Is there a method that works like start fragment for result?

Question

I currently have a fragment in an overlay. This is for signing in to the service. In the phone app, each of the steps I want to show in the overlay are their own screens and

Answer 1

We can simply share the same ViewModel between fragments

SharedViewModel

import android.arch.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModel

class SharedViewModel : ViewModel() {

    val stringData: MutableLiveData by lazy {
        MutableLiveData()
    }

}

FirstFragment

import android.arch.lifecycle.Observer
import android.os.Bundle
import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup

class FirstFragment : Fragment() {

    private lateinit var sharedViewModel: SharedViewModel

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        activity?.run {
            sharedViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(activity).get(SharedViewModel::class.java)
        }
    }

    override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?,
                              savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_first, container, false)
    }

    override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)

        sharedViewModel.stringData.observe(this, Observer { dateString ->
            // get the changed String
        })

    }

}

SecondFragment

import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders
import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGrou

class SecondFragment : Fragment() {

    private lateinit var sharedViewModel: SharedViewModel

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        activity?.run {
            sharedViewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(activity).get(SharedViewModel::class.java)
        }
    }

    override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?,
                              savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_first, container, false)
    }

    override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
        changeString()
    }

    private fun changeString() {
        sharedViewModel.stringData.value = "Test"
    }

}