FrameLayout or Nested Fragments?

Question

My problem

I am in a dilemma. I have a fragment which has 3 different modes. Well, it is a history fragment. The modes are:

• Overview (displays GridView);
• Cell (displays GridView's cell);
• Empty (displays ImageView and TextView);

My question

So I can't understand how to organise this. Should I use three fragments (use nested fragments) for each mode as a child into parent fragment? Or just use one fragment with FrameLayout and switch between different layouts? What is the best solution? Share your ideas!

I would greatly appreciate for your help. Alex. P.S. Sorry for my English:)

Answer 1

I would go for multiple fragments approach. It does not only help you to build reusable UI elements but also to easily supports multiple screen sizes (http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html#Design).

However, I think you only need two fragments: one fragment for the "Overview" mode and another fragment for the "Cell" mode.

You don't need a fragment for the empty mode. You should construct a view with ImageView and TextView and set it to the GridView of the "Overview" fragment as an emptyView (using GridView.setEmptyView(View)).