PopBackStack but keep the first fragment in android

Question

I am working on fragment transaction, and the backstack is like this:

fragA => fragB => fragC => fragD

I would like to return to fragA after back fromn the fragD

fragD => onBackPress => fragA

So, I tried code like:

getChildFragmentManager().popBackStack(null, FragmentManager.POP_BACK_STACK_INCLUSIVE);

but it clear all the backstack , how can I keep the first fragment in the backstack? Thanks a lot

Answer 1

E.g. you can do following:

• add fragA without adding it to backStack. So it always be in
  activity, and won't react on back button.
• when you open fragD you should clear fragment BackStack. So when you press back button from D frag you go back to A.

P.S. There are other ways how to do what you want. It depends...

Answer 2

Because the "back stack" has a stack-like behaviour...last-in, first-out...the last fragment you added to the back stack will be popped out of the back stack first. You will need to implement the behaviour you required manually by specifying your own. This is not that hard using the FragmentManager class methods.

If you "tag" your fragments as you add them to the transaction...

 fragmentTransaction.add(new FragmentA(), "FragmentA_Tag");

you can later determine which fragment to show when the back button is pressed...

FragmentA f = fragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("FragmentA_Tag");
if(f != null){
    f.show();
}

How you determine which fragment to show it's entirely up to you. You can keep track of the current visible fragment or you can use the isHidden method of the Fragment class...BTW, I'm talking about native fragments here, not support library's fragment.