Fragment won't launch

Question

I have onclicklistener that works. I am trying to launch a new fragment from the button click on the list view. Right now, the fragment does not launch. However, the emulator we

Answer 1

change this line

Intent intent =new Intent(eventList.this, fr.getClass());

to:

fragmentTransaction.commit;

and better replace fragment in container ,

fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.page, fr);

Answer 2

You should be using commit() to start your transaction, not an Intent(), you also want to use replace() not add():

 public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, final int i, long l)
{
    //Assuming that this creates a new fragment
    Fragment fr = new event_description();
    FragmentManager fm = getFragmentManager();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fm.beginTransaction();
    fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.page, fr, "TAG ID");
    fragmentTransaction.commit();
}