Implementation of the setTag() and findViewWithTag() in instantiateItem() of the FragmentStatePagerAdapter

Question

Referencing the following answer, I tried to unimplement what I was currently doing in a project, i.e., using the following code:

@Override
public int getItemPosition(Object object) {
    return POSITION_NONE;
}

Because due to the current implementation all the pages in my ViewPager was reloaded again. The reason as to why I implemented this in the 1st place was to reload a fragment (which was dynamic according to the user input).

After reading the reference, I got a vague idea on what I was supposed to do, I overrode the instantiateItem() method, but in my attempt to setTag() I got confused as to how I was to implement this. I did try the following:

@Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup viewgroup, int position) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    View viewA = viewgroup.getChildAt(0);
    viewA.setTag("FragmentA");
    View viewB  = viewgroup.getChildAt(1);
    viewB.setTag("FragmentB");
    View viewC = viewgroup.getChildAt(2);
    viewC.setTag("FragmentC");
    return super.instantiateItem(viewgroup, position);

}

And in my interface implementation I called the following:

        PlayingFragment fragment = new PlayingFragment();
        fragment.setArguments(element);
        getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(fragment,"NowPlaying").commit();
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        pager.findViewWithTag("FragmentC");

The current implementation gives me a NullPointerException

at : viewA.setTag("FragmentA");

Can someone help me implement this setTag() and findViewWithTag() implementation ?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '14 at 03:24

When you were calling viewA.setTag("FragmentA"), the viewgroup has not been initialized. This is the direct cause of this exception.

To avoid this issue, you need set tag after the viewGroup has been set up, i.e., you have inflated a view layout or created a fragment.

For example, the default code for instantiateItem of FragmentStatePagerAdapter is as follows.

@Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
    // If we already have this item instantiated, there is nothing
    // to do.  This can happen when we are restoring the entire pager
    // from its saved state, where the fragment manager has already
    // taken care of restoring the fragments we previously had instantiated.
    if (mFragments.size() > position) {
        Fragment f = mFragments.get(position);
        if (f != null) {
            return f;
        }
    }

    if (mCurTransaction == null) {
        mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
    }

    Fragment fragment = getItem(position);
    if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Adding item #" + position + ": f=" + fragment);
    if (mSavedState.size() > position) {
        Fragment.SavedState fss = mSavedState.get(position);
        if (fss != null) {
            fragment.setInitialSavedState(fss);
        }
    }
    while (mFragments.size() <= position) {
        mFragments.add(null);
    }
    fragment.setMenuVisibility(false);
    fragment.setUserVisibleHint(false);
    mFragments.set(position, fragment);
    mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment);

    return fragment;
}

You can set the tag in the getItem method when creating your fragment / view.

Implementation of the setTag() and findViewWithTag() in instantiateItem() of the FragmentStatePagerAdapter

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