android what to use instead of onRestart() in a fragment

Question

I'm dealing with .setVisibility() of a view, inside my main fragment at app start. So what I want is that the view is invisible on app start (for this i set INVISIBLE inside onCreateView) and to be visible when I come back to my fragment from other activities while the app is open (and for this I tried to use onRestart() to set view VISIBLE but it cannot resolve onRestart method) is onRestart deprecated or? thanks

EDIT: for all the answers below suggesting to use an onResume (and whom gave a -1), onResume doesn't work as onRestart at all, cause is being called right after onCreateView.

Airlie

hi m4tt i had the same problem, did u get the answer for that? – Bak

its been a while, but from what i recall, the correct answer was the edit of the reply below, since his first answer wasn't on point. still i had a -2 and he got upvoted cause nobody understood the issue. after i made him notice it he posted the boolean thing which i think worked. – Airlie

Answer 1

Fragments don't have onRestart(). It's only for Activities.

See the lifecycle of fragments below

I suppose you're looking for onResume() instead

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Use a boolean flag to check whether or not you're returning to the Fragment:

private boolean firstVisit;

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    //other stuff
    firstVisit = true;
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    //other stuff
    if (firstVisit) {
        //do stuff for first visit only

        firstVisit = false;
    }
}

Morna

The problem is onResume is being read also on app start right after onCreate() – Airlie

@Airlie use a bool to check whether you're in it the 1st time or not (the latter means you are returning to it) – Morna

@TimCastelijns ok, so your +2 answer looks incomplete, my -1 question looks due instead, cause I need more than an onResume to achieve onRestart result – Airlie

Answer 2

You need to use the onResume() callback method, if you would like to detect when the fragment is visible again

Hildick

onResume doesn't work as onRestart at all, cause is being called right after onCreateView – Airlie

Answer 3

Fragment life cycle doesn't have onRestart() method. You could use onPause() and onResume() as per your requirement.

Further reading : Fragments

Espagnole

onResume doesn't work as onRestart at all, cause is being called right after onCreateView – Airlie

Answer 4

You can use either onStart() or onResume() if you want to load things when returning to the fragment.

Perquisite

Sadly fragments don't have onrestart – Morna

onResume doesn't work as onRestart at all, cause is being called right after onCreateView – Airlie

Answer 5

You can use onRestart() on the activity, making it call whatever method you want on the fragment by making use of getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.your_fragment). When a fragment gets restarted its underlying activity got restarted so its onRestart() method was called.

Fidel