Android Fragment Confusion

I have a question about the correct logical use of fragments in Android. I know that it was designed to be used to improve tablet experience, but does this imply that fragments sho

Solution 1:

There are many questions in here, let me go through them.

1. No fragments are not meant just for tablet experience, in general they allow you to create more modular and adaptable layouts (think classes). They are extremely helpful in tablet layouts/landscape, but also give you reusable components.

2. At the same time, a fragment is not the right choice here... It is much easier to use a listview, coupled with a custom cell layout. Instead of using another activity to display a dialog simply call new Dialog() and dialog.show(). An activity should only be used as a dialog if it will be used by the user by a long period of time and provides a new "activity" (action)

Solution 2:

Items in a list should not each be their own fragment, no. You can pop up a dialog without creating an entire Activity. Take a look at the documentation on AlertDialogs and DialogFragments for your dialogs and you can get the result from that.