[android-developers] Re: When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

2013-04-17 Thread Piren
Not sure, never worked with dialogFragments so i can't really say, but yeah.. fragments are a picky bunch and require more delicate handling. On Monday, April 15, 2013 1:22:30 PM UTC+3, William Ferguson wrote: Hm, thanks. It just seems strange to need to explicitly check to see if the

[android-developers] Re: When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

2013-04-15 Thread William Ferguson
Hi Piren, what is an appropriate definition of Started in this instance? WIlliam On Monday, April 15, 2013 1:17:36 AM UTC+10, Piren wrote: Check the fragment state before showing, it should be Started, if not, keep a flag saying that says this dialog needs to be shown. Check for the flag

[android-developers] Re: When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

2013-04-15 Thread Piren
After onStart has been called and before onStop. You can be more pedantic about the state if needed - using isHidden/isVisible/isResumed .. since having it as started does guarantee that the fragment is visible. On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:32:45 AM UTC+3, William Ferguson wrote: Hi Piren,

[android-developers] Re: When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

2013-04-15 Thread Piren
Errr... we need a damn edit button here. i meant: since having it as started does *not* guarantee that the fragment is visible. :) On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:47:22 AM UTC+3, Piren wrote: After onStart has been called and before onStop. You can be more pedantic about the state if needed

[android-developers] Re: When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

2013-04-15 Thread William Ferguson
Hm, thanks. It just seems strange to need to explicitly check to see if the Fragment isResumed prior to showing a Dialog. Before Fragments, Activity#showDialog would do nothing if the Activity was already torn down. So it seems kind of retrograde. I take it all instances of

[android-developers] Re: When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

2013-04-14 Thread Piren
Check the fragment state before showing, it should be Started, if not, keep a flag saying that says this dialog needs to be shown. Check for the flag state during onStart/onResume and show the dialog if needed On Sunday, April 14, 2013 4:25:03 PM UTC+3, William Ferguson wrote: I have a