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Aaron Arkie
5,345 PointsFragment_Main_List.xml
In the project for "Build a blog Reader for Android App", after we create project folder we have two files in the layout folder activity_main_list.xml and Fragment_Main_List.xml. Can someone clarify why we must delete the fragment file? Whats it's purpose? thanks in advance.
2 Answers
Theodore Kruczek
8,800 PointsShort Answer: The code for a fragment is different than for an activity. The videos were made for an older version of Android SDK that did not push developers to use fragments by default.
Longer Answer: You don't HAVE to delete them, but the videos were made before Android SDK started adding them by default. I would recommend deleting them, learning how to make the app without fragments and then when you are comfortable, recreate the app using the fragments for a tablet. I just finished the self-destructing messenger app using fragments on my first time through and it created a lot of problems that I had to look up on my own to overcome.
Aaron Arkie
5,345 PointsOkay thanks alot, i understand now! I'll just keep working at it thanks again.