ViewPager (PageListFragment in the example below). The ViewPager is populated by a FragmentStateViewPagerAdapter. The single Fragments hosted inside the pager (PageFragment in the example below) can open sub page lists, containing a new set of pages.
Behaviour
All works fine as long as the back button is not pressed. As soon as the user closes one of the sub PageLists the previous List is recreated, but without the Page that was displayed previously. Swiping through the other pages on the parent PageList still works.
Code
A sample application can be found on github:
Activity
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
private static final String CURRENT_FRAGMENT = MainActivity.class.getCanonicalName() + ".CURRENT_FRAGMENT";
public static final String ARG_PARENTS = "Parents";
public void goInto(String mHostingLevel, String mPosition) {
Fragment hostingFragment = newHostingFragment(mHostingLevel, mPosition);
addFragment(hostingFragment);
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
addBaseFragment();
}
private void addBaseFragment() {
Fragment hostingFragment = newHostingFragment("", "");
addFragment(hostingFragment);
}
private Fragment newHostingFragment(String mHostingLevel, String oldPosition) {
Fragment hostingFragment = new PageListFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putString(ARG_PARENTS, mHostingLevel + oldPosition +" > ");
hostingFragment.setArguments(args);
return hostingFragment;
}
private void addFragment(Fragment hostingFragment) {
FragmentTransaction transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.fragmentSpace, hostingFragment, CURRENT_FRAGMENT);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();
}
}
PageListFragment
public class PageListFragment extends Fragment {
private String mParentString;
public PageListFragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_hosting, container, false);
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
mParentString = getArguments().getString(MainActivity.ARG_PARENTS);
ViewPager viewPager = (ViewPager) getView().findViewById(R.id.viewPager);
viewPager.setAdapter(new SimpleFragmentStatePagerAdapter(getFragmentManager(),mParentString));
super.onResume();
}
private static class SimpleFragmentStatePagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private String mHostingLevel;
public SimpleFragmentStatePagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, String hostingLevel) {
super(fm);
this.mHostingLevel = hostingLevel;
}
#Override
public android.support.v4.app.Fragment getItem(int position) {
PageFragment pageFragment = new PageFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putString(MainActivity.ARG_PARENTS, mHostingLevel);
args.putInt(PageFragment.ARG_POSITION, position);
pageFragment.setArguments(args);
return pageFragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return 5;
}
}
}
PageFragment
public class PageFragment extends Fragment {
public static final String ARG_POSITION = "Position";
private String mHostingLevel;
private int mPosition;
public PageFragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View contentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_page, container, false);
setupTextView(contentView);
setupButton(contentView);
return contentView;
}
private void setupTextView(View contentView) {
mPosition = getArguments().getInt(ARG_POSITION);
mHostingLevel = getArguments().getString(MainActivity.ARG_PARENTS);
TextView text = (TextView) contentView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
text.setText("Parent Fragments " + mHostingLevel + " \n\nCurrent Fragment "+ mPosition);
}
private void setupButton(View contentView) {
Button button = (Button) contentView.findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
openNewLevel();
}
});
}
protected void openNewLevel() {
MainActivity activity = (MainActivity) getActivity();
activity.goInto(mHostingLevel, Integer.toString(mPosition));
}
}

After a lengthy investigation it turns out to be a problem with the fragment manager.
When using a construct like the one above the fragment transaction to reattach the fragment to the page list is silently discarded. It is basically the same problem that causes a
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Recursive entry to executePendingTransactions
when trying to alter the fragments inside the FragmentPager.
The same solution, as for problems with this error, is also applicable here. When constructing the FragmentStatePagerAdapter supply the correct child fragment manager.
Instead of
viewPager.setAdapter(new SimpleFragmentStatePagerAdapter(getFragmentManager(),mParentString));
do
viewPager.setAdapter(new SimpleFragmentStatePagerAdapter(getChildFragmentManager(),mParentString));
See also: github

What Paul has failed to mention is, if you use getChildFragmentManager, then you will suffer the "blank screen on back pressed" issue.

