// create boolean for fetching data
private boolean isViewShown = false;
@Override
public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) {
super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser);
if (getView() != null) {
isViewShown = true;
// fetchdata() contains logic to show data when page is selected mostly asynctask to fill the data
fetchData();
} else {
isViewShown = false;
}
}
Use isViewShown instance variable to decide whether to fetch data in onCreateView() or in setUserVisibleHint().
Below code contains logic for onCreateView():
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.main_layout, container, false);
// view initialization steps.......
if (!isViewShown) {
fetchData();
}
// do other stuff
}
This code will solve your problem. As It solved my problem. 🙂
This trick will fetch data in onCreateView() for direct jumping from one page to another, whereas when you swipe the view it will fetch the data from setUserVisibleHint() method. 🙂