fragmentManager.getBackStackEntryCount() does not decrease when removing fragment from manager

Question

The correct behavior I'd like to have is:

Fragment A -> Fragment B -> Fragment C -> Fragment A

What I currently do:

1. When I want to go back from B to A, I use popBackStack() still here everything goes well.
2. When I want to go from B to C I remove B and add C. (number of Fragments 2, number of backStackEntryCount 3, same for replace).
3. When I want to go back from C to A, I can use popBackStack() but the BackStackEntryCount will still contain the entry for B.

I really need the backStackEntryCount to be the same as the fragments contained in the manager.

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

My code:

        Fragment fragment1 = fragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("NavigationFragment_");
    if (fragment1 != null) {
        fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
                .setTransition(TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_FADE)
                .remove(fragment1)
                .commit();

    }

    fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
            .addToBackStack(backstack)
            .setTransition(TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN)
            //.remove(getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(NavigationFragment_.class.getSimpleName()))
            .add(R.id.fragmentContainer, fragment, fragment.getClass().getSimpleName())
            .commit();

I have been searching for a solution for a while without results, so please do not mark this a duplicate.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you come here because you call popBackStack() but getBackStackEntryCount() doesn't seem to update, then you might want to try popBackStackImmediate() instead.

popBackStack() is asynchronous -- it enqueues the request to pop, but the action will not be performed until the application returns to its event loop.