The hierarchy in my case was:
MainActivity->MainFragment->TabLayout+ViewPager->AccountsFragment+SavingsFragment+InvestmentsFragment etc.
The problem I had was that I couldn't use childFragmentManagerfor the reason that a click on the item Account view (who resides inside one of the Fragments of the ViewPager) needed to replace MainFragment i.e. the entire screen.
Using MainFragments host Fragment i.e. passing getFragmentManager() enabled the replacing, BUT when popping the back-stack, I ended up with this screen:
This was apparent also by looking at the layout inspector where the ViewPager is empty.
Apparently looking at the restored Fragments you would notice that their View is restored but will not match the hierarchy of the popped state. In order to make the minimum impact and not force a re-creation of the Fragments I re-wrote FragmentStatePagerAdapter with the following changes:
I copied the entire code of FragmentStatePagerAdapter and changed
#NonNull
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(#NonNull ViewGroup container, int position) {
// If we already have this item instantiated, there is nothing
// to do. This can happen when we are restoring the entire pager
// from its saved state, where the fragment manager has already
// taken care of restoring the fragments we previously had instantiated.
if (mFragments.size() > position) {
Fragment f = mFragments.get(position);
if (f != null) {
return f;
}
}
...
}
with
#NonNull
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(#NonNull ViewGroup container, int position) {
// If we already have this item instantiated, there is nothing
// to do. This can happen when we are restoring the entire pager
// from its saved state, where the fragment manager has already
// taken care of restoring the fragments we previously had instantiated.
if (mFragments.size() > position) {
Fragment f = mFragments.get(position);
if (f != null) {
if (mCurTransaction == null) {
mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
}
mCurTransaction.detach(f);
mCurTransaction.attach(f);
return f;
}
}
...
}
This way I am effectively making sure that that the restored Fragments are re-attached to the ViewPager.

Delete all page fragments, enabling them to be re-added later
The page fragments are not attached when you return to the viewpager screen as the FragmentStatePagerAdapter is not re-connecting them. As a work-around, delete all the fragments in the viewpager after popbackstack() is called, which will allow them to be re-added by your initial code.
[This example is written in Kotlin]
//Clear all fragments from the adapter before they are re-added.
for (i: Int in 0 until adapter.count) {
val item = childFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("f$i")
if (item != null) {
adapter.destroyItem(container!!, i, item)
}
}

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How to properly use ViewPager in android

