Sorry, I misunderstood your original post. Equally sorry, I have no suggestions.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Eric Carman <[email protected]> wrote: > To clarify... > > Using the dpad left/right or trackball roll left/right doesn't > simulate a swipe. All it does is set focus to an offscreen fragment. > It doesn't actually change the fragment that is displayed on screen. > (I have on screen buttons that will let the user "swipe" left/right if > they are touch-screen challenged. I'm referring to the sample app > because it is easier for folks to reproduce if they feel inclined.) > > The Android Market App doesn't do this. It appears to behave such that > when you are on the pages that allow you to swipe left/right - the > dpad/trackball options will let you select widgets up/down/left/right, > but only on the on-screen fragment. > > Fragment #0 | Fragment #1 | Fragment #2 > <off screen>| <on screen> | <off screen> > > Each fragment presents a list. Scrolling left/right will move the > focus between each of these fragments without changing which one is on > screen. Selecting an item while the focus is off screen, will select > whatever happens to be focused on the offscreen fragment. Not a great > experience. > > To address your suggestions. I suppose it would be possible to trap > the focus using the nextFocus<direction> options. The tricky part then > is to know that your fragment has been made the on-screen fragment. > > The V4 (rel 3) compatibility library doesn't seem to expose that > feature - or I've missed it completely. There doesn't appear to be an > onChange type listener that let's me know when the fragment was > changed. But I suppose that is a question for another post. > > In any event, it seems like this navigation paradigm is a little dodgy > if it was intended to allow the user to select offscreen fragments and > act on them. > > Thank you for your quick response. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
