on callingback the viewpager fragment on back press got this error You must call removeView() on the child's parent first

Question

i'm replacing Fragment1(which has a view pager) from its child Fragment1 with Fragment2.

 Fragment fragment = Childfragment1.this.getParentFragment();
    FragmentManager fragmentManager = fragment.getFragmentManager();

    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
    Fragment2 Fragment2 = new Fragment2();


    fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.cat_container, Fragment2 , "Fragment2 ");
    fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack("Fragment2 ");
    fragmentTransaction.commit();

its working fine but when press back button it crashes with the error

The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() on the child's parent first on super.onBackPressed(); line

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {


    int count = getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount();


    if (count == 0) {


        super.onBackPressed();


    } else {


        getFragmentManager().popBackStack();

    }




}

here is my logcat error

 java.lang.IllegalStateException: The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() on the child's parent first.
    at android.view.ViewGroup.addViewInner(ViewGroup.java:5038)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.addView(ViewGroup.java:4869)
    at androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager.addView(ViewPager.java:1485)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.addView(ViewGroup.java:4809)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.addView(ViewGroup.java:4782)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:887)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveFragmentToExpectedState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1238)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1303)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.dispatchStateChange(FragmentManagerImpl.java:2659)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.dispatchActivityCreated(FragmentManagerImpl.java:2613)
    at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performActivityCreated(Fragment.java:2624)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:904)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveFragmentToExpectedState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1238)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1303)
    at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.executePopOps(BackStackRecord.java:500)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOps(FragmentManagerImpl.java:2076)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1869)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1824)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.popBackStackImmediate(FragmentManagerImpl.java:310)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.popBackStackImmediate(FragmentManagerImpl.java:253)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.handleOnBackPressed(FragmentManagerImpl.java:233)
    at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.handleOnBackPressed(FragmentManagerImpl.java:108)
    at androidx.activity.OnBackPressedDispatcher.onBackPressed(OnBackPressedDispatcher.java:189)
    at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onBackPressed(ComponentActivity.java:286)
    at in.arkemtech.offersoffer.main_freg.Main2Activity.onBackPressed(Main2Activity.java:466)
    at android.app.Activity.onKeyUp(Activity.java:3147)
    at android.view.KeyEvent.dispatch(KeyEvent.java:2744)
    at android.app.Activity.dispatchKeyEvent(Activity.java:3430)
    at androidx.core.app.ComponentActivity.superDispatchKeyEvent(ComponentActivity.java:115)
    at androidx.core.view.KeyEventDispatcher.dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEventDispatcher.java:84)
    at androidx.core.app.ComponentActivity.dispatchKeyEvent(ComponentActivity.java:133)
    at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.dispatchKeyEvent(AppCompatActivity.java:558)
    at androidx.appcompat.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.dispatchKeyEvent(WindowCallbackWrapper.java:59)
    at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl$AppCompatWindowCallback.dispatchKeyEvent(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:2814)
    at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.dispatchKeyEvent(DecorView.java:346)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$ViewPostImeInputStage.processKeyEvent(ViewRootImpl.java:5213)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$ViewPostImeInputStage.onProcess(ViewRootImpl.java:5081)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.deliver(ViewRootImpl.java:4600)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.onDeliverToNext(ViewRootImpl.java:4653)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.forward(ViewRootImpl.java:4619)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$AsyncInputStage.forward(ViewRootImpl.java:4759)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.apply(ViewRootImpl.java:4627)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$AsyncInputStage.apply(ViewRootImpl.java:4816)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.deliver(ViewRootImpl.java:4600)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.onDeliverToNext(ViewRootImpl.java:4653)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.forward(ViewRootImpl.java:4619)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$InputStage.apply(ViewRootImpl.java:

Does this answer your question? [The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() on the child's parent first (Android)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28071349/the-specified-child-already-has-a-parent-you-must-call-removeview-on-the-chil) — Vall0n, Jan 21 '20 at 12:40

greatape · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-07T17:09:28.420

Here's an updated answer, as I predicted the other fix caused a knock on problem:

This was triggered in a previously working App when I upgraded com.google.android.material from 1.1.0-alpha05 to 1.2.0-alpha04, a bit of experimenting shows problems with anything above 1.1.0-alpha07. So try reverting back to this version or earlier if you don't like the alpha's

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha07'

I'm still not sure if this is actually a bug in com.google.android.material, or whether the upgraded library uncovered a lurking flaw in my code.

Old Answer below as it may still provide someone a useful clue:

In my Fragments onCreateView I'd being stashing the created view

override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {
    if (searchView == null) {
        searchView = super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState)
        ...
    }
    return searchView
}

I removed the code doing this and that's fixed the problem.

override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {
    val searchView = super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState)
    ...
    return searchView
}

I'm trying to remember now why I was stashing the view away in the first place, sure I'm soon going to find something else in my App is broken now.

Any more help? I am using DataBinding. I made similar changes, fixed crash in some modules but facing the same crash in other modules. — Ravi Rawal, Feb 28 '20 at 08:00
There's been another question on this issue with a helpful answer, https://stackoverflow.com/a/60204771/7393635 Hopefully that will fix your problem with DataBinding. For me I had to tweak the answer slightly to remove my searchView in the onDestroy — greatape, Mar 02 '20 at 12:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '20 at 12:55

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You should use getParentFragmentManager (or even getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager()) to get FragmentManager for this transaction.

answered Jan 21 '20 at 12:55

art

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already used it getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager() app still crashing on back press with same error – sam Jan 21 '20 at 13:29
@sam ok, then show your `ViewPager` adapter, please. – art Jan 21 '20 at 17:41

on callingback the viewpager fragment on back press got this error You must call removeView() on the child's parent first

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