Seeking help for writing a TabLayout using Fragment

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Stephen Kong
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Oct 11, 2011, 2:40:30 AM via Website

I am new to Android development. Recently I have been trying to rewrite the following tutorial with Fragment class. The tutorial utilizs the old TabActivity class and TabHost and TabWidget annontations.

TabLayout Google Tutorial

I following some online Fragment sample codes, I converted all my Activity class with Fragment class, but I couldn't make it to work.

Here are few questions

1. Should I define the <Fragment> class or calling ActionBar.addBar(...), or both?
2. What would a complete res/layout/main.xml look like? What would be the root element (i.e. LinearLayout, Framelayout..etc)?
3. Any additional info would be grateful.

res/layout/main.xml
1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
3 android:id="@android:id/tabhost"
4 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
5 android:layout_height="fill_parent">
6 <LinearLayout
7 android:orientation="vertical"
8 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
9 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
10 android:padding="5dp">
11 <TabWidget
12 android:id="@android:id/tabs"
13 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
14 android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
15
16 <FrameLayout
17 android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
18 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
19 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
20 android:padding="5dp" >
21
22 <fragment class="home.net.AlbumsActivity"
23 android:id="@+id/Albums"
24 android:tag="Albums"
25 android:name="Albums"
26 android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" />
27 <fragment class="home.net.ArtistsActivity"
28 android:id="@+id/Artists"
29 android:tag="Artists"
30 android:name="Artists"
31 android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" />
32 <fragment class="home.net.SongsActivity"
33 android:id="@+id/Songs"
34 android:tag="Songs"
35 android:name="Songs"
36 android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" />
37
38 </FrameLayout>
39 </LinearLayout>
40</TabHost>

HelloTabWidget.java
1public class HelloTabWidget extends Activity {
2
3 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
4 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
5 setContentView(R.layout.main);
6
7 ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
8 actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
9
10 actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
11 .setText("Albums")
12 .setTabListener(new TabListener<AlbumsActivity>(
13 this, "Albums", AlbumsActivity.class)));
14 actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
15 .setText("Artists")
16 .setTabListener(new TabListener<ArtistsActivity>(
17 this, "Artists", ArtistsActivity.class)));
18 actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
19 .setText("Songs")
20 .setTabListener(new TabListener<SongsActivity>(
21 this, "Songs", SongsActivity.class)));
22 /*
23 if (savedInstanceState != null) {
24 actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(savedInstanceState.getInt("tab", 0));
25 }
26*/
27 }
28
29 protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
30 super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
31 outState.putInt("tab", getActionBar().getSelectedNavigationIndex());
32 }
33
34 public static class TabListener<T extends Fragment> implements ActionBar.TabListener {
35 private final Activity mActivity;
36 private final String mTag;
37 private final Class<T> mClass;
38 private final Bundle mArgs;
39 private Fragment mFragment;
40
41 public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz) {
42 this(activity, tag, clz, null);
43 }
44
45 public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz, Bundle args) {
46 mActivity = activity;
47 mTag = tag;
48 mClass = clz;
49 mArgs = args;
50
51 // Check to see if we already have a fragment for this tab, probably
52 // from a previously saved state. If so, deactivate it, because our
53 // initial state is that a tab isn't shown.
54 mFragment = mActivity.getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(mTag);
55
56 if (mFragment != null && !mFragment.isDetached()) {
57 FragmentTransaction ft = mActivity.getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
58 ft.detach(mFragment);
59 ft.commit();
60 }
61
62 }
63
64 public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
65 if (mFragment == null) {
66 mFragment = Fragment.instantiate(mActivity, mClass.getName(), mArgs);
67 ft.add(android.R.id.content, mFragment, mTag);
68 } else {
69 ft.attach(mFragment);
70 }
71 }
72
73 public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
74 if (mFragment != null) {
75 ft.detach(mFragment);
76 }
77 }
78
79 public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
80 Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Reselected!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
81 }
82 }
83
84}

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