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Showing two different activites on same fragment

Guys i searched a lot but didn't got. I have two fragment
1) Form Transaction
2) Form Transaction statusin Form Transaction there are some fields to fill information and submit button. On Clicking submit i need to browse a file (which is on another activity but same fragment i.e Form Transaction). How can it be possible to have two activities on same fragment
Do i need to create another activity? And to whom will it extend?
first fragment with personal information

A Fragment belongs to a host Activity and not the other way round. An Activity can host multiple Fragments.
Reads the docs for more info:
https://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html
In your case what it seems you are trying to achieve is to replace Form Transaction Fragment with a different layout and logic. You can replace it with another new Fragment itself.
Use a FragmentManager to replace the existing Fragment:
FragmentManager fm = getFragmentManager();
if (fm != null) {
// Perform the FragmentTransaction to replace the Form Transaction content.
// Using FragmentTransaction#replace will destroy any Fragments
// currently inside R.id.fragment_content and add the new Fragment
// in its place.
FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
ft.replace(R.id.fragment_content, new YourFragment());
ft.commit();
}
Change R.id.fragment_content to your Form Transaction Fragment's placeholder and YourFragment to your newly created Fragment.

FragmentTransaction add() behavior

Working with fragments I've always used replace() for my transactions, but I wish I didn't have to save instance states anymore to restore a fragment's view and prevent reloading when coming back to that fragment. So, I've decided to work with add(). The thing is when I add another fragment, the previous fragment view remains in the background and that's fine (that's the behavior I expected), but the problem is I can actually interact with the views in the background. Example:
Fragment A has a Button
Fragment B has a TextView
When I add Fragment A and later add Fragment B, I'm able to click on Fragment A's Button, even staying on Fragment B's view.
I'm using:
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction =
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().
add(getRootViewContainer(),fragment,fragment.getClass().getSimpleName());
if (shouldGoBack)
fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(fragment.getClass().getSimpleName());
where getRootViewContainer() returns the id of the FrameLayout I'm using as my activity main container.
Now, is it really the default behavior of add()?
If so, is there a proper way to avoid this or one just has to use replace()?

What you can do here is just hide previous fragment at the time of transaction of current fragment.
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
Fragment newFragment= new MyFragment ();
ft.hide(CurrentFragment.this);
ft.show(newFragment);
ft.commit();
It worked for me just try it.

FragmentTransaction.hide(fragmentBehind); //works for me!
example :
//I have it globally available
FragmentTransaction trans = MainActivity.getManager().beginTransaction();
//not globally
FragmentTransaction trans = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
MapFragment newFragment = new newFragment();
trans.add(R.id.fragmentContainer, newFragment, tag);
trans.hide(this);
trans.addToBackStack(tag);
trans.commit();

Yes, this is a default behaviour of add().
If you really don't want to user replace(), you can try to disable views which are inside "old" fragment.

Create/destroy or show/hide Fragments?

I have a situation in which I need to show/hide a fragment based on a dynamic variable. My question is should I create the fragment once, and then show/hide based on the variable. Or should I destroy/create it each time?
Create the fragment
Fragment alertFragment = new AlertFragment();
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.add(android.R.id.content, alertFragment).commit();
After this should I call show/hide each time?
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.setCustomAnimations(android.R.animator.fade_in, android.R.animator.fade_out)
.show(alertFragment) // or hide
.commit();
Seems like a lot of work to show/hide something each time. Is this the right way to do it?

I'd say that depends on weather it matters for your application if your Fragment is destroyed or not.
If it doesn't matter at all, simply replace the Fragment everytime by a new one. This is the simplest solution and does not require any logic.
Fragment f = new Fragment();
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.replace(R.id.content, f).commit();

Is it OK to addToBackStack and replace in a fragment transaction?

Any thoughts on the following code? In my testing I've found the replaced fragment isn't destroyed and the instance is still around when popping the back stack. Just looking to verify that this is a valid way to use fragment transactions.
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().addToBackStack(null).replace(frame, fragmentB).commit();
My reason for using replace is that it causes the replaced fragment to run it's exit animation.

You can refer to the android designer guide for fragment transaction:
http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html
Specificly the snippet below:
// Create new fragment and transaction
Fragment newFragment = new ExampleFragment();
FragmentTransaction transaction = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
// Replace whatever is in the fragment_container view with this fragment,
// and add the transaction to the back stack
transaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, newFragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
// Commit the transaction
transaction.commit();
So yes, what you are doing is the correct approach in replacing fragments.

Best practice for keeping Fragments for later display

I have an activity with a FrameLayout in it.
The activity should show four steps, and each step is a Fragment. When I want to go back-further, I don't want my fragments to be recreated. I would like to retain them and simply replace their view in my fragment.
I used to first create my Fragments and add them in the backstack like this:
Fragment step= new Frag1ActCompleteFragsCommTrack();
FragmentTransaction ft= getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.add(step, ""+onStepNr);
ft.addToBackStack(null);
ft.commit();
notice that I don't show it, I simply create it and add to the backstack.
So, once I need one of my fragments to show, I add it (in this example I don't remove any fragment from the framelayout just because it's my first add):
FragmentTransaction ft= getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.add(R.id.my_frameLayout, step);
ft.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_FADE);
ft.commit();
So: the problem is that I obtain a
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment already added: Frag1ActCompleteFragsCommTrack{410dcb20 #0 id=0x7f050041 -1}
But I think I can't add directly into my framelayout the first time, otherwise the next time I replace it, I could lose my fragment. Am I right? So.. what's the best practice for retaining fragments that could interchange each other in a framelayout?

Ladies and gentlemen, I did it!
If you add a Fragment, and you want it to be shown in a framelayout, remember to put it in the Fragment backstack. That's it! If you replace it in the framelayout with another one, no worries: you can put it back by finding it thanks to its tag.
It was easier than I thought actually
//step is an int describing the step associated to the fragment I wanna place
FragmentTransaction ft= getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.replace(R.id.act_complete_track_frameLayout, f, ""+step);
ft.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_FADE);
if(firstAttach)
ft.addToBackStack(null);
ft.commit();
imagine a fragment with tag "1" replaced through the code above by a fragment with tag "2". If I want to go back to step1, I reuse that code by obtaining my old fragment with getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("1")
To be short, I thought that FragmentTransaction.replace removed the fragment from the backstack as well. That seems not to be the case (luckily)

You can always do something like fragmentManager.putFragment(yourFragment);

If I understand correctly, you are trying to add all the fragments but not show them until you are ready. FragmentTransaction.add() doesn't exactly do that though. It will also be shown after its added. You should use hide() after adding each fragment, and then later you can use show() to make it visible, and hide() again to make other fragments invisible.
Like this:
Fragment step = new Frag1ActCompleteFragsCommTrack();
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.add(step, ""+onStepNr);
ft.hide(step);
ft.commit();
Then later:
Fragment step = getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(""+onStepNr);
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.show(step);
// may want to hide other fragments here
ft.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_FADE);
ft.commit();