I want to make a quiz application. So far I have 3 activities - home, quiz, score. Since the quiz activity contains multiple equivalent views ( image header, question and 4 answer buttons ), I did some reading and decided that
ViewPager with FragmentStatePagerAdapter show do the trick. So I made an xml template and inflated couple of test views and it was all looking good, until I started handling the user interaction.
I want to simulate a toggle button and there is only one correct answer to each question, so selecting one button should deselect the previous one ( if any ). When the button is pressed I change my Question model, then I find all 4 buttons with findViewById and reset their color filter. Then I set that filter back on my selected button. To determine which question model to update I use the current fragment position, which I have set ( using setTag, in fragment's onCreate ) in my template root view.
This is how I call my fragmets:
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
Question question = Repository.findById(position);
int correctAnswerBtnId;
switch (question.getCorrectAnswerIndex()) {
case 0: correctAnswerBtnId = R.id.quiz_answer_0_btn; break;
case 1: correctAnswerBtnId = R.id.quiz_answer_1_btn; break;
case 2: correctAnswerBtnId = R.id.quiz_answer_2_btn; break;
case 3: correctAnswerBtnId = R.id.quiz_answer_3_btn; break;
this.ACTIVITY_ROOT.setTag(question.getID());
Fragment fragment = new QuestionFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putSerializable(QuestionFragment.QUESTION, question);
fragment.setArguments(args);
return fragment;
}
My QuestionFragment onCreateView is as per documentation:
public View onCreateView(
LayoutInflater inflater,
ViewGroup container,
Bundle questionData) {
this.rootView = inflater.inflate(
R.layout.layout_question_template,
container,
false);
Bundle args = getArguments();
this.question = (Question) args.getSerializable(QuestionFragment.QUESTION);
populateInflatable();
rootView.findViewById(R.id.layout_question_template_root).setTag(this.question.getID());
return rootView;
}
In populateInflatable I use this.rootView to fintViewById and populate it with my question data. Then I change the color of a button, if there is selected one from the Question.
On button click I call selectAnserButton :
public void selectAnswerButton(View selectedButton) {
int questionId =
(int) this.activityRoot.findViewById(
R.id.layout_question_template_root).getTag(); //??
unSelectAllButtons();
changeColor(selectedButton);
Repository.findById(questionId).selectAnswer(selectedButton.getId());
}
Where unSelectAllButtons represents buttonToUnSelect.getBackground().clearColorFilter(); on the four buttons. and Repository is just a static class with example question data.
It all goes terribly wrong, when I have more then one view. On each fragment I inflate the same xml with same View IDs, as I have defined them. And as I now understand calling findViewById retrieves not one, but all views with that Id from my current, but also from my previous and next fragment as well. So every time I want to select my current fragment's view, I also modify the same view in the previous and next fragments as well. You can imagine how this is problematic. This makes me feel I have a fundamental mistake, because I don't think there is supposed to be more then one View with same ID.
I really don't understand how I should do this using ViewPager. At this point it feels like I'm trying to make a wood carving, but instead I am hacking the framework to pieces. There must be a better way to do this with ViewPager.
RESOLVED: Thanks to Soo Chun Jung for pointing me to the answer. In short what got it working for me was:
Passing my Question model id to each fragment with Bundle.
Storing each fragment in inside an ArrayMap with fragment position as key and fragment as value.
Getting each individual fragment from my selectAnswer function is now easy: first get the current fragment's position with myViewPager.getCurrentItem, then calling getter function which returns a fragment on the current position.
Now that I have the fragment I can easily change its button's because they are kept as private fields, assigned in the 'onCreateView` method.
Hope it's helpful~
adapter
class CustomAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private final String[] TITLES = {"A", "B"};
private final String TAG = CustomAdapter.class.getSimpleName();
private final ArrayList<Fragment> mFragments;
private final FragmentManager fm;
public CustomAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
mFragments = new ArrayList<>(getCount());
this.fm = fm;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return TITLES[position];
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return TITLES.length;
}
#Override
public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
Log.d(TAG, "destroyItem position = " + position);
mFragments.remove(object);
super.destroyItem(container, position, object);
}
#Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
Object object = super.instantiateItem(container, position);
mFragments.add((Fragment) object);
return object;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
Log.d(TAG, "getItem position = " + position);
if (position == 0) {
return MyFragmentA.newInstance();
} else if (position == 1) {
return MyFragmentB.newInstance();
}
return null;
}
public MyFragmentA getMyFragmentA() {
synchronized (mFragments) {
for (Fragment f : mFragments) {
if (f instanceof MyFragmentA) {
return (MyFragmentA) f;
}
}
}
return null;
}
public MyFragmentB getMyFragmentB() {
synchronized (mFragments) {
for (Fragment f : mFragments) {
if (f instanceof MyFragmentB) {
return (MyFragmentB) f;
}
}
}
return null;
}
}
Fragment class
public class MyFragmentB extends Fragment {
...
public updateYourUI(){
//update something
}
}
Usage
mPager = (CustomViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mAdapter = new CustomAdapter(getChildFragmentManager());
mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mAdapter.getMyFragmentB().updateYourUI();
for your comment below If you only have one kind Fragment. You can modify some function like this.
public static MyFragmentB newInstance(int ID) {
MyFragmentB fragment = new MyFragmentB();
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putInt("ID", ID);
fragment.setArguments(bundle);
return fragment;
}
#Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, #Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
myID = getArguments().getInt("ID");
....
}
public int getMyID() {
return myID;
}
public MyFragmentB getMyFragmentByID(String id) {
synchronized (mFragments) {
for (Fragment f : mFragments) {
if (f instanceof MyFragmentB) {
MyFragmentB temp = (MyFragmentB)f;
if(temp.getID.equals(id){
return (MyFragmentB) f;
}
}
}
}
return null;
}

