Replace Fragment inside a ViewPager

Question

I\'m trying to use Fragment with a ViewPager using the FragmentPagerAdapter. What I\'m looking for to achieve is to replace a fragment, positioned

Answer 1

I also made a solution, which is working with Stacks. It's a more modular approach so u don't have to specify each Fragment and Detail Fragment in your FragmentPagerAdapter. It's build on top of the Example from ActionbarSherlock which derives if I'm right from the Google Demo App.

/**
 * This is a helper class that implements the management of tabs and all
 * details of connecting a ViewPager with associated TabHost.  It relies on a
 * trick.  Normally a tab host has a simple API for supplying a View or
 * Intent that each tab will show.  This is not sufficient for switching
 * between pages.  So instead we make the content part of the tab host
 * 0dp high (it is not shown) and the TabsAdapter supplies its own dummy
 * view to show as the tab content.  It listens to changes in tabs, and takes
 * care of switch to the correct paged in the ViewPager whenever the selected
 * tab changes.
 * 
 * Changed to support more Layers of fragments on each Tab.
 * by sebnapi (2012)
 * 
 */
public class TabsAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter
        implements TabHost.OnTabChangeListener, ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener {
    private final Context mContext;
    private final TabHost mTabHost;
    private final ViewPager mViewPager;

    private ArrayList mTabTags = new ArrayList();
    private HashMap> mTabStackMap = new HashMap>();

    static final class TabInfo {
        public final String tag;
        public final Class clss;
        public Bundle args;

        TabInfo(String _tag, Class _class, Bundle _args) {
            tag = _tag;
            clss = _class;
            args = _args;
        }
    }

    static class DummyTabFactory implements TabHost.TabContentFactory {
        private final Context mContext;

        public DummyTabFactory(Context context) {
            mContext = context;
        }

        @Override
        public View createTabContent(String tag) {
            View v = new View(mContext);
            v.setMinimumWidth(0);
            v.setMinimumHeight(0);
            return v;
        }
    }

    public interface SaveStateBundle{
        public Bundle onRemoveFragment(Bundle outState);
    }

    public TabsAdapter(FragmentActivity activity, TabHost tabHost, ViewPager pager) {
        super(activity.getSupportFragmentManager());
        mContext = activity;
        mTabHost = tabHost;
        mViewPager = pager;
        mTabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(this);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(this);
        mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(this);
    }

    /**
     * Add a Tab which will have Fragment Stack. Add Fragments on this Stack by using
     * addFragment(FragmentManager fm, String _tag, Class _class, Bundle _args)
     * The Stack will hold always the default Fragment u add here.
     * 
     * DON'T ADD Tabs with same tag, it's not beeing checked and results in unexpected
     * beahvior.
     * 
     * @param tabSpec
     * @param clss
     * @param args
     */
    public void addTab(TabHost.TabSpec tabSpec, Class clss, Bundle args){
        Stack tabStack = new Stack();

        tabSpec.setContent(new DummyTabFactory(mContext));
        mTabHost.addTab(tabSpec);
        String tag = tabSpec.getTag();
        TabInfo info = new TabInfo(tag, clss, args);

        mTabTags.add(tag);                  // to know the position of the tab tag 
        tabStack.add(info);
        mTabStackMap.put(tag, tabStack);
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    /**
     * Will add the Fragment to Tab with the Tag _tag. Provide the Class of the Fragment
     * it will be instantiated by this object. Proivde _args for your Fragment.
     * 
     * @param fm
     * @param _tag
     * @param _class
     * @param _args
     */
    public void addFragment(FragmentManager fm, String _tag, Class _class, Bundle _args){
        TabInfo info = new TabInfo(_tag, _class, _args);
        Stack tabStack = mTabStackMap.get(_tag);   
        Fragment frag = fm.findFragmentByTag("android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + mTabTags.indexOf(_tag));
        if(frag instanceof SaveStateBundle){
            Bundle b = new Bundle();
            ((SaveStateBundle) frag).onRemoveFragment(b);
            tabStack.peek().args = b;
        }
        tabStack.add(info);
        FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
        ft.remove(frag).commit();
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    /**
     * Will pop the Fragment added to the Tab with the Tag _tag
     * 
     * @param fm
     * @param _tag
     * @return
     */
    public boolean popFragment(FragmentManager fm, String _tag){
        Stack tabStack = mTabStackMap.get(_tag);   
        if(tabStack.size()>1){
            tabStack.pop();
            Fragment frag = fm.findFragmentByTag("android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + mTabTags.indexOf(_tag));
            FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
            ft.remove(frag).commit();
            notifyDataSetChanged();
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public boolean back(FragmentManager fm) {
        int position = mViewPager.getCurrentItem();
        return popFragment(fm, mTabTags.get(position));
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return mTabStackMap.size();
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
        ArrayList> positionNoneHack = new ArrayList>();
        for(Stack tabStack: mTabStackMap.values()){
            positionNoneHack.add(tabStack.peek().clss);
        }   // if the object class lies on top of our stacks, we return default
        if(positionNoneHack.contains(object.getClass())){
            return POSITION_UNCHANGED;
        }
        return POSITION_NONE;
    }

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position) {
        Stack tabStack = mTabStackMap.get(mTabTags.get(position));
        TabInfo info = tabStack.peek();
        return Fragment.instantiate(mContext, info.clss.getName(), info.args);
    }

    @Override
    public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
        int position = mTabHost.getCurrentTab();
        mViewPager.setCurrentItem(position);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onPageSelected(int position) {
        // Unfortunately when TabHost changes the current tab, it kindly
        // also takes care of putting focus on it when not in touch mode.
        // The jerk.
        // This hack tries to prevent this from pulling focus out of our
        // ViewPager.
        TabWidget widget = mTabHost.getTabWidget();
        int oldFocusability = widget.getDescendantFocusability();
        widget.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);
        mTabHost.setCurrentTab(position);
        widget.setDescendantFocusability(oldFocusability);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {
    }

}

Add this for back button functionality in your MainActivity:

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
  if (!mTabsAdapter.back(getSupportFragmentManager())) {
    super.onBackPressed();
  }
}

If u like to save the Fragment State when it get's removed. Let your Fragment implement the interface SaveStateBundle return in the function a bundle with your save state. Get the bundle after instantiation by this.getArguments().

You can instantiate a tab like this:

mTabsAdapter.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("firstTabTag").setIndicator("First Tab Title"),
                FirstFragmentActivity.FirstFragmentFragment.class, null);

works similiar if u want to add a Fragment on top of a Tab Stack. Important: I think, it won't work if u want to have 2 instances of same class on top of two Tabs. I did this solution quick together, so I can only share it without providing any experience with it.