Restoring fragment state when changing fragments through bottom navigation bar

Question

I have bottom navigation bar on click of item in navigation bar i am replacing fragments. I have 3 fragments A,B,C so on click of b item B fragment is loaded and in B i am c

Answer 1

You should use ViewPager2 as it is the updated version of ViewPager.

Step by step guide (to restore/retain an EditText's state as an example):

Step 1:

Add dependencies:

dependencies {

    def nav_version = "2.3.0"
    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:$nav_version"
    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:$nav_version"

    implementation 'androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2:1.0.0'

}

Step 2:

Add menu_bottom_navigation.xml to res/menu: (You may also add icons to menu items)

Step 3:

Add activity_main.xml to res/layout: (adding menu to BottomNavigationView and placing ViewPager2)

Step 4:

Add fragment_first.xml to res/layout:

Step 5:

Add fragment_second.xml to res/layout:

Step 6:

ViewPagerAdapter.java:

public class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentStateAdapter {
    private final List mFragmentList = new ArrayList<>();

    public ViewPagerAdapter(@NonNull FragmentManager fragmentManager, Lifecycle b ) {
        super(fragmentManager,b);
    }

    public void addFragment(Fragment fragment) {
        mFragmentList.add(fragment);
    }

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public Fragment createFragment(int position) {
        return mFragmentList.get(position);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mFragmentList.size();
    }

}

Step 7:

FirstFragment.java:

public class FirstFragment extends Fragment {


    public FirstFragment() {
        // Required empty public constructor
    }


    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_first, container, false);
    }

}

Step 8:

SecondFragment.java:

public class SecondFragment extends Fragment {


    public SecondFragment() {
        // Required empty public constructor
    }


    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_second, container, false);
    }

}

Step 9:

MainActivity.java:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    BottomNavigationView bottomNavigationView;

    private ViewPager2 viewPager2;

    FirstFragment firstFragment;
    SecondFragment secondFragment;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        viewPager2 = findViewById(R.id.viewpager2);
        bottomNavigationView = findViewById(R.id.bottom_navigation);

        bottomNavigationView.setOnNavigationItemSelectedListener(
                new BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
                    @Override
                    public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(@NonNull MenuItem item) {
                        switch (item.getItemId()) {
                            case R.id.menu_first:
                                viewPager2.setCurrentItem(0,false);
                                break;
                            case R.id.menu_second:
                                viewPager2.setCurrentItem(1,false);
                                break;
                        }
                        return false;
                    }
                });

        viewPager2.registerOnPageChangeCallback(new ViewPager2.OnPageChangeCallback() {
            @Override
            public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
                super.onPageScrolled(position, positionOffset, positionOffsetPixels);

                switch (position) {
                    case 0:
                        bottomNavigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.menu_first).setChecked(true);
                        break;
                    case 1:
                        bottomNavigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.menu_second).setChecked(true);
                        break;
                }
            }
        });

        setupViewPager(viewPager2);

    }

    private void setupViewPager(ViewPager2 viewPager) {

        ViewPagerAdapter adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager(), getLifecycle());

        firstFragment =new FirstFragment();
        secondFragment =new SecondFragment();

        adapter.addFragment(firstFragment);
        adapter.addFragment(secondFragment);

        viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);
    }

}