FragmentManager from Context

Question

I created a new View class. Within that class I need to get access to the FragmentManager, but I cannot figure out how.

Can I access the

Answer 1

You can get access to a FragmentManager (or SupportFragmentManager) in an Application - but as other answers suggests, you can only do this via an Activity instance.

However, you can gain access to a FragmentManager via an Activity without needing to directly call any Activities using the ActivityLifecycleCallbacks interface:

registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(new ActivityLifecycleCallbacks {

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Activity activity, Bundle bundle) {
        activity.getFragmentManager()
        if(activity instanceof FragmentActivity) {
            ((FragmentActivity)activity).getSupportFragmentManager();
        }
        unregisterActivityLifecycleCallbacks(this);
    }

    ...