Fragment
Contents
● What is Fragment
● Create Fragment
● Interact with Activity
Fragment
● Fragment: A reusable
segment of Android UI
that can appear in an
activity.
○ can help handle
different devices and
screen sizes
○ can reuse a common
fragment across
multiple activities
Create Fragment
Add Fragment to Activity
● Static way:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<fragment android:name="com.example.news.ArticleListFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
Add Fragment to Activity
● Dynamic way:
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction =
fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
ExampleFragment fragment = new ExampleFragment();
fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.fragment_container, fragment);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
fragmentTransaction.commit();
Communicate with Activity
● From Activity to Fragment:
○ keep fragment instance in Activity and call fragment methods directly
● From Fragment to Activity
○ Pass a callback when the Fragment is created
public static class MainActivity extends Activity
public class HeadlinesFragment extends Fragment { implements OnHeadlineListener {
OnHeadlineListener callback; @Override
public void setOnHeadlineListener(OnHeadlineListener callback) public void onAttachFragment(Fragment fragment) {
if (fragment instanceof HeadlinesFragment) {
{
this.callback = callback; HeadlinesFragment headlinesFragment =
} (HeadlinesFragment) fragment;
public interface OnHeadlineListener {
public void onArticleSelected(int position);
} headlinesFragment.setOnHeadlineListener(this);
} }
Fragment lifecycle
● Fragments have a similar life cycle and events as
activities.
● Important methods:
○ onAttach to glue fragment to its surrounding activity
○ onCreate when fragment is loading
○ onCreateView method that must return fragment's root UI view
○ onActivityCreated method that indicates the enclosing activity is
ready
○ onPause when fragment is being left/exited
○ onDetach just as fragment is being deleted
Fragment lifecycle
● Fragment in an Activity---Activity Lifecyle influences
○ Activity paused -> all its fragments paused
○ Activity destroyed -> all its fragments destroyed
○ Activity running -> manipulate each fragment independently.
● Fragment transaction: add, remove, etc.
○ adds it to a back stack that's managed by the activity—each back stack
entry in the activity is a record of the fragment transaction that occurred.
○ The back stack allows the user to reverse a fragment transaction
(navigate backwards), by pressing the Back button
Fragment lifecycle
Fragment subclasses
● DialogFragment - a fragment meant to be
shown as a dialog box that pops up on top of
the current activity.
● ListFragment - a fragment that shows a list
of items as its main content.
● PreferenceFragment - a fragment whose
main content is meant to allow the user to
change settings for the app
Classwork
● Using Fragment to make:
○ A ListProduct Fragment
○ A DetailedProduct Fragment
● Click an Item in ListProject Fragment, show DetailedProduct
Fragment
References
● https://google-developer-training.github.io/android-developer-fun
damentals-course-concepts-v2/
