Restoring fragment state when changing fragments through bottom navigation bar

Question

I have bottom navigation bar on click of item in navigation bar i am replacing fragments. I have 3 fragments A,B,C so on click of b item B fragment is loaded and in B i am c

Answer 1

You should use a FragmentPagerAdapter to initiate the fragments so when you want to switch in between them, the state of the fragments will be saved.

CutomViewPager viewPager = (CustomViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewpager1);
ViewPagerAdapter adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter (MainActivity.this.getSupportFragmentManager());
adapter.addFragment(new SpotFeedMapFragment(), "title");
adapter.addFragment(new BusLocationsFragment(), "title");
adapter.addFragment(new NewsFeedActivity(), "title");
viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);

then in the bottom navigation selected you can set fragment by simple command

viewPager.setCurrentItem(n);

my viewpager class is as follows:

public class CustomViewPager extends ViewPager {

private boolean isPagingEnabled;

public CustomViewPager(Context context) {
    super(context);
    this.isPagingEnabled = true;
}

public CustomViewPager(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    this.isPagingEnabled = true;
}

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
    return this.isPagingEnabled && super.onTouchEvent(event);
}

//for samsung phones to prevent tab switching keys to show on keyboard
@Override
public boolean executeKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
    return isPagingEnabled && super.executeKeyEvent(event);
}

@Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
    return this.isPagingEnabled && super.onInterceptTouchEvent(event);
}

public void setPagingEnabled(boolean enabled) {
    this.isPagingEnabled = enabled;
}
}

in the xml instead of a empty layout for fragemnt u need:

Code for custom FragmentPagerAdapter:

private class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
    private final SparseArray> instantiatedFragments = new SparseArray<>();
    private final List mFragmentList = new ArrayList<>();
    private final List mFragmentTitleList = new ArrayList<>();

    ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager manager) {
        super(manager);
    }

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position) {
        return mFragmentList.get(position);
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return mFragmentList.size();
    }

    void addFragment(Fragment fragment, String title) {
        mFragmentList.add(fragment);
        mFragmentTitleList.add(title);
    }

    @Override
    public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
        final Fragment fragment = (Fragment) super.instantiateItem(container, position);
        instantiatedFragments.put(position, new WeakReference<>(fragment));
        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
        instantiatedFragments.remove(position);
        super.destroyItem(container, position, object);
    }

    @Nullable
    Fragment getFragment(final int position) {
        final WeakReference wr = instantiatedFragments.get(position);
        if (wr != null) {
            return wr.get();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
        return mFragmentTitleList.get(position);
    }
}