How do I get the currently displayed fragment?

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Leem.fin picture Leem.fin · Feb 15, 2012 · Viewed 464.3k times · Source

I am playing with fragments in Android.

I know I can change a fragment by using the following code:

FragmentManager fragMgr = getSupportFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragTrans = fragMgr.beginTransaction();

MyFragment myFragment = new MyFragment(); //my custom fragment

fragTrans.replace(android.R.id.content, myFragment);
fragTrans.addToBackStack(null);
fragTrans.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_FADE);
fragTrans.commit();

My question is, in a Java file, how can I get the currently displayed Fragment instance?

Answer

ramdroid picture ramdroid · Feb 15, 2012

When you add the fragment in your transaction you should use a tag.

fragTrans.replace(android.R.id.content, myFragment, "MY_FRAGMENT");

...and later if you want to check if the fragment is visible:

MyFragment myFragment = (MyFragment)getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("MY_FRAGMENT");
if (myFragment != null && myFragment.isVisible()) {
   // add your code here
}

See also http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html

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