Getting the error “Java.lang.IllegalStateException Activity has been destroyed” when using tabs with ViewPager

Question

I have an application that consists of using ActionBarSherlock in tab mode.I have 5 tabs and the content of each tab is handled using fragments. For tab2 though, I have a fr

Answer 1

I encountered the same issue when calling super.onCreate() at the end of my method. The reason: attachActivity() is called in onCreate() of FragmentActivity. When overriding onCreate() and, for example, creating tabs, the Tab manager will try to switch to a fragment while not having the activity attached to the FragmentManager.

Simple solution: Move the call to super.onCreate() to the head of the function body.

In general, it seems there are loads of reasons this issue may occur. This is just another one ...

Matthias