Getting the current Fragment instance in the viewpager

Question

Below is my code which has 3 Fragment classes each embedded with each of the 3 tabs on ViewPager. I have a menu option. As shown in the onOpt

Answer 1

Based on what he answered @chahat jain :

"When we use the viewPager, a good way to access the fragment instance in activity is instantiateItem(viewpager,index). //index- index of fragment of which you want instance."

If you want to do that in kotlin

val fragment =  mv_viewpager.adapter!!.instantiateItem(mv_viewpager, 0) as Fragment
                if ( fragment is YourFragmentFragment)
                 {
                    //DO somthign 
                 }

0 to the fragment instance of 0

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Here is a complete example to get a losest vision about

here is my veiewPager in the .xml file

   ...
    
    ...

And the home activity where i insert the tab

...
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.movie_tab.*

class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    lateinit var  adapter:HomeTabPagerAdapter

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       ...
    }



    override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu) :Boolean{
            ...

        mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
          ...

            override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String): Boolean {

                if (mv_viewpager.currentItem  ==0)
                {
                    val fragment =  mv_viewpager.adapter!!.instantiateItem(mv_viewpager, 0) as Fragment
                    if ( fragment is ListMoviesFragment)
                        fragment.onQueryTextChange(newText)
                }
                else
                {
                    val fragment =  mv_viewpager.adapter!!.instantiateItem(mv_viewpager, 1) as Fragment
                    if ( fragment is ListShowFragment)
                        fragment.onQueryTextChange(newText)
                }
                return true
            }
        })
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
    }
        ...

}