Calling a Fragment method from a parent Activity

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The question:

I see in the Android Fragments Dev Guide that an “activity can call methods in a fragment by acquiring a reference to the Fragment from FragmentManager, using findFragmentById() or findFragmentByTag().”

The example that follows shows how to get a fragment reference, but not how to call specific methods in the fragment.

Can anyone give an example of how to do this? I would like to call a specific method in a Fragment from the parent Activity. Thanks.

The Solutions:

Below are the methods you can try. The first solution is probably the best. Try others if the first one doesn’t work. Senior developers aren’t just copying/pasting – they read the methods carefully & apply them wisely to each case.

Method 1

not get the question exactly as it is too simple :

ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.example_fragment);
fragment.<specific_function_name>();

Method 2

If you are using “import android.app.Fragment;”
Then use either:

1) 

ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.example_fragment); 
fragment.specific_function_name();

Where R.id.example_fragment is most likely the FrameLayout id inside your xml layout.
OR

2) 

ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(“FragTagName”); 
fragment.specific_function_name();

Where FragTagName is the name u specified when u did:

TabHost mTabHost.newTabSpec(“FragTagName”)

If you are using “import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;”
Then use either:

1) 

ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.example_fragment); 
fragment.specific_function_name();

OR

2) 

ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(“FragTagName”); 
fragment.specific_function_name();

Method 3

If you’re using a support library, you’ll want to do something like this:

FragmentManager manager = getSupportFragmentManager();
Fragment fragment = manager.findFragmentById(R.id.my_fragment);
fragment.myMethod();

Method 4

  1. If you’re not using a support library Fragment, then do the following:

((FragmentName) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_id)).methodName();

2. If you’re using a support library Fragment, then do the following:

((FragmentName) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_id)).methodName();

Method 5

Too late for the question but this is a easy way to get fragment instance and call methods in a fragment; you have to get instance of your fragment then call your public method:

In your fragment :

 private static yourFragment instance;

then in onCreateView of your fragment :

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

        instance= this;

        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_tools, container, false);
        binding = FragmentToolsBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false);

        return v;
    }

and also in your fragment you have to have a static method that returns the instance:

public static yourFragment GetInstance()
{
    return instance;
}

then you have a public method in in your fragment that you want to call it like this:

public  void  theMethod()
{
    Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Test", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

then you can get fragment instance and call your non static public method like this:

   yourFragment frag = yourFragment.GetInstance();
   frag.theMethod();

Method 6

From fragment to activty:

((YourActivityClassName)getActivity()).yourPublicMethod();

From activity to fragment:

FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();

//if you added fragment via layout xml
YourFragmentClass fragment = 
(YourFragmentClass)fm.findFragmentById(R.id.your_fragment_id);
fragment.yourPublicMethod();

If you added fragment via code and used a tag string when you added your fragment, use findFragmentByTag instead:

YourFragmentClass fragment = (YourFragmentClass)fm.findFragmentByTag("yourTag");

Method 7

I think the best is to check if fragment is added before calling method in fragment. Do something like this to avoid null exception. 

ExampleFragment fragment = (ExampleFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.example_fragment);
if(fragment.isAdded()){
  fragment.<specific_function_name>(); 
}

Method 8

you also call fragment method using interface like

first you create interface 

public interface InterfaceName {
    void methodName();
}

after creating interface you implement interface in your fragment 

MyFragment extends Fragment implements InterfaceName {
    @overide
    void methodName() {

    }
}

and you create the reference of interface in your activity 

class Activityname extends AppCompatActivity {
    Button click;
    MyFragment fragment;

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity);

        click = findViewById(R.id.button);

        fragment = new MyFragment();

        click.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
               fragment.methodName();
            }
        });
    }
}

Method 9

First you create method in your fragment like

public void name()
{


}

in your activity you add this

add onCreate() method 

myfragment fragment=new myfragment()

finally call the method where you want to call add this

fragment.method_name();

try this code

Method 10

FragmentManager fm = getFragmentManager(); 
MainFragment frag = (MainFragment)fm.findFragmentById(R.id.main_fragment); 
frag.<specific_function_name>();

Method 11

I don’t know about Java, but in C# (Xamarin.Android) there is no need to look up the fragment everytime you need to call the method, see below:

public class BrandActivity : Activity
{
    MyFragment myFragment;

    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {       
        // ...
        myFragment = new MyFragment();      
        // ...
    }

    void someMethod()
    {
        myFragment.MyPublicMethod();
    }
}

public class MyFragment : Android.Support.V4.App.Fragment
{
    public override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {
        // ...
    }

    public override View OnCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle bundle)
    {
        // ...
    }

    public void MyPublicMethod()
    {
        // ...
    }   
}

I think in Java you can do the same.

Method 12

((HomesFragment)getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_container)).filterValidation();

Method 13

Too late for the question but will post my answer anyway for anyone still needs it.
I found an easier way to implement this, without using fragment id or fragment tag, since that’s what I was seeking for.

First, I declared my Fragment in my ParentActivity class:

MyFragment myFragment;

Initialized my viewPager as usual, with the fragment I already added in the class above.
Then, created a public method called scrollToTop in myFragment that does what I want to do from ParentActivity, let’s say scroll my recyclerview to the top.

public void scrollToTop(){
    mMainRecyclerView.smoothScrollToPosition(0);
}

Now, in ParentActivity I called the method as below:

try{
   myFragment.scrollToTop();
}catch (Exception e){
   e.printStackTrace();
}


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