Android in Action, Third Edition

Chapter 20. Activity fragments

 

This chapter covers

• Fragment lifecycle
• Background fragments
• The fragment manager
• Fragment transactions
• The fragment back stack
• The Android Compatibility Package

 

The larger screen size of tablets, which allows more content to be displayed than is possible on smaller form-factor devices such as smartphones, introduced the need for new user interface and related application components.

Recall that an Activity is an application component that is typically given a window to draw a user interface. This window typically fills the screen, which works fine on the smaller form-factor devices. Although the same approach can be used for larger-screen devices, you may have to rely on complex custom views or hierarchies, ...