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Is there another way in which we can add a fragment?

I know of this way to add a fragment:
MyFragment myFragment = MyFragment.newInstance();
FragmentTransaction ft = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.replace(R.id.fragmentContainer, myFragment );
ft.commit();

There are two ways to add a fragment to an activity: dynamically using Java and statically using XML.
You are already using dynamic way of adding fragment , below is statically using XML.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<fragment
android:name="com.example.app.myfragment"
android:id="#+id/myfragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>

Add ViewPager to Activity which extends superclass with a Navigation Drawer

I have several activities which extend my class DrawerActivity, so they will have a navigation drawer. Only one of these activities requires a ViewPager.
Question: How can I add a ViewPager to only one of the activities, ActivityA?
I am somewhat familiar with creating a ViewPager, but in this situation I'm unsure of where to put the ViewPager code, and what layouts to use. I've seen a few examples including the official tutorial on Google's developer site, but I'm not sure how to best implement it into my application.
I've provided some relevant code below, but please let me know if you need to see more. Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
In DrawerActivity's onCreate:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fragment);
if (fragment == null)
{
fragment = createFragment();
fm.beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.fragmentContainer, fragment)
.commit();
}
Layout activity_fragment.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawerLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/fragmentContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView android:id="#+id/leftDrawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#111"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
In ActivityA:
public class ActivityA extends DrawerActivity
{
//this is all I do in this activity
#Override
protected Fragment createFragment()
{
UUID id = (UUID) getIntent().getSerializableExtra(FragmentA.EXTRA_ID);
return FragmentA.newInstance(id);
}
}
In FragmentA's onCreateView:
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_a, parent, false);
Layout fragment_a.xml is a simple LinearLayout with a few Button and TableLayout children.

fragment_a.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="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
and create an adapter for example FragmentStatePagerAdapter and fill it with what you want to show in viewpager. notice that because you are using viewpager inside a fragment you should pass ChildFragmentManaget instead of activity FragmentManager.

Android: Fragment overlay another fragment with semi transparent

Let's say I have 2 fragments, one contain a list view and another contain a loading text. I want when I click on one list item, the loading text fragment appears on top of the list view. I have adjusted the opacity of the loading text background to: android:background="#33FFFFFF" . But still it just shows the loading text on a solid grey background.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:background="#e8e9ee"
android:divider="#ccc"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"/>
Fragment that contains a textview:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/loadingText"
android:id="#+id/loadingText"
android:textColor="#e8e9ee"
android:background="#33FFFFFF"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
My java code is basically something like this: onItemClick:
FragmentTransaction transaction=manager.beginTransaction();
transaction.show(loadingFragment);
transaction.commit();

I did it and it works perfectly but instead of using .show I used .add:
Activity layout:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="5dp">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/list_view_container"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true">
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/loading_text_fragment_container"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true">
</FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
In the Activity:
First add your List View:
ListViewFragment listViewFragment = new ListViewFragment();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().add(R.id.list_view_container, listViewFragment).commit();
Then the loading text:
// Create a new Fragment to be placed in the activity layout
YourFragment yourFragment = new YourFragment();
// Add the fragment to the 'loading_text_fragment_container' FrameLayout
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().add(R.id.loading_text_fragment_container, yourFragment).commit();
In YourFragment.java
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_fragment_layout, container, false);
}
And the your_fragment_layout.xml has a common TextView without any special attribute.
Hope it to be useful,
regards!

I think you are actually replacing the original fragment rather than overlaying it. You should create two framelayouts that cover the full screen and then assign the loading fragment to the overlaying frame layout
in you activity
<FrameLayout id="#+id/ListFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout id="#+id/LoadingFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
and then to load them
FragmentTransaction transaction=manager.beginTransaction();
transaction.add(R.id.ListFragment, listFragment);
transaction.commit();
FragmentTransaction transaction=manager.beginTransaction();
transaction.add(R.id.LoadingFragment, loadingFragment);
transaction.commit();

How can I add more fragments of the same class to a Layout?

I have the following code:
FragmentA myFragment = new FragmentA();
transaction.add(R.id.my_fragment_container, myFragment);
myFragment = new FragmentA();
transaction.add(R.id.my_fragment_container, myFragment);
transaction.commit();
So what I want that happens is, that this will create 2 fragments.
One of the both should be placed under the other one.
My layout looks like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/my_fragment_container"/>
</LinearLayout>
So what do I have to do that 2 Fragments were added and one of them is under the other one?
regards simon

1) Make the following code a separate XML layout file:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
2) Inflate it using code and grab the id of the inflated layout.
3) Programmatically add the inflated layout to the layout with id=my_fragment_container.
4) Add the fragment to the FragmentManager with the inflated layout id.
FragmentA myFragment = new FragmentA();
transaction.add(layout_id, myFragment);
I believe that this should work, cheers.

How to change the "class" attribute of a Fragment from java code

In my android app, I have defined a fragment in my xml layout. The code is below:
<fragment
android:id="#+id/list_fragment"
android:layout_width="220dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="62dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
class="com.example.shantaportfolio.ListFragment" />
But I need to change the class attribute of the fragment from my java code. How can I do it? which method use?

You need to change <fragment/> by <FrameLayout/> in your .xml file
<fragment
android:id="#+id/list_fragment"
android:layout_width="220dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="62dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
/>
and then use java code to add fragment programatically
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager()
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
ListFragment fragment = new ListFragment();
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.list_fragment, fragment);
fragmentTransaction.commit();
you can get more details from
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/fragments.html

If you just want to replace a Fragment implementation in the layout insert a "container element" into your layout and set the Fragment there:
in the layout:
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragment_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</FrameLayout>
In the code:
final FragmentTransaction tx = this.getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
tx.replace(R.id.fragment_container, aFragment);
tx.commit();

You cannot intercept LayoutInflator instantiating the declared fragment. But You can replace() any fragment in your Activity with another afterwards.
Update:
You can use an Implementation of LayoutInflator.Factory, and use its onCreateView() method to do something different for some particular tags in layout.
You provide this factory implementation to LayoutInflator using setFactory()

You cannot alter Fragments which are declared in XML. Instead, declare a container where a fragment will belong and in the onCreate() method of your activity, attach a Fragment to this container. When you want to swap Fragments, simply use the replace method and specify which fragment you want to swap.Note: containers are usually made with a LinearLayout by arranging them to the specific size. Below is a simple XML layout which provides a layout on the left which is 2/3 the screen size and another on the right which is 1/3
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:baselineAligned="false"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_parent"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="2" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_child"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>