Which Android Fragment lifecycle methods require super

Question

Currently (Android API 17), the only mention of super in the Android Reference on Fragment is casually via some code examples (unlike the Android Reference on A

Answer 1

All of the corresponding Activity lifecycle methods except onSaveInstanceState require calls to super. In addition:

• onAttach() - yes
• onActivityCreated() - yes
• onViewStateRestored() - is not a Fragment method
• onDestroyView() - yes
• onDetach() - yes
• onSaveInstanceState() - from Fragment#onSaveInstanceState it looks like a no

All of the methods that require calls to super share the first line of their method in android.app.Fragment: mCalled = true;

That way the FragmentManager can check if mCalled is true and throw a SuperNotCalledException when it is not called. See FragmentManager#moveToState to see this implementation.