A simple solution is to create your own subclass of ViewPager that has a private boolean flag, isPagingEnabled. Then override the onTouchEvent and onInterceptTouchEvent methods. If isPagingEnabled equals true invoke the super method, otherwise return.
public class CustomViewPager extends ViewPager {
private boolean isPagingEnabled = true;
public CustomViewPager(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public CustomViewPager(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
return this.isPagingEnabled && super.onTouchEvent(event);
}
@Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
return this.isPagingEnabled && super.onInterceptTouchEvent(event);
}
public void setPagingEnabled(boolean b) {
this.isPagingEnabled = b;
}
}
Then in your Layout.XML file replace any <com.android.support.V4.ViewPager> tags with <com.yourpackage.CustomViewPager> tags.
This code was adapted from this blog post.