JsonObjectrequest not getting executed after getting queued

Question

I am using a JsonObject request within onActivityCreated of my fragment. I am adding the jsonobject request to a request queue. The queue is not getting executed at all. I have put Log statement in Onresponse and Onerrorresponse. Its just like the request is not started at all. Below is my code. Please suggest if am doing something wrong. I need to pass a string to the server. So i am putting it in a jsonobject jlistname. Server will return a jsonobject back, so to receive it im using jsonobjectrequest instead of stringrequest.

RequestQueue rq;
JsonObjectRequest jsObjRequest;
JSONObject jlistname = new JSONObject();
String listname="list1";

public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
    searchitembtn=(ImageButton) getView().findViewById(R.id.searchitembtn);
    rq = Volley.newRequestQueue(getActivity());
    try {
        jlistname.put("listname", listname);
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    jsObjRequest = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, getlistitems, null,
            new Response.Listener<JSONObject>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(JSONObject response) {
                    Log.i(TAG, "im in onresponse" + response);
                    System.out.println(response);
                 }
            },
            new Response.ErrorListener() {
                @Override
                public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                    Log.i(TAG, "im in onerrorresponse" + error);
                }
            }) {
        @Override
        public byte[] getBody() {
            return jlistname.toString().getBytes();
        }

        @Override
        public String getBodyContentType() {
            return "application/json";
        }

        @Override
        public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
            Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
            headers.put("Accept", "application/json");
            return headers;
        }
    };


    if (listtype==100||listtype==101){
        -----------------------
        }
    else if(listtype==102){
        Log.i(TAG,"mylisttypeis102: "+listtype);
        Log.i(TAG,"im before adding o request queue"+jsObjRequest);
        rq.add(jsObjRequest);
        Log.i(TAG, "im after adding o request queue"+rq);
    }
    else {
       -------------------
        }

    }
     showLists();

}

UPDATE : I have added a button to the layout and in the onclicklistener of the button kept rq.add(jsObjRequest);

Then i am getting the response correctly.

But i really do not want the response on click. I want the response to be generated when the fragment is loaded as per my code in onActivityCreated.

Can someone explain why i get response only using a listener ?

Answer 1

Add the request to the RequestQueue

rq.add(jsonObject);