addTextChangedListener and onTextChanged are always called when Android Fragment loads

Question

I have an EditText in an Android Fragment. I attach addTextChangedListener to it in the onCreateView method. Within the addTextChangedListener I have an onTextChanged method. By logging, I can see that every time the Fragment is loaded, onTextChanged is called. Why would this be? I only want it to be called when the user actually changes the text in the EditText. Here's my code:

@Override
public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, final ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.detailfragment, container, false);
    final EditText notes = (EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.stitchnotes);
notes.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
        }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,
                int count, int after) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,
                int before, int count) {
            Edited = true;
        }
    });

    return view;
}

I found this post and this post and I'm wondering if I should move my code to onResume. However, as you can see from the above code, I need access to the LayoutInflater and ViewGroup passed to onCreateView in order to access the EditText; however, onResume doesn't normally have access to these items. Should I be using onResume? How do I handle the issue with the LayoutInflater and ViewGroup?

-----------------Further Information----------------------

I used Tyler's answer to solve the problem of how to use onResume, but onTextChanged is still being called when I first open the Fragment. Can someone explain why? Here's my modified code:

private EditText notes;
@Override
public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, final ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.detailfragment, container, false);
    notes = (EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.stitchnotes);
    return view;
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    notes.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
        }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,
                int count, int after) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,
                int before, int count) {
            Edited = true;
            Log.w("onTextChanged","Here");
        }
    });
}

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/stitchnotes"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:hint="@string/hint"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:visibility="invisible"
        android:textSize="30dip" />

The moment I open the Fragment, Edited is set to true and the LogCat is written to. I don't want this. I want Edited to be set to true only when the user actually types something in the EditText. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I got same problem but in adapter. The above solution is working fine for the direct child of the view but in list view adapter I have problem. Finally I found the solution with focus change.

 editQty.setTag(false);
    editQty.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            editQty.setTag(true);
        }
    });
    editQty.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            if (!s.toString().equals("") && (Boolean) editQty.getTag()) {
               // Do your Logic here
                }
            }
        }
    });

Answer 2

Make your EditText a member of the class. Or, make the View a member of the class and call findViewById later.

public class MyFragment extends Fragment {

    private EditText notes;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView (LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle     savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.detailfragment, container, false);
        notes = (EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.stitchnotes);
        // your other stuff
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        notes.setText("Now I can access my EditText!");
    }

    ...