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javaandroidandroid-fragmentsandroid-tabs
Si8
Si8

Reputation: 9225

Passing data from one tab to another using ActionBar.TabListener

I have mainactivity which contains two tabs and has the following code:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private class MyTabListener implements ActionBar.TabListener
    {
        private Fragment mFragment;
        private final Activity mActivity;
        private final String mFrag;

        public MyTabListener( Activity activity, String fragName )
        {
            mActivity = activity;
            mFrag = fragName;
        }

        @Override
        public void onTabReselected( Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft )
        {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        @Override
        public void onTabSelected( Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft )
        {
            mFragment = Fragment.instantiate( mActivity, mFrag );
            ft.add( android.R.id.content, mFragment );
        }

        @Override
        public void onTabUnselected( Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft )
        {
            ft.remove( mFragment );
            mFragment = null;
        }
    }


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);


        ActionBar ab = getActionBar();
        ab.setNavigationMode( ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS );

        Tab tab = ab.newTab()
                .setText( "Current Trip" )
                .setTabListener( 
                        new MyTabListener( this, current.class.getName() ) );
        ab.addTab( tab );

        tab = ab.newTab()
                .setText( "Display Result" )
                .setTabListener( 
                        new MyTabListener( this, display.class.getName() ) );
        ab.addTab( tab );


        File folder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/tc");
        boolean success = true;
        if (!folder.exists()) {
            //Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Directory Does Not Exist, Create It", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            success = folder.mkdir();
        }
        if (success) {
            //Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Directory Created", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            //Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Failed - Error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

How do I pass data of a edittext from current.class to be shown and also used in display.class for calculation?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1130

Answers (1)

IanB
IanB

Reputation: 3489

I suggest you use shared prefs e.g. 

this is the frag that "writes":
private SharedPreferences prefs;  // shared preferences 
prefs = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("spa", Context.MODE_PRIVATE); 
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
editor.putString("someId", "something");  //or you can use putInt, putBoolean ... 
editor.commit();

this is the frag the "reads"
prefs = getActivity().getSharedPreferences("spa", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
String someId=prefs.getString("someId",someId);

Alternatively you could call the a method in one fragment from the other (it is best to do this via the mainactivity rather than directly).

 from frag 1:
((activity)getActivity()).somemethod();

 in activity:

 fragment2 fragment = (fragment2) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("fragment2");
 fragment.somemethod();

Upvotes: 1

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