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Android

Posted by Tianyun Zhang
Tianyun Zhang
2,781 Points

Support Library for Fragment

Hi all, I am using the support library v4 for Fragment. But when I ran my app on a device with 4.1 on it, the app just crashed. If I use the android.app.Fragment, my app can run successfully on that device. So I am wondering in order to be compatible to old devices, should I build two separate apps, one using the support library, the other doesn't ? Thank you so much!

3 Answers

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

The support library is for backwards compatibility, so it should not give you problems on 4.1. Can you share details about the crash and/or your code where you are using it?

Tianyun Zhang
Tianyun Zhang
2,781 Points
Tianyun Zhang
Tianyun Zhang
2,781 Points

Hi Ben,

Thank you for your reply. I figured that I should use getSupportFragmentManager() instead of getFragmentManager(). getFragmentManager() simply returns null when using the support library.

-Raymond