SupportMapFragment cannot be added to FrameLayout

Question

I have added mapFragment to FrameLayout in onCreate of an Activity like

getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                .replace(R.id.frame_container,//where frame_container is a FrameLayout
                 new MapyFragment(),
                 MapyFragment.class.getSimpleName()).commit();

and frame_container is a FrameLayout

MapyFragment.class

public class MapyFragment extends Fragment {

    private SupportMapFragment supportMapFragment;
    private GoogleMap map;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        setRetainInstance(true);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

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

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

        FragmentManager fm = getChildFragmentManager();/// getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager();/// getChildFragmentManager();
        supportMapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) fm.findFragmentById(R.id.map_container);
        if (supportMapFragment == null) {
            supportMapFragment = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
            fm.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.map_container, supportMapFragment).commit();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        if (supportMapFragment != null) {
            supportMapFragment.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {

                @Override
                public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
                    map = googleMap;
                    map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(15));
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

I have tried changing with getChildFragmentManager and getActivity.getSupportFragmentManager().

Google map doesn't show. No crash, What am i doing wrong. please clarify and

And why do we have to use fragmentManger to get our map_container. See

fm.findFragmentById(R.id.map_container);

fragment_mapy.xml

<fragment
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/map_container"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
        map:uiZoomControls="true" />

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 17:11

try this:

initialize your supportMapFragment in onCreateview.

 @Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_map, container, false);
    smp = (SupportMapFragment) this.getChildFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map);
    smp.getMapAsync(this);
    retrun rootView;
}

@Override
public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {
    mMap = map;
}

in layout xml:

<fragment
    android:id="@+id/map"
    android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

Also read about SupportMapFragment here

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

Solution to my own problem

First of all there is no difference b/w android:name & android:class both work fine. See this

getChildFragmentManager() is the culprit.

Latest working class

public class MapyFragment extends Fragment implements OnMapReadyCallback {

    private SupportMapFragment supportMapFragment;
    private GoogleMap map;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        setRetainInstance(true);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

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

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

        FragmentManager fm = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager();/// getChildFragmentManager();
        supportMapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) fm.findFragmentById(R.id.map_container);
        if (supportMapFragment == null) {
            supportMapFragment = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
            fm.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.map_container, supportMapFragment).commit();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
        map = googleMap;
        map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(15));
    }
}

SupportMapFragment cannot be added to FrameLayout

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