Access fragment variable outside of Fragment in view pager

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Before reading the question, please refer to image.
I am using viewpager to show the fragment.
Problem
In the fragment, I have used two edittext lets say editText1, editText2 now the problem is how I will get the editText data. I can only get the editText values when user click on next button but the next button is outside of fragment. How do I access the editText outside the fragment.
Before downvoting the question, let me know the reason so that I can improve my question.
Fragment java class
// newInstance constructor for creating fragment with arguments
public static BpDetails newInstance(int page) {
BpDetails fragmentFirst = new BpDetails();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putInt("someInt", page);
fragmentFirst.setArguments(args);
return fragmentFirst;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
page = getArguments().getInt("someInt", 0);
}
// Inflate the view for the fragment based on layout XML
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
final View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.bp_details, container, false);
Log.i("View ",view.toString());
Log.i("DOB is ",Long.toString(Constants.dob));
systolic =(EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.systolic);
diastolic =(EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.diastolic);
return view;
}
ViewPager Activity
vpPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.view_pager);
adapterViewPager = new MyPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
vpPager.setAdapter(adapterViewPager);
Fragment fragment=adapterViewPager.getItem(prevPage);
if (fragment.getClass().equals(BpDetails.class)){
Log.i("Call ","Yes");
}
findViewById(R.id.btn_prev).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// checking for last page
// if last page home screen will be launched
int current = getItem(-1);
if (current!=0)
prevPage=current-1;
if (current < 4) {
// move to next screen
vpPager.setCurrentItem(current);
} else {
//final reached.
}
}
});
findViewById(R.id.btn_next).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// checking for last page
// if last page home screen will be launched
int current = getItem(+1);
if (current!=0)
prevPage=current-1;
System.out.println("Prev page "+prevPage);
if (current < 4) {
// move to next screen
Fragment prevFragment=adapterViewPager.getItem(prevPage);
} else {
//final reached.
}
}
});
}
private int getItem(int i) {
return vpPager.getCurrentItem() + i;
}
public static class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
private static int NUM_ITEMS = 4;
private static int mSelectedPosition;
public MyPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fragmentManager) {
super(fragmentManager);
//mSelectedPosition=selectedPosition;
}
// Returns total number of pages
#Override
public int getCount() {
return NUM_ITEMS;
}
// Returns the fragment to display for that page
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0: // Fragment # 0 - This will show FirstFragment
return BasicDetails.newInstance(0);
case 1:
return BpDetails.newInstance(1);
case 2:
return BslDetails.newInstance(2);
case 3:
return Summary.newInstance(3);
default:
return null;
}
}
}
Create two getters inside your fragment like this.
public String getSystolic(){
return this.systolic.getText().toString();
}
public String getDiastolic(){
return this.diastolic.getText().toString();
}
BpDetails fr = (BpDetails)myAdapter.getItem(myViewPager.getCurrentItem());
String systolicString = fr.getSystolic();
I had a similar issue. .getItem() instantiates a new Fragment, so upon calling myAdapter.getItem(...) you would be getting null for all elements in the Fragment, but not null for the Fragment.
When I fixed this, what I had to do was create another method inside of MyPagerAdapter called getInstantiatedFragment:
public Fragment getInstantiatedFragment(int position)
{
return fragments.get(position);
}
fragments is a new field for the class:
private ArrayList<Fragment> fragments = new ArrayList<>();
I would override getItem() (as you have done already) and change it to:
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position)
{
switch (position) {
case 0:
BasicDetails basicDetails = BasicDetails.newInstance(0);
fragments.add(basicDetails);
return basicDetails;
...
}
where you're adding the fragment to fragments before returning, then you would call:
BpDetails fr = (BpDetails)myAdapter.getInstantiatedItem(myViewPager.getCurrentItem());
to get the instance of the created fragment and then call
String systolicString = fr.getSystolic();
if you're using the previous answer's method.
This is so that you can keep track of the instantiated fragments in fragments. I'm sure there are better ways.

