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I have read the documentation and some other questions' threads about this topic and I don't really feel convinced; I don't see clearly the limits of use of this technique.
Fragments are now seen as a Best Practice; every Activity should be basically a support for one or more Fragments and not call a layout directly.
Fragments are created in order to:
allow the Activity to use many fragments, to change between them, to reuse these units... ==> the Fragment is totally dependent to the Context of an activity , so if I need something generic that I can reuse and handle in many Activities, I can create my own custom layouts or Views ... I will not care about this additional Complexity Developing Layer that fragments would add.
a better handling to different resolution ==> OK for tablets/phones in case of long process that we can show two (or more) fragments in the same Activity in Tablets, and one by one in phones. But why would I use fragments always ?
handling callbacks to navigate between Fragments (i.e: if the user is Logged-in I show a fragment else I show another fragment). ===> Just try to see how many bugs facebook SDK Log-in have because of this, to understand that it is really (?) ...
considering that an Android Application is based on Activities... Adding another life cycles in the Activity would be better to design an Application... I mean the modules, the scenarios, the data management and the connectivity would be better designed, in that way. ===> This is an answer of someone who's used to see the Android SDK and Android Framework with a Fragments vision. I don't think it's wrong, but I am not sure it will give good results... And it is really abstract...
====> Why would I complicate my life, coding more, in using them always? else, why is it a best practice if it's just a tool for some cases? what are these cases?
I am sorry if I wrote too much, and thanks for your time. I hope I will get your attention, because I really need ideas and experiences about this topic.
Best regards, Ahmed
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Fragments introduce modularity and reusability into your activity's UI by allowing you to divide the UI into discrete chunks. Activities are an ideal place to put global elements around your app's user interface, such as a navigation drawer.
Like activities, they have a specific lifecycle, unlike activities, they are not top-level application components. Advantages of fragments include code reuse and modularity (e.g., using the same list view in many activities), including the ability to build multi-pane interfaces (mostly useful on tablets).
Android App Development for BeginnersA fragment has its own layout and its own behaviour with its own life cycle callbacks. You can add or remove fragments in an activity while the activity is running. You can combine multiple fragments in a single activity to build a multi-pane UI.
Which of the following is a benefit of using fragments? Navigation between fragments allows for more sophisticated user interface patterns, such as tab bars. Using multiple fragments within an activity allows for an adaptive layout across multiple screen sizes.
You shouldn't always use fragments. Fragments have their uses, such as when you want to page in and out parts of the screen or when you want to drastically change the UI in different orientations. When they make sense, use them. When they don't, skip them. I find they make sense in maybe about 10-20% of apps- I rarely see the need.
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