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brunopaiva
14,408 PointsProblem with Incompatible Types: Modifying Fragments from the template video
I have an error on the SectionPagerAdapter java class when i return a new InboxFragment(), the error says "Incompatible types: Required: android.app.Fragment; Found: com.treehouse.ribbit.InboxFragment;".
i guess the problem may be the fact that the InboxFragment is a ListFragment type and the getItem function is looking to return a Fragment type, but isn't the ListFragment a sub-class of Fragment?
3 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherThis is probably due to the type of Fragment used. android.app.Fragment is the regular type of Fragment. But there is another version that is exactly the same except it has backwards compatibility for older versions of Android: android.support.v4.app.Fragment. We have to use the support versions to use the ViewPager, which is also backwards compatible.
My guess is that your ListFragment import statement in InboxFragment is using the android.app.ListFragment when it should be android.support.v4.app.ListFragment. Delete the import statement and organize your imports and then you should be able to select the support version.
brunopaiva
14,408 PointsThanks Ben...that did the job.
Josh Gold
12,207 PointsIn InboxFragment I changed
```public class InboxFragment extends android.app.ListFragment {
to :
```public class InboxFragment extends android.support.v4.app.ListFragment {
```<br><br>
Thanks Ben!