Why is a FrameLayout used for fragments?

java android fragment android-framelayout
maysi picture maysi · Jul 5, 2013 · Viewed 19.5k times · Source

Wherever I look, FrameLayout seems to be used as the FragmentContainer. Why is FrameLayout always seen with Fragments?

Answer

hardartcore picture hardartcore · Jul 5, 2013

You can basically use RelativeLayout or LinearLayout it will still work,but the answer of your question is in FrameLayout's documentation :

FrameLayout is designed to block out an area on the screen to display a single item. Generally, FrameLayout should be used to hold a single child view, because it can be difficult to organize child views in a way that's scalable to different screen sizes without the children overlapping each other. You can, however, add multiple children to a FrameLayout and control their position within the FrameLayout by assigning gravity to each child, using the android:layout_gravity attribute.

You can read more about FrameLayout here : FrameLayout/Android Developers

Related questions

How to display AlertDialog in a Fragment?

I want to display an alert dialog in my app. I am using fragments. I tried the below code to do this: AlertDialog ad = new AlertDialog.Builder(context) .create(); ad.setCancelable(false); ad.setTitle(title); ad.setMessage(message); ad.setButton(…

Read More
Set up toolbar as actionbar in fragment

I want to set up my toolbar as an actionbar, but since your toolbar is a layoutelement it has to be in your layout. Now my layout is in my fragment. I added the toolbar in my layout and I …

Read More
How to access Activity Variables from a fragment Android

In the Activity I have : public class tabsmain extends Activity{ public static Context appContext; public boolean lf_ch=false; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){ I would like to access and possibly change lf_ch from a fragment inside tabsmain; public …

Read More