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Rick
Rick

Reputation: 1163

Cannot reach edittext from one fragment via FragmentTabHost

Not sure how to state this correctly. I have class

TabsFragmentActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
    FragmentTabHost.OnTabChangeListener, OnClickListener

Now on the first tab

StartFragment extends Fragment implements OnClickListener

I have a button which opens 

WinnersFragment extends ListFragment

by 

fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
        fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack("WINNERS_FRAGMENT");
        fragmentTransaction.replace(android.R.id.tabhost, fragment2);
        fragmentTransaction.commit();

Now on this Winners fragment I have a button and an edittext. I reach the button in my TabsFragmentActivity and it fires fine. However I cannot seem to reach my edittext. So in my TabsFragmentActivity I have

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.ibSearch:

        LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(this);
        final View textenter = inflater.inflate(R.layout.winners_list, null);
    final EditText userinput = (EditText) textenter
                .findViewById(R.id.etSearchState);

    String searchState = userinput.getText().toString();
    System.out.print("The input is: "+searchState);          
    fragment2.InitTask(searchState);
    if (userinput.length() > 0) {
    userinput.getText().clear();
    }
    break;  

}
}

where WinnersFragment fragment2 = new WinnersFragment(); The fragment2.InitTask(searchState); fires but searchState is null.

I believe my issue is here but I cannot figure it out. LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(this); final View textenter = inflater.inflate(R.layout.winners_list, null);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 347

Answers (1)

Dmide
Dmide

Reputation: 6462

The problem is here: final View textenter = inflater.inflate(R.layout.winners_list, null); you create new View and never add it to any container in view hierarchy. You should implement onCreateView() in your WinnersFragment, inflate your layout there and return it. After that, this View will be assigned to WinnersFragment and you can find your EditText by, for example, fragment2.getView().findViewById(R.id.etSearchState);

Upvotes: 0

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