Android Set Text of TextView in Fragment that is in FragmentPagerAdapter

Question

This one is driving me nuts. Basically, I want to create a ViewPager and add a few Fragments to it. Then, all I want to do, it set a value in one of the Fragment's TextViews. I can add the Fragments fine, and they attach, but when I go to findViewById() for one of the TextViews in the first Fragment it throws a NullPointerException. I, for the life of me, can't figure out why.

Here's my code so far, let me know if more is needed please.

public class SheetActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Variable Declaration
    // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    private ViewPager               viewPager;
    private PagerTitleStrip         titleStrip;
    private String                  type;
    private FragmentPagerAdapter    fragmentPager;  //UPDATE

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_sheet);

        viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewPager);
        titleStrip = (PagerTitleStrip) findViewById(R.id.viewPagerTitleStrip);

        // Determine which type of sheet to create
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        this.type = intent.getStringExtra("type");
        FragmentManager manager = getSupportFragmentManager();
        switch (type) {
            case "1":
                viewPager.setAdapter(new InstallAdapter(manager));
                break;
            case "2":
                viewPager.setAdapter(new InstallAdapter(manager));
                break;
        }
        fragmentPager = (FragmentPagerAdapter) viewPager.getAdapter();  //UPDATE
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        fragmentPager.getItem(0).setText("something"); //UPDATE
    }

    class MyAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

        private final String[]      TITLES      = { "Title1", "Title2" };
        private final int           PAGE_COUNT  = TITLES.length;
        private ArrayList<Fragment> FRAGMENTS   = null;

        public MyAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
            super(fm);
            FRAGMENTS = new ArrayList<Fragment>();
            FRAGMENTS.add(new FragmentA());
            FRAGMENTS.add(new FragmentB());
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int pos) {
            return FRAGMENTS.get(pos);
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return PAGE_COUNT;
        }

        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int pos) {
            return TITLES[pos];
        }
    }
}

All of Fragments I created only have the onCreateView() method overridden so I can display the proper XML layout. Other than that they are 'stock'. Why can't I interact with elements in any of the Fragments?

UPDATE:

So do something like this?

public class FragmentA extends Fragment {

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle inState) {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_a, container, false);
    }

    public void setText(String text) {
        TextView t = (TextView) getView().findViewById(R.id.someTextView);  //UPDATE
        t.setText(text);
    }
}

XML LAYOUT FOR FRAGMENT A

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/someTextView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:textSize="22sp" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

The TextView is located in the fragments layout, not in the ViewPagers or the PagerAdapter, that is causing the NPE. Now, you have 2 options.

• The first is the easiest, you should simple move your code for changing the text into the corresponding fragment's class, FragmentA in this case.

• Secondly, you could make the TextView into FragmentA static, so it can be accessed by other classes. So your code would look something like this:

   ....
   TextView myText;
  
   @Override
   public View onCreateView(....) {
  
       myLayout = ....;
  
       myText = myLayout.findViewById(yourID);
  
       ....
  }
  

And then you would change the text from somewhere else (if it's really necessary):

   FragmentA.myText.setText("new text");

Explaining method 2

Use the following in your Fragment.

public static void setText(String text) {
    TextView t = (TextView) getView().findViewById(R.id.someTextView);
    t.setText(text);
}

Then change the text like:

FragmentA.setText("Lulz");