android - Get the current fragment object

Question

In my main.xml I have

  <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/frameTitle"
        android:padding="5dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/title_bg">
            <fragment
              android:name="com.fragment.TitleFragment"
              android:id="@+id/fragmentTag"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

  </FrameLayout>

And I'm setting fragment object like this

FragmentManager fragmentManager = activity.getSupportFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
Fragment newFragment = new FragmentType1();
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.frameTitle, casinodetailFragment, "fragmentTag");

// fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(null);
fragmentTransaction.commit();

It is setting different types of Fragment objects (FragmentType2,FragmentType3,...) at different time. Now at some point of time I need to identify which object is currently there.

In short I need to do something like this:

Fragment currentFragment = //what is the way to get current fragment object in FrameLayout R.id.frameTitle

I tried the following

TitleFragment titleFragmentById = (TitleFragment) fragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.frameTitle);

and

    TitleFragment titleFragmentByTag = (TitleFragment) fragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("fragmentTag");

But both the objects (titleFragmentById and titleFragmentByTag ) are null
Did I miss something?
I'm using Compatibility Package, r3 and developing for API level 7.

findFragmentById() and findFragmentByTag() will work if we have set fragment using fragmentTransaction.replace or fragmentTransaction.add, but will return null if we have set the object at xml (like what I have done in my main.xml). I think I'm missing something in my XML files.

Answer 1

Now at some point of time I need to identify which object is currently there

Call findFragmentById() on FragmentManager and determine which fragment is in your R.id.frameTitle container.

If you are using the androidx edition of Fragment — as you should in modern apps — , use getSupportFragmentManager() on your FragmentActivity/AppCompatActivity instead of getFragmentManager()