Android memory leak issue when using ViewPagerAdapter with nested fragments

I have a fragment, fragment A, which holds a ViewPager. The ViewPager loads different fragments which the user can swipe through "indefinitely" (I use a really high number of pages/loops to emulate this). When a user clicks on the current ViewPager fragment, then fragment A with the ViewPager is replaced by fragment B in the fragment manager. When the user returns from fragment B, the backstack is popped using popBackStackImmediate(). If the user repeats this action several times, the heap begins to fill up by about 100kb at a time until the app starts to become sloppy and malfunction as the memory fills up. I'm unsure what exactly is causing this, can anyone help?
My fragment A with the ViewPager:
public class MainFragment extends Fragment {
private MainWearActivity mMainWearActivity;
View view;
private int currentPage;
private ViewPager pager;
private ViewPagerAdapter adapter;
private LinearLayout helpIcons;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mMainWearActivity = (MainWearActivity) getActivity();
adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(this.getChildFragmentManager());
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
// Scrolling menu
pager = (ViewPager) view.findViewById(R.id.watchNavPager);
pager.setAdapter(adapter);
pager.addOnPageChangeListener(adapter);
// Set current item to the middle page
pager.setCurrentItem(Consts.FIRST_PAGE);
currentPage = Consts.FIRST_PAGE;
// Set number of pages
pager.setOffscreenPageLimit(4);
// Set no margin so other pages are hidden
pager.setPageMargin(0);
return view;
}
#Override
public void onDestroyView() {
pager = null;
super.onDestroyView();
}
}
My adapter class:
public class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter implements
ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener {
public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position)
{
position = position % Consts.PAGES;
switch(position){
case Consts.AUDIO_POS:
return new AdapterAudioFragment();
case Consts.VOICE_POS:
return new AdapterVoiceFragment();
case Consts.MAIL_POS:
return new AdapterMailFragment();
case Consts.INFO_POS:
return new AdapterInfoFragment();
default:
return null;
}
}
#Override
public int getCount()
{
return Consts.PAGES * Consts.LOOPS; // (4 * 1000)
}
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset,
int positionOffsetPixels) {}
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {}
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {}
}
One of my fragments that the adapter loads (they are all pretty much the same):
public class AdapterAudioFragment extends Fragment {
private ImageView menuImg;
private TextView menuText;
private LinearLayout rootView;
private MainWearActivity mMainWearActivity;
private View.OnClickListener imgClickListener;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mMainWearActivity = (MainWearActivity) getActivity();
imgClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mMainWearActivity.replaceFragment(mMainWearActivity.getFragment(Consts.FRAG_AUDIO), Consts.FRAG_AUDIO);
}
};
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater,
ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Get root view of the fragment layout
rootView = (LinearLayout) inflater.inflate(
R.layout.fragment_nav_object, container, false);
// Set the current menu image and text
menuImg = (ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.fragment_image);
menuImg.setImageResource(R.mipmap.ic_audio);
menuImg.setOnClickListener(imgClickListener);
menuText = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.menuTxt);
menuText.setText(Consts.MENU_HEADER_AUDIO);
// Set the current menu selection
mMainWearActivity.setCurrentSelection(Consts.AUDIO_POS);
return rootView;
}
}
I have a feeling that the adapter's fragments are all being created but never destroyed and piling up in the heap but I can't figure out how to resolve this. Do I need to call destroyItem in the adapter and manually destroy them? Any help would be most appreciated, thanks.
Adding this to Fragment stopped leaks for me:
#Override
public void onDestroyView() {
super.onDestroyView();
viewPager.setAdapter(null);
}
Looking at the source code, the problem seems to be that when calling ViewPager#setAdapter the view will register itself as observer for the adapter. So each time onViewCreated is called your pager adapter instance will have reference of the newly created view.
There is a specific PagerAdapter for your needs - FragmentStatePagerAdapter
This version of the pager is more useful when there are a large number of pages, working more like a list view. When pages are not visible to the user, their entire fragment may be destroyed, only keeping the saved state of that fragment. This allows the pager to hold on to much less memory associated with each visited page as compared to FragmentPagerAdapter at the cost of potentially more overhead when switching between pages.

