Transaction of fragments in android results in blank screen

Question

If it helps, what I want is similar to what is done in this google tutorial

But there a fragment is created prior to the transition. If I do that t

Answer 1

You are combining two different methods of changing which Fragment is shown:

• Calling replace() to replace the contents of the container with a different Fragment
• Calling hide() to remove a Fragment, then calling show() to show another Fragment.

Pick one method and stick with it. The Building a Flexible UI guide uses just the replace() method, so I would start by trying to remove all of your calls to show() and hide().

Also see Android Fragments: When to use hide/show or add/remove/replace? for a quick summary of when it might be beneficial to use hide/show instead of replace.

Answer 2

Try to initialize fragments in that way:

private void initFragments() {
    mDiceTable = new DiceTable();
    mLogger = new Logger();
    isDiceTableVisible = true;

    FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
    FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
    ft.add(R.id.fragment_container, mDiceTable);
    ft.add(R.id.fragment_container, mLogger);
    ft.hide(mLogger);
    ft.commit();
}

And then flip between them in that way:

 private void flipFragments() {
        FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
        FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
        if (isDiceTableVisible) {
            ft.hide(mDiceTable);
            ft.show(mLogger);
        } else {
            ft.hide(mLogger);
            ft.show(mDiceTable);
        }
        ft.commit();
        isDiceTableVisible = !isDiceTableVisible;
    }