Fragment activity catch onKeyDown and use in fragment

Question

I have Fragment activity with pager:

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Answer 1

As mentioned by others, the accepted answer results in tight coupling between the activity and its fragments.

I would suggest using some sort of event-based implementation instead. This is much more reusable and results in a better software architecture. In previous projects I have used one of the following solutions (Kotlin):

Broadcasts

Using Android´s LocalBroadcastManager: Documentation

Create a BroadcastReceiver:

class SomeBroadcastReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {

    override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent?) {
        val keyCode = intent?.getIntExtra("KEY_CODE", 0)
        // Do something with the event
    }

}

In your activity:

class SomeActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onKeyDown(keyCode: Int, event: KeyEvent?): Boolean {
        val intent = Intent("SOME_TAG").apply { putExtra("KEY_CODE", keyCode) }
        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent)
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event)
    }

}

Then, in any of the fragments (or services, etc..):

class SomeFragment : Fragment() {

    val receiver = SomeBroadcastReceiver()

    override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {

        val filter = IntentFilter().apply { addAction("SOME_TAG") }
        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(context!!).registerReceiver(receiver, filter)

        return super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState)
    }

}

EventBus

Using EventBus

Create an event class:

data class Event(val keyCode: Int)

In your activity:

class SomeActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onKeyDown(keyCode: Int, event: KeyEvent?): Boolean {
        EventBus.getDefault().post(Event(keyCode))
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event)
    }

}

Then, in your fragment:

class SomeFragment : Fragment() {

    override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {

        // Register for events
        EventBus.getDefault().register(this)

        return super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState)
    }

    @Subscribe
    public fun onKeyEvent(event : Event) {
        // Called by eventBus when an event occurs
    }

    override fun onDestroyView() {
        super.onDestroyView()
        EventBus.getDefault().unregister(this)
    }

}