notifyDataSetChanged Method Takes Away Smooth Scrolling From Tabs

I am currently using Material Design in an Android app that I am making. In this app, I am using the Material Design tab layout to display some information that I am receiving. However when I tap the tabs, the animation is not smooth, and it is very abrupt. Sliding to go to the other tab, however is very smooth.
mTabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.chem_tab_layout);
mGenericAdapter = new GenericPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
mPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.view_pager);
mPager.setAdapter(mGenericAdapter);
//Notice how the Tab Layout links with the Pager Adapter
mTabLayout.setTabsFromPagerAdapter(mGenericAdapter);
//Notice how The Tab Layout and View Pager object are linked
mTabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mPager);
mPager.addOnPageChangeListener(new TabLayout.TabLayoutOnPageChangeListener(mTabLayout){
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
mGenericAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
});
That is my code for setting the adapter, etc.
This is my custom adapter code for the tabs:
class GenericPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
public GenericPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
ChemGridActivity.MyFragment myFragment = new ChemGridActivity.MyFragment();
return myFragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return 3; //returns number of tabs that need to be created
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
if (position == 0) return "Chemistry";
if (position == 1) return "Mathematics";
if (position == 2) return "Physics";
else return null;
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
return POSITION_NONE;
}
I feel that the choppy transition between tabs is caused by the overriden method onPageSelected method when I add onPageChangeListener. What do I add to this method to make tapping on tabs a smoother animation?
Without knowing much about the internals of your classes, I imagine the problem is not that you have a listener, but what you are doing inside that listener.
In the case of most adapters notifyDataSetChanged() will cause it to re-render the entire view again (including all pages).
Seeing as you haven't specified what the intent here with the notification is, it's hard to tell you how you can do this in an alternative way, but you do need to do something less intensive if you want the animation to remain smooth.
I suspect you just want to change which fragment is shown, in which case just use the FragmentManager where necessary, remembering to reuse fragments which have already been seen once.
EDIT Based on additional info in comments
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
//POSITION_SOMETHINHG would be one of a set of constants to indicate hwa to display
return ChemGridActivity.MyFragment.newInstance(ChemGridActivity.MyFragment.POSITION_SOMETHINHG);
}
public class ChemGridActivity.MyFragment ... {
private static final String KEY_DISPLAY_TYPE = "KEY_DISPLAY_TYPE";
public static final int POSITION_SOMETHINHG = 11111;
public static MyFragment newInstance(int display) {
MyFragment f = new MyFragment();
Bundle bund = new Bundle();
bund.putInt(KEY_DISPLAY_TYPE, display);
f.setArguments(bund);
return f;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Bundle args = getArguments();
if (args != null) {
mDisplay = args.getInt(KEY_DISPLAY_TYPE, 0);
}
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, final ViewGroup container, final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
final View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_layout, container, false);
//TODO: change something based on mDisplay
return view;
}

ViewPager's Fragment's view lost when ViewPager's parent Fragment hidden then shown

