Fragments deprecated in Android P

Question

I was looking at the documentation and found this

This class was deprecated in API level P.

Why are fragments deprecated in android

Answer 1

In case anyone was looking for the way to instantiate fragments by the class name.

Old way:

Fragment.instantiate(context, fragmentClass)

New way:

val fm: FragmentManager = ...
fm.fragmentFactory.instantiate(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(), fragmentClass)

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Using an extension:

File name: FragmentManagerExt.kt

import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager

fun FragmentManager.instantiate(className: String): Fragment {
    return fragmentFactory.instantiate(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(), className)
}

Example usage:

val fragment = supportFragmentManager.instantiate(fragmentClassName)