How to add a Fragment inside a ViewPager using Nested Fragment (Android 4.2)

Assuming you have created the correct xml layouts. It is now very simple to display fragments in a ViewPager that is hosted by another Fragment.

The following is a parent fragment that displays child fragments:

class ParentViewPagerFragment : Fragment() {

  override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {
    val root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_parent_viewpager, container, false)

    val viewPager = root.findViewById(R.id.viewPager) as ViewPager
    // Important: Must use the child FragmentManager or you will see side effects.
    viewPager.adapter = MyAdapter(childFragmentManager)

    val tabStrip = root.findViewById<TabLayout>(R.id.pagerTabStrip)
    tabStrip.setupWithViewPager(viewPager)

    return root
  }

  class MyAdapter internal constructor(fm: FragmentManager) : FragmentPagerAdapter(fm) {

    override fun getCount(): Int = 4

    override fun getItem(position: Int): Fragment {
      val args = Bundle().apply { putInt(ChildFragment.POSITION_KEY, position) }
      return ChildFragment.newInstance(args)
    }

    override fun getPageTitle(position: Int): CharSequence = "Tab $position"
  }

  companion object {
    val TAG: String = ParentViewPagerFragment::class.java.name
  }
}

It is important to use Fragment.getChildFragmentManager() when instantiating the FragmentPagerAdapter. Also note that you cannot use Fragment.setRetainInstance() on the children fragments or you’ll get an exception. The imports were omitted for brevity.

Source code can be found at: https://github.com/marcoRS/nested-fragments