Currently, I have several fragments that are all organized in tabs, and I want fragment A to call the method in fragment B. So I know that I need to call an action that then calls the function in B, I saw people mentioning use
ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment)
getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.example_fragment);
fragment.<specific_function_name>();
I have a problem, but since my fragments are added using the tab listener, and not for the fragment manager, I don’t know how to use this to call the method. Here's how my tabs are added.
public class fifaActivity extends Activity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
final ActionBar bar = getActionBar();
bar.setTitle(TourneyName);
bar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
bar.setIcon(R.drawable.fifa);
bar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
bar.addTab(bar
.newTab()
.setText("Tables")
.setTabListener(
new TabListener<fifa.tables>(this, "tables",
fifa.tables.class)));
bar.addTab(bar
.newTab()
.setText("Knockouts")
.setTabListener(
new TabListener<fifa.knockouts>(this, "tables",
fifa.knockouts.class)));
if (savedInstanceState != null) {
bar.setSelectedNavigationItem(savedInstanceState.getInt("tab", 0));
}
}
@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
outState.putInt("tab", getActionBar().getSelectedNavigationIndex())
}
public static class TabListener<T extends Fragment> implements
ActionBar.TabListener {
private final Activity mActivity;
private final String mTag;
private final Class<T> mClass;
private final Bundle mArgs;
private Fragment mFragment;
public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz) {
this(activity, tag, clz, null);
}
public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz,
Bundle args) {
mActivity = activity;
mTag = tag;
mClass = clz;
mArgs = args;
mFragment = mActivity.getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(mTag);
if (mFragment != null && !mFragment.isDetached()) {
FragmentTransaction ft = mActivity.getFragmentManager()
.beginTransaction();
ft.detach(mFragment);
ft.commit();
}
}
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
if (mFragment == null) {
mFragment = Fragment.instantiate(mActivity, mClass.getName(),
mArgs);
ft.add(android.R.id.content, mFragment, mTag);
} else {
ft.attach(mFragment);
}
}
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
if (mFragment != null) {
ft.detach(mFragment);
}
}
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
}
Any help on how to call the method from the fifa.tables snippet to the fifa.knockouts snippet would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Olya