Unable to use Fragments with Android Compatibility Package

Question

In \"Fragments for All\", Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead says Google releases an Android Compatibility Package by SDK Manager.

I\'ve installed it, but, how c

Answer 1

Premier,

I followed the Fragments example on the Android Developers Blog to create a "backwards" compatible app using Fragments. In the article there is a brief mention of the Main activity that uses a layout with fragments.

The code for this activity is not interesting; it just calls setContentView() with the given layout:

What should be mentioned here is that this activity must derive from FragmentActivity and not Activity class. This threw me off for a while.

Good luck