I've been seeing some strange behavior with my ViewPager along with my own FragmentStatePagerAdapter.
My View hierarchy goes like this:
-> (1) Fragment root view (RelativeLayout)
-> (2) ViewPager
-> (3) ViewPager's current fragment view
When the Fragment that is responsible for the Fragment root view (1) gets hidden (using .hide() in a fragment transaction) and then shown (with .show()), the fragment view that was currently showing in the ViewPager (3) becomes null, although the fragment still exists. Basically, my ViewPager becomes completely blank/transparent.
The only way I have found to fix this is to call
int current = myViewPager.getCurrentItem();
myViewPager.setAdapter(myAdapter);
myViewPager.setCurrentItem(current);
after the parent fragment is shown. This somehow triggers the views to be recreated and appear on screen. Unfortunately, this occasionally causes exceptions dealing with the pager adapter calling unregisterDataSetObserver() twice on an old observer.
Is there a better way to do this? I guess what I am asking is:
Why are my fragment views inside my ViewPager getting destroyed when the parent fragment of the ViewPager is hidden?
Update: this also happens when the application is "minimized" and then "restored" (by pressing the home action key and then returning).
Per request, here's my pager adapter class:
public class MyInfoSlidePagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private ArrayList<MyInfo> infos = new ArrayList<MyInfo>();
public MyInfoSlidePagerAdapter (FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
public MyInfoSlidePagerAdapter (FragmentManager fm, MyInfo[] newInfos) {
super(fm);
setInfos(newInfos);
}
#Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
int position = infos.indexOf(((MyInfoDetailsFragment)object).getMyInfo());
return position > 0 ? position : POSITION_NONE;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
return infos.get(position).getName();
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int i) {
return infos.size() > 0 ? MyInfoDetailsFragment.getNewInstance(infos.get(i)) : null;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return infos.size();
}
public Location getMyInfoAtPosition(int i) {
return infos.get(i);
}
public void setInfos(MyInfo[] newInfos) {
infos = new ArrayList<MyInfo>(Arrays.asList(newInfos));
}
public int getPositionOfMyInfo(MyInfo info) {
return infos.indexOf(info);
}
}
I've renamed some variables but other than that it is exactly what I have.
You're not providing enough info for your specific issue, so I built a sample project that tries to reproduce your issue: the app has an activity that holds a fragment (PagerFragment) within a relative layout and below this layout I have a button that hides & shows above PagerFragment. PagerFragment has a ViewPager and each fragment within pager adapter simply displays a label - this fragment is named DataFragment. The label list is created in parent activity and passed to PagerFragment and then through its adapter to each DataFragment. Changing the PagerFragment visibility is done with no issues and each time it's becoming visible again it shows the previous shown label.
The key of the issue:
Use Fragment#getChildFragmentManager() when you're creating the viewpager adapter and not getFragmentManager!
Maybe you can compare this simple project with what you have and check where are the differences. So here goes (top-down):
PagerActivity (the only activity in the project):
public class PagerActivity extends FragmentActivity {
private static final String PAGER_TAG = "PagerActivity.PAGER_TAG";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstance) {
super.onCreate(savedInstance);
setContentView(R.layout.pager_activity);
if (savedInstance == null) {
PagerFragment frag = PagerFragment.newInstance(buildPagerData());
FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
fm.beginTransaction().add(R.id.layout_fragments, frag, PAGER_TAG).commit();
}
findViewById(R.id.btnFragments).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
changeFragmentVisibility();
}
});
}
private List<String> buildPagerData() {
ArrayList<String> pagerData = new ArrayList<String>();
pagerData.add("Robert de Niro");
pagerData.add("John Smith");
pagerData.add("Valerie Irons");
pagerData.add("Metallica");
pagerData.add("Rammstein");
pagerData.add("Zinedine Zidane");
pagerData.add("Ronaldo da Lima");
return pagerData;
}
protected void changeFragmentVisibility() {
Fragment frag = getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(PAGER_TAG);
if (frag == null) {
Toast.makeText(this, "No PAGER fragment found", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
boolean visible = frag.isVisible();
Log.d("APSampler", "Pager fragment visibility: " + visible);
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
if (visible) {
ft.hide(frag);
} else {
ft.show(frag);
}
ft.commit();
getSupportFragmentManager().executePendingTransactions();
}
}
its layout file pager_activity.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="4dp" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnFragments"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="Hide/Show fragments" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_fragments"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#+id/btnFragments"
android:layout_marginBottom="4dp" >
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Observe that I am adding the PagerFragment when the activity is first shown - and the PagerFragment class:
public class PagerFragment extends Fragment {
