actionbar up navigation with fragments

Question

I have a tabbed Actionbar/viewpager layout with three tabs say A, B, and C. In tab C tab(fragment),I am adding another fragment say fragment D. with

 DFragment f= new DFragment();
 ft.add(android.R.id.content, f, "");
 ft.remove(CFragment.this);
 ft.addToBackStack(null);
 ft.commit();

I modify actionbar in DFragment's onResume to add up button:

ActionBar ab = getActivity().getActionBar();
ab.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_STANDARD);
ab.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
ab.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);

Now in DFragment, when I press hardware(phone) Back button, I return to the original Tabbed(ABC) layout with CFragment selected. How can I achieve this functionality with actionbar up button?

Answer 1

you can go back with up button like back button ;

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case android.R.id.home:
            super.onBackPressed();
            return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Answer 2

Implement OnBackStackChangedListener and add this code to your Fragment Activity.

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    //Listen for changes in the back stack
    getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(this);
    //Handle when activity is recreated like on orientation Change
    shouldDisplayHomeUp();
}

@Override
public void onBackStackChanged() {
    shouldDisplayHomeUp();
}

public void shouldDisplayHomeUp(){
   //Enable Up button only  if there are entries in the back stack
   boolean canGoBack = getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount()>0;
   getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(canGoBack);
}

@Override
public boolean onSupportNavigateUp() {
    //This method is called when the up button is pressed. Just the pop back stack.
    getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
    return true;
}

Answer 3

I used a combination of Roger Garzon Nieto's and sohailaziz's answers. My app has a single MainActivity, and fragments A, B, C that are loaded into it. My "home" fragment (A) implements OnBackStackChangedListener, and checks the size of the backStack; if it's less than one, then it hides the UP button. Fragments B and C always load the back button (in my design, B is launched from A, and C is launched from B). The MainActivity itself just pops the backstack on UP button tap, and has methods to show/hide the button, which the fragments call:

MainActivity:

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        // Respond to the action bar's Up/Home button
        case android.R.id.home:
            getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
            return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

public void showUpButton() { getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); }
public void hideUpButton() { getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false); }

fragmentA (implements FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener):

public void onCreate(Bundle savedinstanceSate) {
    // listen to backstack changes
    getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(this);

    // other fragment init stuff
    ...
}

public void onBackStackChanged() {
    // enable Up button only  if there are entries on the backstack
    if(getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() < 1) {
        ((MainActivity)getActivity()).hideUpButton();
    }
}

fragmentB, fragmentC:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedinstanceSate) {
    // show the UP button
    ((MainActivity)getActivity()).showUpButton();

    // other fragment init stuff
    ...
}

Answer 4

I know this question is old, but may be someone (like me) also needs it.

If your Activity extends AppCompatActivity, you can use a simpler (two-step) solution:

1 - Whenever you add a non-home fragment just show the up button, right after commiting the fragment transaction. Like this:

    // ... add a fragment
    // Commit the transaction
    transaction.commit();

    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

2 - Then when UP button is pressed, you hide it.

@Override
public boolean onSupportNavigateUp() {
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);        
    return true;
}

That's it.

Answer 5

I got it. just override onOptionsItemSelected in hosting activity and popup the backstack, e.g.

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

  switch (item.getItemId()) {
   case android.R.id.home:
     FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
     if (fm.getBackStackEntryCount() > 0) {
          fm.popBackStack();
        }
        return true;
    default:
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);;
    }
}

Call getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(boolean); and getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(boolean); in onBackStackChanged() as explained in an answer below.

Answer 6

If you have one parent activity and want this up button to work as a back button, you can use this code:

add this to the onCreate in your main activity class

getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(new FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onBackStackChanged() {
            int stackHeight = getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount();
            if (stackHeight > 0) { // if we have something on the stack (doesn't include the current shown fragment)
                getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
                getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
            } else {
                getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
                getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
            }
        }

    });

and then add onOptionsItemSelected like so:

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case android.R.id.home:
            getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
            return true;
     ....
 }

I generally use this all the time and seems pretty legit