Getting the current fragment position using state pager of actionbarsherlock

Question

I have a working state pager project using actionbarsherlock but I'm having trouble with getting the current fragment that was displayed. Is it possible to get the position of the current fragment?

Answer 1

Yes it is possible. If you are using a ViewPager you can do that :

_viewPager.getCurrentItem();

or that

_pageListener = new PageListener();
_viewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(_pageListener);

and keep trace of current page with something like that :

private int _currentPage;

    private static class PageListener extends SimpleOnPageChangeListener{
            public void onPageSelected(int position) {
                Log.i(TAG, "page selected " + position);
                   _currentPage = position;
        }
    }

Or else you can easily do that with a TabAdapter like this :

public static class TabsAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter implements ActionBar.TabListener, ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener {
        private final Context               mContext;
        private final ActionBar             mActionBar;
        private final ViewPager             mViewPager;
        private final ArrayList<TabInfo>    mTabs   = new ArrayList<TabInfo>();

        static final class TabInfo {
            private final Class<?>  clss;
            private final Bundle    args;

            TabInfo(Class<?> _class, Bundle _args) {

                clss = _class;
                args = _args;
            }
        }

        public TabsAdapter(SherlockFragmentActivity activity, ViewPager pager) {

            super(activity.getSupportFragmentManager());
            mContext = activity;
            mActionBar = activity.getSupportActionBar();
            mViewPager = pager;
            mViewPager.setAdapter(this);
            mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(this);
        }

        public void addTab(ActionBar.Tab tab, Class<?> clss, Bundle args) {

            TabInfo info = new TabInfo(clss, args);
            tab.setTag(info);
            tab.setTabListener(this);
            mTabs.add(info);
            mActionBar.addTab(tab);
            notifyDataSetChanged();
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {

            return mTabs.size();
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {

            TabInfo info = mTabs.get(position);
            return Fragment.instantiate(mContext, info.clss.getName(), info.args);
        }

        public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {

        }

        public void onPageSelected(int position) {

            mActionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
            ((SherlockFragmentActivity) mContext).supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
        }

        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {

        }

        public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {

            Object tag = tab.getTag();
            for (int i = 0; i < mTabs.size(); i++) {
                if (mTabs.get(i) == tag) {
                    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(i);
                }
            }
        }

        public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {

        }

        public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {

        }
    }

You only need to keep the current page with one/or two of the methods. For example in onTabSelected

hope it helps you good luck