Get focused View from ViewPager

Question

i use the ViewPager for switching views with left/right swipe.

The ViewPager needs an Adapter, so I've built this one:

public class ListViewPagerAdapter extends PagerAdapter {

protected static final String TAG = "ListViewPagerAdapter";
protected static final int NUM_VIEWS = 3;

protected final Activity mActivity;

public ListViewPagerAdapter(Activity activity) {
    mActivity = activity;
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    return NUM_VIEWS;
}

@Override
public void startUpdate(View container) {}

@Override
public Object instantiateItem(View container, int position) {
    // ViewPager
    ViewPager viewPager = (ViewPager) container;

    // Wird verwendet, um die Views aufzurufen
    LayoutInflater layoutInflater = mActivity.getLayoutInflater();

    // Standardmäßig ist news eingeblendet
    View view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.news_fragment, null);
    // Falls sich die Position verändert, so verändert sich auch die View
    if (position == 0) {
        view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.favorite_fragment, null);
    } else if (position == 2) {
        view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.videos_fragment, null);
    }

    // View einblenden
    viewPager.addView(view, 0);

    return view;
}

@Override
public void destroyItem(View container, int position, Object object) {
    // ViewPager
    ViewPager viewPager = (ViewPager) container;
    // View
    View view = (View) object;

    // View löschen
    viewPager.removeView(view);
}

@Override
public void finishUpdate(View container) {}

@Override
public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object object) {
    View _view = (View) object;
    return view == _view;
}

@Override
public Parcelable saveState() {
    return null;
}

@Override
public void restoreState(Parcelable state, ClassLoader loader) {}
 }

Now, i want to get the current focused view by the viewpager. I tried getChildAt(x), but it does not work.

Are there some example, or do you have any idea how to get the current view?

Thanks

Answer 1

It is possible to save the currently active object (View, Fragment, ...) by overriding PagerAdapter.setPrimaryItem method. For example:

private View mCurrentView;

@Override
public void setPrimaryItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
    mCurrentView = (View)object;
}

Answer 2

You have to register a listener to your ViewPager :

pager.setOnPageChangeListener(new MyPageChangeListener()); 

You have to customize the listener by extending a stub listener:

private int focusedPage = 0;
private class MyPageChangeListener extends ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener {
    @Override
    public void onPageSelected(int position) {
        focusedPage = position;
    }
}

I found this by looking at the ViewPager.java source code in the compatibility library. I read that we can do more, for example catch onPageScrollStateChanged.

To build the adapter, I used the code on this blog post. You might want to have a look.

Answer 3

You can add a tag to the created view in the instantiateItem method:

view.setTag(position);

Later you can access the current selected view by:

mPager.findViewWithTag(mPager.getCurrentItem());

Answer 4

I recently needed to implement this exact solution. Here's the way I did it:

Map<Integer, Object> views = Maps.newHashMap();

@Override
public Object instantiateItem(View container, int position) {
  /* Create and add your View here */
  Object result = ???

  views.put(position, result);
  return result;
}

@Override
public void destroyItem(View container, int position, Object object) {
  /** Remove your View here */

  views.remove(position);
}

protected View findViewForPosition(int position) {
  Object object = views.get(position);
  if (object != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
      View view = getChildAt(i);
      if (isViewFromObject(view, object)) {
        return view;
      }
    }
  }
  return null;
}

Answer 5

Try this:

public View getCurrentView(ViewPager pager) {
    for (int i = 0; i < pager.getChildCount(); i++) {
        View child = pager.getChildAt(i);
        if (child.getX() <= pager.getScrollX() + pager.getWidth() && 
            child.getX() + child.getWidth() >= pager.getScrollX() + pager.getWidth()) {
            return child;
         }
     }
     return getChildAt(0);
}

Answer 6

To get focused view I use this way:

When I inflate my view before add it on ViewPager I set tag to it. Then I check this tag.

private View getCurrentView()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < pager.getChildCount(); i++)
    {
        View v = pager.getChildAt(i);
        if (v != null)
        {
            if (v.getTag().equals(pageList.get(pager.getCurrentItem()).getTag())) return v;
            // pageList is a list of pages that I pass to page adapter
        }
    }
    return null;
}