How to transfer variables to a fragment was created using the ActionBarActivity? - android-fragments

Question

The activity is called from another activity delivering a string array, which needs to be displayed in a fragment of the target activity.
MainActivity (string array) -> Result2Activity: Tab1 should display string index0, Tab2 should display string index1 etc.
I followed a similar problem here:
Access Fragment View from Activity's onCreate
My problem is right now that the onActivityCreated method is never called in the Result2Activity.
I am also not sure if this method is the right way to address the fragment:
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("Out1");
What is the best way to achieve that ?
Result2Activity:
public class Result2Activity extends ActionBarActivity implements
ActionBar.TabListener {
/**
* The {#link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
* fragments for each of the sections. We use a {#link FragmentPagerAdapter}
* derivative, which will keep every loaded fragment in memory. If this
* becomes too memory intensive, it may be best to switch to a
* {#link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
*/
SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;
/**
* The {#link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
*/
ViewPager mViewPager;
public List<String> fragments = new Vector<String>();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.result2_activity);
// Set up the action bar.
final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
// Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
// primary sections of the activity.
mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(
getSupportFragmentManager());
// Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);
// When swiping between different sections, select the corresponding
// tab. We can also use ActionBar.Tab#select() to do this if we have
// a reference to the Tab.
mViewPager
.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
});
// For each of the sections in the app, add a tab to the action bar.
for (int i = 0; i < mSectionsPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
// Create a tab with text corresponding to the page title defined by
// the adapter. Also specify this Activity object, which implements
// the TabListener interface, as the callback (listener) for when
// this tab is selected.
actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
.setText(mSectionsPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
.setTabListener(this));
}
Log.d("DEBUG","1: onCreate finished");
}
public void onActivityCreated (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
Log.d("DEBUG","2: onActivityCreated finished");
//super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
// retrieve data from MainActivity
Intent intent = getIntent();
String message[] = intent.getStringArrayExtra(MainActivity.OUTPUT);
//send data to fragment Out1Fragment
Out1Fragment set_out1 =
(Out1Fragment)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("Out1");
set_out1.settext(message[0]);
}
#Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
// When the given tab is selected, switch to the corresponding page in
// the ViewPager.
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
#Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}
#Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
}
public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
public SectionsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
fragments.add(Out1Fragment.class.getName());
fragments.add(Out2Fragment.class.getName());
fragments.add(Out3Fragment.class.getName());
}
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
Fragment fragment = null;
switch (position) {
case 0:
fragment = new Out1Fragment();
break;
case 1:
fragment = new Out2Fragment();
break;
case 2:
fragment = new Out3Fragment();
break;
}
return fragment;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
// Show 3 total pages.
return 3;
}
#Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
Locale l = Locale.getDefault();
switch (position) {
case 0:
return getString(R.string.out_section1).toUpperCase(l);
case 1:
return getString(R.string.out_section2).toUpperCase(l);
case 2:
return getString(R.string.out_section3).toUpperCase(l);
}
return null;
}
}
}
Out1Fragment:
public class Out1Fragment extends Fragment {
private static TextView textview;
public Out1Fragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View dataView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.out1_fragment, container,
false);
textview = (TextView) dataView.findViewById(R.id.outPut1);
return dataView;
}
public void settext(String text)
{
textview.setText(text);
}
}
XML Resource:
result2_activity.xml
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="dd.testing.finance.Result2Activity" />
out1_fragment.xml
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/ScrollView2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:tag="Out1"
tools:context="dd.testing.finance.Result2Activity$Out1Fragment" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/outPut1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="10sp"
android:layout_marginRight="10sp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

Answer 1

Not really sure if this was the right way, but at least it does exaclty what I needed.
In the Out1Fragment.class added the onActivityCreated method:
public void onActivityCreated (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
settext(((Result2Activity)getActivity()).getOutput1());
}
From there calling the added method getOutput1 in the Result2Activity:
public String getOutput1 () {
// retrieve data from MainActivity
Intent intent = getIntent();
String message[] = intent.getStringArrayExtra(MainActivity.OUTPUT);
return message[0];
}