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Android

Grace Jang
Grace Jang
4,416 Points
Posted by Grace Jang
Grace Jang
4,416 Points

How were we able to instantiate a new FragmentPagerAdapater if its an abstract class?

In the Android Fragments course, we ended up instantiating a FragmentPagerAdapter (see code below) but it is an abstract class - which means technically we aren't able to instantiate it. How did we do it in the course?

// how was I able to instantiate a FragmentPagerAdapter if its an abstract class viewPager.setAdapter(new FragmentPagerAdapter(getChildFragmentManager()) { @Override public Fragment getItem(int position) { return position == 0 ? ingredientsFragment : directionsFragment; }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 2;
        }

        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
            return position == 0 ? "Ingredients" : "Directions";
        }
    });

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Grace - We're really not creating an instance of FragmentPagerAdapter, but an instance of an anonymous class extending FragmentPagerAdapter.