I've got a massive problem with the way the android fragment backstack seems to work and would be most grateful for any help that is offered.
Imagine you have 3 Fragments
[1] [2] [3]
I want the user to be able to navigate [1] > [2] > [3] but on the way back (pressing back button) [3] > [1].
As I would have imagined this would be accomplished by not calling addToBackStack(..) when creating the transaction that brings fragment [2] into the fragment holder defined in XML.
The reality of this seems as though that if I dont want [2] to appear again when user presses back button on [3], I must not call addToBackStack in the transaction that shows fragment [3]. This seems completely counter-intuitive (perhaps coming from the iOS world).
Anyway if i do it this way, when I go from [1] > [2] and press back I arrive back at [1] as expected.
If I go [1] > [2] > [3] and then press back I jump back to [1] (as expected).
Now the strange behavior happens when I try and jump to [2] again from [1]. First of all [3] is briefly displayed before [2] comes into view. If I press back at this point [3] is displayed, and if I press back once again the app exits.
Can anyone help me to understand whats going on here?
And here is the layout xml file for my main activity:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<fragment
android:id="@+id/headerFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
class="com.fragment_test.FragmentControls" >
<!-- Preview: layout=@layout/details -->
</fragment>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/detailFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
Update
This is the code I'm using to build by nav heirarchy
Fragment frag;
FragmentTransaction transaction;
//Create The first fragment [1], add it to the view, BUT Dont add the transaction to the backstack
frag = new Fragment1();
transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.detailFragment, frag);
transaction.commit();
//Create the second [2] fragment, add it to the view and add the transaction that replaces the first fragment to the backstack
frag = new Fragment2();
transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.detailFragment, frag);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();
//Create third fragment
frag = new Fragment3();
transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.detailFragment, frag);
transaction.commit();
//END OF SETUP CODE-------------------------
//NOW:
//Press back once and then issue the following code:
frag = new Fragment2();
transaction = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
transaction.replace(R.id.detailFragment, frag);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();
//Now press back again and you end up at fragment [3] not [1]
Many thanks
