Send Data from Activity to Fragment in Android

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We can send data to a fragment by using Bundle

First Method

eg:-

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Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putString("Key", "StringValue");
NewFragment fragobj = new NewFragment();
fragobj.setArguments(bundle);


Then in Fragment we can take the data as
Fragment onCreateView method:

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@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    String strtext = getArguments().getString("Key");   
    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment, container, false);
}


Second Method :

you can create any public function in MainActivity.java which is the parent Activity of the fragment

eg:-

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public void String getData()
{
     return "Data from Activity";
}

Then in Fragment, you can Cast the MainActitivy to an object like this

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@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    MainActivity activity = (MainActivity)getActivity();
    String Data = activity.getData();
    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment, container, false);
}


Third Method For Sending Complex Data

for complex objects you need to implement Serializable. For example, for the simple object:

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public class MyClass implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2163051469151804394L;
    private int id;
    private String created;
}

In you FromFragment:

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Bundle args = new Bundle();
args.putSerializable(TAG_MY_CLASS, myClass);
Fragment toFragment = new ToFragment();
toFragment.setArguments(args);
getFragmentManager()
    .beginTransaction()
    .replace(R.id.body, toFragment, TAG_TO_FRAGMENT)
    .addToBackStack(TAG_TO_FRAGMENT).commit();

in your ToFragment:

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@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    Bundle args = getArguments();
    MyClass myClass = (MyClass) args
        .getSerializable(TAG_MY_CLASS);

...
}