How to implement onBackPressed() in Fragments?

Question

Is there a way in which we can implement onBackPressed() in Android Fragment similar to the way in which we implement in Android Activity?

As the Fragment lifecycle do not have onBackPressed(). Is there any other alternative method to over ride onBackPressed() in Android 3.0 fragments?

Answer 1

Just add addToBackStack while you are transitioning between your fragments like below:

fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame,fragment).addToBackStack("tag").commit();

if you write addToBackStack(null) , it will handle it by itself but if you give a tag , you should handle it manually.

Answer 2

Well I done it like this, and it work for me

Simple interface

FragmentOnBackClickInterface.java

public interface FragmentOnBackClickInterface {
    void onClick();
}

Example implementation

MyFragment.java

public class MyFragment extends Fragment implements FragmentOnBackClickInterface {

// other stuff

public void onClick() {
       // what you want to call onBackPressed?
}

then just override onBackPressed in activity

    @Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    int count = getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount();
    List<Fragment> frags = getSupportFragmentManager().getFragments();
    Fragment lastFrag = getLastNotNull(frags);
    //nothing else in back stack || nothing in back stack is instance of our interface
    if (count == 0 || !(lastFrag instanceof FragmentOnBackClickInterface)) {
        super.onBackPressed();
    } else {
        ((FragmentOnBackClickInterface) lastFrag).onClick();
    }
}

private Fragment getLastNotNull(List<Fragment> list){
    for (int i= list.size()-1;i>=0;i--){
        Fragment frag = list.get(i);
        if (frag != null){
            return frag;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

Answer 3

Its just simple if you have An Activity A and you make 3 fragments like B ,C and D.Now if you are in fragment B or C and onBackPressed you want to move on Fragment D every time .Then you have to just Override the onBackPressed() method in main Activity A and also when you jump to any fragment then pass a TAG or name of that fragment by which you recognized that fragment in main Activity A.

I am giving the example of that one by which you can easily understand that....

if (savedInstanceState == null) {

   getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.container, new C_fragment(),"xyz").commit();

}

or if you are moving from fragment B to fragment C..and on back press you want to come on Fragment D...like below

btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {

        getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.container, new C_frament(), "xyz").commit();
        ((ActionBarActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Fragment C");
    }
});

Now you have to just override the onBackPressed() method in main activity....like below..

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    FragmentManager fragmentManager =getSupportFragmentManager();
    if (((C_fragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("xyz")) != null && ((C_fragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("xyz")).isVisible()) {
        Fragment fragment = new D_Fragment();
        fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.container, fragment).commit();
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("D fragment ");
    } else {
        super.onBackPressed();
    }
}

Answer 4

I had the same problem and I created a new listener for it and used in my fragments.

1 - Your activity should have a listener interface and a list of listeners in it

2 - You should implement methods for adding and removing the listeners

3 - You should override the onBackPressed method to check that any of the listeners use the back press or not

public class MainActivity ... {

    /**
     * Back press listener list. Used for notifying fragments when onBackPressed called
     */
    private Stack<BackPressListener> backPressListeners = new Stack<BackPressListener>();


    ...

    /**
     * Adding new listener to back press listener stack
     * @param backPressListener
     */
    public void addBackPressListener(BackPressListener backPressListener) {
        backPressListeners.add(backPressListener);
    }

    /**
     * Removing the listener from back press listener stack
     * @param backPressListener
     */
    public void removeBackPressListener(BackPressListener backPressListener) {
        backPressListeners.remove(backPressListener);
    }


    // Overriding onBackPressed to check that is there any listener using this back press
    @Override
    public void onBackPressed() {

        // checks if is there any back press listeners use this press
        for(BackPressListener backPressListener : backPressListeners) {
            if(backPressListener.onBackPressed()) return;
        }

        // if not returns in the loop, calls super onBackPressed
        super.onBackPressed();
    }

}

4 - Your fragment must implement the interface for back press

5 - You need to add the fragment as a listener for back press

6 - You should return true from onBackPressed if the fragment uses this back press

7 - IMPORTANT - You must remove the fragment from the list onDestroy

public class MyFragment extends Fragment implements MainActivity.BackPressListener {


    ...

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // adding the fragment to listener list
        ((MainActivity) activity).addBackPressListener(this);
    }

    ...

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();

        // removing the fragment from the listener list
        ((MainActivity) getActivity()).removeBackPressListener(this);
    }

    ...

    @Override
    public boolean onBackPressed() {

        // you should check that if this fragment is the currently used fragment or not
        // if this fragment is not used at the moment you should return false
        if(!isThisFragmentVisibleAtTheMoment) return false;

        if (isThisFragmentUsingBackPress) {
            // do what you need to do
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

There is a Stack used instead of the ArrayList to be able to start from the latest fragment. There may be a problem also while adding fragments to the back stack. So you need to check that the fragment is visible or not while using back press. Otherwise one of the fragments will use the event and latest fragment will not be closed on back press.

I hope this solves the problem for everyone.

Answer 5

I thing the best solution is

JAVA SOLUTION

Create simple interface :

public interface IOnBackPressed {
    /**
     * If you return true the back press will not be taken into account, otherwise the activity will act naturally
     * @return true if your processing has priority if not false
     */
    boolean onBackPressed();
}

And in your Activity

public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    @Override public void onBackPressed() {
    Fragment fragment = getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.main_container);
       if (!(fragment instanceof IOnBackPressed) || !((IOnBackPressed) fragment).onBackPressed()) {
          super.onBackPressed();
       }
    } ...
}

Finally in your Fragment:

public class MyFragment extends Fragment implements IOnBackPressed{
   @Override
   public boolean onBackPressed() {
       if (myCondition) {
            //action not popBackStack
            return true; 
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

KOTLIN SOLUTION

1 - Create Interface

interface IOnBackPressed {
    fun onBackPressed(): Boolean
}

2 - Prepare your Activity

class MyActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onBackPressed() {
        val fragment =
            this.supportFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.main_container)
        (fragment as? IOnBackPressed)?.onBackPressed()?.not()?.let {
            super.onBackPressed()
        }
    }
}

3 - Implement in your target Fragment

class MyFragment : Fragment(), IOnBackPressed {
    override fun onBackPressed(): Boolean {
        return if (myCondition) {
            //action not popBackStack
            true
        } else {
            false
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

onBackPressed() cause Fragment to be detach from Activity.

According to @Sterling Diaz answer I think he is right. BUT some situation will be wrong. (ex. Rotate Screen)

So, I think we could detect whether isRemoving() to achieve goals.

You can write it at onDetach() or onDestroyView(). It is work.

@Override
public void onDetach() {
    super.onDetach();
    if(isRemoving()){
        // onBackPressed()
    }
}

@Override
public void onDestroyView() {
    super.onDestroyView();
    if(isRemoving()){
        // onBackPressed()
    }
}