IllegalStateException: Fragment already added in the tabhost fragment

Question

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.loan, PID: 24169
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment already added: FormFragment{428f10c8 #1 id=0x7f050055 form}
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.addFragment(FragmentManager.java:1192)
    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.popFromBackStack(BackStackRecord.java:722)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.popBackStackState(FragmentManager.java:1533)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl$2.run(FragmentManager.java:489)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1484)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:450)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5068)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:792)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:608)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

So, I have an android app that build with the tabhost. There are three tabs in total, in the tab2, there is a button to make the fragment transaction in tab2 (which is calling the function in the fragment activity)

FragmentTransaction t = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
        t.replace(R.id.realtabcontent, mFrag);
        t.addToBackStack(null);
        t.commit();

There is exception if I run like this:

1. Inside the tab2, I press the button to change fragment
2. Go to other tab (eg. tab 1 or tab 3)
3. Press back button
4. Throw exception

How to fix that? Thanks for helping

Answer 1

This happens when we try to add same fragment or DialogFragment twice before dismissing,

just call

if(mFragment.isAdded())
{
     return; //or return false/true, based on where you are calling from
}

Having said that, I don't see any reason why to remove old fragment and add the same fragment again since we can update the UI/data by simply passing parameters to the method inside the fragment

Answer 2

Remove the old fragment in case it is still added and then add the new fragment:

FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
Fragment oldFragment = fm.findFragmentByTag("fragment_tag");
if (oldFragment != null) {
    fm.beginTransaction().remove(oldFragment).commit();
}
MyFragment newFragment = new MyFragment();
fm.beginTransaction().add(newFragment , "fragment_tag");