java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment already added

Question

I have a Problem with a Android App compiled and running with target SDK 4.3. The App has two Activities, a MainActivity which is also the Launcher Activity and a SecondActivity. Both are using Fragments. To Support older Devices also, the support lib is used.

In the following scenario it comes to the "IllegalStateException: Fragment already added" Error.

1) Start the app -> MainActivity is shown
2) switch to the SecondActivity with an Intent
3) Press the Home Button
4) Wait a longer time (tested with 24 hours)
5) press again the app icon -> Exception. If the time is shorter, the SecondActivity is shown like expected.

I have read a lot of the IllegalStateExceptions during Fragment handling, but all all of them pointed to a problem with a replace() method. In the Stacktrace, my own code is never called.

The Fragement is added in the Activies onCreate() Method:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(..);
    ListFragment listFragment = this.getCaptureListFragment();
    FragmentTransaction tx = this.getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
    tx.add(R.id.MainFragmentContainer, listFragment, "list_fragment_tag");
    tx.commit(); 
}

private ListFragment getListFragment() {
    ListFragment listFragment = (ListFragment) this.getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag("list_fragment_tag");
    if (listFragment == null) {
        listFragment = new ListFragment();
    }
    return listFragment;
}


java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity    ComponentInfo{de.myexample.demo/de.myexample.demo.ui.SecondActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment already added: ListFragment{42283f58 #0 id=0x7f060094 de.myexample.demo.ui.ListFragment}
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2211)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2261)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment already added: ListFragment{42283f58 #0 id=0x7f060094 de.myexample.demo.ui.ListFragment}
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.addFragment(SourceFile:1175)
    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(SourceFile:616)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(SourceFile:1460)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(SourceFile:556)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1171)
    at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:5143)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184)
    ... 11 more
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment already added: ListFragment{42283f58 #0 id=0x7f060094 de.myexample.demo.ui.ListFragment}
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.addFragment(SourceFile:1175)
    at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(SourceFile:616)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(SourceFile:1460)
    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(SourceFile:556)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1171)
    at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:5143)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2261)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

In order to reproduce this, one could activate "Don't keep activities" in Settings -> Developer options. Then pause and resume the activity.

That's so you don't have to wait 24 hours :)