: Can’t access the Fragment View’s LifecycleOwner when getView() is null i.e., before onCreateView() or after onDestroyView()

This can be fixed, by triggering the logic which is raising the error, from around end of onCreateView(...) callback (not onCreate(...) nor onAttach(...)).

In getViewLifecycleOwner() documentation, I don’t think, I can explain better:

The first method where it is safe to access the view lifecycle is onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) under the condition that you must return a non-null view (an IllegalStateException will be thrown if you access the view lifecycle but don’t return a non-null view).

The view lifecycle remains valid through the call to onDestroyView(), after which getView() will return null, the view lifecycle will be destroyed, and this method will throw an IllegalStateException. Consider using getViewLifecycleOwnerLiveData() or FragmentTransaction.runOnCommit(Runnable) to receive a callback for when the Fragment’s view lifecycle is available.

public LifecycleOwner getViewLifecycleOwner() {
    if (mViewLifecycleOwner == null) {
        throw new IllegalStateException("Can't access the Fragment View's LifecycleOwner when "
                + "getView() is null i.e., before onCreateView() or after onDestroyView()");
    }
    return mViewLifecycleOwner;
}