Using page adapter without fragments

Question

Is it possible to use ViewPager without fragments? All examples i could find load several fragments to the ViewPager.

I want to use it similarly to a ListView. I would like to create a custom adapter that will inflate a layout according to the position the pager is in.

if it's possible can anyone point me to an example for that ?

Answer 1

I had the similar problem and it took me some time to figure it out. Posting my adapter here for future reference.

/**
 * A page adapter which works with a large data set by reusing views.
 */
public abstract class ListPageAdapter<T> extends PagerAdapter {

  // Views that can be reused.
  private final List<View> mDiscardedViews = new ArrayList<View>();
  // Views that are already in use.
  private final SparseArray<View> mBindedViews = new SparseArray<View>();

  private final ArrayList<T> mItems;
  private final LayoutInflater mInflator;
  private final int mResourceId;

  public ListPageAdapter(Context context, int viewRes) {
    mItems = new ArrayList<T>();
    mInflator = LayoutInflater.from(context);
    mResourceId = viewRes;
  }

  @Override
  public int getCount() {
    return mItems.size();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isViewFromObject(View v, Object obj) {
    return v == mBindedViews.get(mItems.indexOf(obj));
  }

  @Override
  public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
    View view = mBindedViews.get(position);
    if (view != null) {
      mDiscardedViews.add(view);
      mBindedViews.remove(position);
      container.removeView(view);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
    View child = mDiscardedViews.isEmpty() ?
        mInflator.inflate(mResourceId, container, false) :
          mDiscardedViews.remove(0);

    T data = mItems.get(position);
    initView(child, data, position);

    mBindedViews.append(position, child);
    container.addView(child, 0);
    return data;
  }

  public void add(T item) {
    mItems.add(item);
  }

  public T remove(int position) {
    return mItems.remove(position);
  }

  public void clear() {
    mItems.clear();
  }

  /**
   * Initiate the view here
   */
  public abstract void initView(View v, T item, int position);
}

The viewPager is not updated automatically when the data is changed int the adapter. For that I used

pager.setAdapter(null);
pager.setAdapter(myAdapter);
pager.setCurrentItem(0);