Question

I am new to using ViewPagers and Fragments together. My app has a ListView on startup, which bring the user to a details view based on a id that is passed. The problem I’m running into is that the details view has a different layout then the list view. The ViewPager is on the intial screen’s layout, so when using the ViewPager the layout retains the inital layout, which is basically just a status bar at the bottom, which should go away when the user is on the details view.

This is what I have so far:

Main.xml (initial layout on startup, with a status bar)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
>
        <!-- Footer -->
        <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/status" 
                android:layout_width="match_parent" 
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        />
        <!-- Footer -->

    <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
        android:id="@+id/viewpager"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_above="@id/status
     />

 </RelativeLayout>

Main.class

public class Main extends SherlockFragmentActivity
{
    private static int NUMBER_OF_PAGES;  
    private ViewPager mViewPager;  
    private MyFragmentPagerAdapter mMyFragmentPagerAdapter; 
    private static List<Fragment> fragments;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(final Bundle icicle)
    {    
        super.onCreate(icicle);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mViewPager = (ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.viewpager);  
        mMyFragmentPagerAdapter = new MyFragmentPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());  
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mMyFragmentPagerAdapter);

        NUMBER_OF_PAGES = 5;

        fragments = new ArrayList<Fragment>();

        fragments.add(new ListingFragment()); //initial screen that just a ListView

        fragments.add(DetailsFragment.newInstance(1));
        fragments.add(DetailsFragment.newInstance(2));
        fragments.add(DetailsFragment.newInstance(3));
        fragments.add(DetailsFragment.newInstance(4));
    }

    private static class MyFragmentPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter  {            

        public MyFragmentPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {  
             super(fm);  
        }

        @Override  
        public Fragment getItem(int index) {

            return fragments.get(index);
        }

        @Override  
        public int getCount() {  

             return NUMBER_OF_PAGES;  
        }
   }
}

Details.xml (details view with no status bar)

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads" 
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    >

        <ListView android:id="@android:id/list" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
            android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
        />

    </RelativeLayout>

DetailsFragment.class

public class DetailsFragment extends SherlockFragmentActivity
{
    private int detailId;

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

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(final Bundle icicle)
    {    
        super.onActivityCreated(icicle);
    }

    public static DetailsFragment newInstance(int id) {

        DetailsFragment lf = new DetailsFragment();
        Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
        bundle.putInt("id", id);
        lf.setArguments(bundle);
        return lf;
    }

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

        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.details, container, false);

        detailId = getArguments().getInt("id");

        return view;
    }
}

Answer 1

The ViewPager is on the intial screen’s layout, so when using the
ViewPager the layout retains the inital layout, which is basically
just a status bar at the bottom, which should go away when the user is
on the details view.

Then don’t put it in the main layout file. If the status is tied to the first fragment then it belong in its view, especially if the DetailsFragment doesn’t need to show that status TextView.

So remove the status TextView from main.xml and add it to the layout file used in the ListingFragment. If ListingFragment extends ListFragment then create a layout file which contains a ListView with the id(android:id="@android:id/list") + the status TextView and inflate this layout file in the onCreateView.