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Android

Tom Finet
Tom Finet
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Posted by Tom Finet
Tom Finet
7,027 Points

Should I use a fragment or an activity?

I am building my first android app and cannot make up my mind as to what to use a fragment or an activity.

In my app I have a MainActivity which holds a FriendFragment and other fragments which can be navigated to using the navigation drawer. In this FriendFragment, the action bar provides an action to find friends.

This is where I have a problem, should I create and add a fragment from the FriendFragment or should I start a new FindFriendActivity to handle this. All this activity/fragment should do is provide back navigation to the previous fragment and the ability to suggest friends.

An advantage of using a fragment is that it may be more suitable for a tablet layout compared to an activity.

Which should I use, a fragment or an activity?