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You could override setUserVisibleHint event of the fragment to know if its visible to the user and then load your data. something like following: boolean _areLecturesLoaded = false; @Override public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) { super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser); if (isVisibleToUser && !_areLecturesLoaded ) { loadLectures(); _areLecturesLoaded = true; } }