Introduction

FragmentStepper is a library that aims to make the process of creating steps screen (wizards) based on fragments more easy. The library handles internally:

• Fragments state by using FragmentStatePagerAdapter so your fragment are restored even when you navigate back and forth with a good memory management
• Animations for the transition between steps
• Back and forth Navigation so you won't having to face the deadly deal of back stack management. Even Jake Wharton argues against the fragment back stack: https://youtu.be/arch-talk

Add it to your project

In your project root build.gradle with:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }
}

and in the app or module build.gradle:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.Rygelouv:FragmentStepper:v0.0.3'
}

How to use

Step 1: add it to your layout

<com.rygelouv.fragmentstepper.FragmentStepper
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:id="@+id/stepper"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        />

Step 2: let your activity inherit from StepsManager and implements methods

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), StepsManager{
    ...
    
    override fun getCount(): Int {
            return 3
        }
    
    override fun getStep(position: Int): Fragment {
        return when(position){
            0 -> FirstFragment()
            1 -> SecondFragment()
            2 -> ThirdFragment.newInstance("Boom", "Baam")
            else -> FirstFragment()
        }
    }
}

Step 3: configure stepper

stepper = findViewById(R.id.stepper)
stepper.setParentActivity(this)
stepper.stepsChangeListener = object : FragmentStepper.StepChangeListener {
    override fun onStepChanged(stepNumber: Int) {
        Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, "Page changed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        // Do whatever you want here
    }
} 

Step 4: configure backstack in order to handle navigation

In your activity, override the onBackPressed() method and add this code

override fun onBackPressed() {
    if (stepper.isLastStep()) super.onBackPressed() else stepper.goToPreviousStep()
}

Step 5: there is no step 5. That's it you're all set

TODO

• Handle animations for transition
• Improve the way of handling backstack
• Profile for memory management

How it's done ?

FragmentStepper library is based on ViewPager but with some customization an adaptation to make fit for the specific need of steps/wizards flows.

Credits

Author: Rygel Louv https://medium.com/@rygel

License

Copyright 2017 Rygelouv.

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