private static final String DATA_ARGS_KEY = "PagerFragment.DATA_ARGS_KEY";
private List<String> data;
private ViewPager pagerData;
public static PagerFragment newInstance(List<String> data) {
PagerFragment pagerFragment = new PagerFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
ArrayList<String> argsValue = new ArrayList<String>(data);
args.putStringArrayList(DATA_ARGS_KEY, argsValue);
pagerFragment.setArguments(args);
return pagerFragment;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
data = getArguments().getStringArrayList(DATA_ARGS_KEY);
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.pager_fragment, container, false);
}
#Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
pagerData = (ViewPager) view.findViewById(R.id.pager_data);
setupPagerData();
}
private void setupPagerData() {
PagerAdapter adapter = new LocalPagerAdapter(getChildFragmentManager(), data);
pagerData.setAdapter(adapter);
}
}
its layout (only the ViewPager that takes full size):
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/pager_data"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
and its adapter:
public class LocalPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
private List<String> pagerData;
public LocalPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, List<String> pagerData) {
super(fm);
this.pagerData = pagerData;
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
return DataFragment.newInstance(pagerData.get(position));
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return pagerData.size();
}
}
This adapter creates a DataFragment for each page:
public class DataFragment extends Fragment {
private static final String DATA_ARG_KEY = "DataFragment.DATA_ARG_KEY";
private String localData;
public static DataFragment newInstance(String data) {
DataFragment df = new DataFragment();
Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putString(DATA_ARG_KEY, data);
df.setArguments(args);
return df;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
localData = getArguments().getString(DATA_ARG_KEY);
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.data_fragment, container, false);
}
#Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
view.findViewById(R.id.btn_page_action).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), localData, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.txt_label)).setText(localData);
}
}
and DataFragment's layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="4dp" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_page_action"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="Interogate" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_label"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</RelativeLayout>
Enjoy coding!
maybe it will help mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(5)
Set the number of pages that should be retained to either side of the
current page in the view hierarchy in an idle state. Pages beyond this
limit will be recreated from the adapter when needed.
This is offered as an optimization. If you know in advance the number
of pages you will need to support or have lazy-loading mechanisms in
place on your pages, tweaking this setting can have benefits in
perceived smoothness of paging animations and interaction. If you have
a small number of pages (3-4) that you can keep active all at once,
less time will be spent in layout for newly created view subtrees as
the user pages back and forth.
You should keep this limit low, especially if your pages have complex
layouts. This setting defaults to 1.
View Pager is pretty adamant in keeping keeping its Fragments fresh always and thus optimizing the performance by freeing up memory when a fragment is not used. Clearly that is a valid useful trait in a mobile system. But due to this persistent deallocation of resources the fragment is created everytime it gains focus.
mViewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(NUMBEROFFRAGMENTSCREENS);
Here is the documentation.
this Old Post has an interesting Solution for your problem.. Please Refer
For me i changed to getChildFragmentManager() instead of getFragmentManager()
and works good.
Ex:
pagerAdapt = new PagerAdapt(getChildFragmentManager());
I had the same problem. My app (FragmentActivity) has a pager (ViewPager) with 3 framgents. While swiping between the fragments they are destroyed and recreated all the time. Actually it makes no problem in functionality (expect unclosed Cursors), but I was also wondering about this question.
I do not know if there is a workaround to change the behavior of the ViewPager, but I suggest to have a configuration object (maybe a static on) and before destroy save your myViewPager object at the config object.
public class App extends FragmentActivity {
static MyData data;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
data = (MyData) getLastCustomNonConfigurationInstance();
if (data == null) {
data = new MyData();
data.savedViewPager = myViewPager;
} else {
myViewPager = data.savedViewPager;
}
}
#Override
public Object onRetainCustomNonConfigurationInstance() {
Log.d("onRetainCustomNonConfigurationInstance", "Configuration call");
return data;
}
}
public class MyData {
public ViewPager savedViewPager;
}
With this way, you can save the reference to the an object which won't be destroyed hence there is reference to it and you can reload all your crucial objects.
I hope you find my suggestion useful!

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