Is it possible to access fragment's UI elements from activitiy's onCreate

Question

As the headline says: Is it possible to get the currently visible fragment with all UI elements initialized within the onCreate() method of the activity? I am implementing a sep

Answer 1

in your onCreate method add the following (I used a textview as an example):

while (fragment.getView() == null) {

        }
rootView = fragment.getView();
TextView myView = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.text_view);

Make sure to return the rootView in your fragment's onCreateView method as follows:

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_activity,
                container, false);
        return rootView;
    }

I know that the idea of getting your fragment to access its views from the main activity is bad. Yet, this solution may give you what you want.