Example
A ViewPager allows to show multiple fragments in an activity that can be navigated by either fliping left or right. A ViewPager needs to be feed of either Views or Fragments by using a PagerAdapter.
There are however two more specific implementations that you will find most useful in case of using Fragments which are FragmentPagerAdapter and FragmentStatePagerAdapter. When a Fragment needs to be instantiated for the first time, getItem(position) will be called for each position that needs instantiating. The getCount() method will return the total number of pages so the ViewPager knows how many Fragments need to be shown.
Both FragmentPagerAdapter and FragmentStatePagerAdapter keep a cache of the Fragments that the ViewPager will need to show. By default the ViewPager will try to store a maximum of 3 Fragments that correspond to the currently visible Fragment, and the ones next to the right and left. Also FragmentStatePagerAdapter will keep the state of each of your fragments.
Be aware that both implementations assume your fragments will keep their positions, so if you keep a list of the fragments instead of having a static number of them as you can see in the getItem() method, you will need to create a subclass of PagerAdapter and override at least instantiateItem(),destroyItem() and getItemPosition()methods.
Just add a ViewPager in your layout as described in the basic example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout>
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="@+id/vpPager">
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</LinearLayout>
Then define the adapter that will determine how many pages exist and which fragment to display for each page of the adapter.
public class MyViewPagerActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private static final String TAG = MyViewPagerActivity.class.getName();
private MyPagerAdapter mFragmentAdapter;
private ViewPager mViewPager;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.myActivityLayout);
//Apply the Adapter
mFragmentAdapter = new MyPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.view_pager);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mFragmentAdapter);
}
private class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter{
public MyPagerAdapter(FragmentManager supportFragmentManager) {
super(supportFragmentManager);
}
// Returns the fragment to display for that page
@Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch(position) {
case 0:
return new Fragment1();
case 1:
return new Fragment2();
case 2:
return new Fragment3();
default:
return null;
}
}
// Returns total number of pages
@Override
public int getCount() {
return 3;
}
}
}
3.2.x
If you are using android.app.Fragment you have to add this dependency:
compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:25.3.1'
If you are using android.support.v4.app.Fragment you have to add this dependency:
compile 'com.android.support:support-fragment:25.3.1'
