Call methods of fragment from sherlock fragment activity

Question

I am developing an app with action bar sherlock. In Sherlock fragment activity i added two fragments

public class My Project extends SherlockFragmentActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener{

  ViewPager mViewPager;
  SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

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

    final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    actionBar.setTitle("My Project");
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

       List<Fragment> fragments = new Vector<Fragment>();
    fragments.add(Fragment.instantiate(this, MainSettinngs.class.getName()));
    fragments.add(Fragment.instantiate(this, OtherSettings.class.getName()));

       // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the two
    // primary sections of the app.
    mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager(),fragments,this);

    // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
    mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
    mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    // When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
    // tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
    // a reference to the Tab.
    mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
                @Override
                public void onPageSelected(int position) {
                    actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
                }
            });

    // For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
    actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText(getString(R.string.title_main_settings)).setTabListen(this));
    actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText(getString(R.string.title_other_settings)).setTabListener(this));

}

  @Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
        FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
    // When the given tab is selected, switch to the corresponding page in
    // the ViewPager.
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}

@Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
        FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}

@Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
        FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}

 }

and SectionsPagerAdapter

 public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

private List<Fragment> fragments;
Context _context;

public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm,List<Fragment> fragments,Context context) {
    super(fm);
    this.fragments = fragments;
    _context = context;
}

@Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
    // getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page.
    // Return a DummySectionFragment (defined as a static inner class
    // below) with the page number as its lone argument.
    return this.fragments.get(position);
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    return this.fragments.size();
}
   }

With these i have two fragments MainSettings and OtherSettings which extends support fragment class.

In my Sherlock fragment activity i want current objects of the MainSettings and OtherSettings so that i can

1. call a method of it from my Sherlock fragment activity

Answer 1

I got the answer.

The Fragments supplied by the FragmentPagerAdapter are auto-tagged when they're instantiated.

So to get the tag you have to use "android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + position

//this will give you instance of the fragment at position 0
Fragment currentFragmentMainSettings    =   getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag( "android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + 0);

//Now call the method of your fragment
((MainSettinngs) currentFragmentMainSettings).resetMainSettings();

Fragment currentFragmentOtherSettings   =   getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag( "android:switcher:" + mViewPager.getId() + ":" + 1);
((OtherSettings) currentFragmentOtherSettings).resetOtherSettings();

Answer 2

Try something like this

public enum TabEnum
{
NONE, MAIN, OTHER;

public static TabEnum fromInt(int id)
{
    switch (id)
    {
    case 0:
        return MAIN;
    case 1:
        return OTHER;
    }
    return NONE;
}

public int toInt()
{
    switch (this)
    {
    case MAIN:
        return 0;
    case OTHER:
        return 1;
    case NONE:
    default:
        return -1;
    }
}
};

public FragmentMain getFarFragmentMain()
{
return ((FragmentMain) (getViewPager().getViewPagerAdapter().instantiateItem(getViewPager(), TabEnum.MAIN.toInt())));
}

public FragmentOther getFarFragmentOther()
{
return ((FragmentOther) (getViewPager().getViewPagerAdapter().instantiateItem(getViewPager(), TabEnum.OTHER.toInt())));
}

These will return the correct instances of your fragments which you can later use as

getFarFragmentMain().myMethodFromMain(arg1, arg2);