Programmatically set google map fragment visibility (API2)

Question

xml:

Answer 1

Both the answer By @David and @ferdy182 are right but they don't told the context.

if you hide/show fragment Programmatically then use @ferdy182 and if you want to hide/show fragment which is in xml. you should follow @David

Let me explain

If you are having a single frameLayout in xml and you want to replace the other fragment in that particular one after another. use this code to add all fragment . they will be place on one another.

for(int i=0;i<4;i++)
        {
            getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.container, frag[i])
            //.addToBackStack(null)
            .commit();
        }// add all these fragment and put them on each other then 

hide all other fragment except which you want to show.

for(int j=0;j<4;j++)
        {
        getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().hide(frag[j]).commit();
        }
        getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().show(frag[0]).commit();

Benefit These fragment work like form in c#. Forum.show and forum.hide(); . Where there current state remain their. these fragment don't call again and again. A problem here i solve it using this technique. 2nd Method

when you are having multiple frameLayout or fragment in xml . you can hide that particular by getting its id.

private GoogleMap mMap;
private SupportMapFragment mMapFragment;

mMapFragment = ((SupportMapFragment)getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.mapFragment));
mMap = mMapFragment.getMap();

mMapFragment.getView().setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

Codes

// to show fragment when it is hidden

FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
fm.beginTransaction()
          .show(fragment1)
          .commit();

// to hide fragment

FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
fm.beginTransaction()
          .hide(fragment1)
          .commit();