Special purpose fragment classes

Now that we understand the lifecycle of fragments, we can look at some of the specialized versions of the Fragment class. As we go through each of these specialized classes, remember they all ultimately inherit from the Fragment class and therefore experience the same lifecycle behavior. Many of these specialized classes have an impact on what operations are safe to perform at the various points in the lifecycle, and some of these classes even add their own lifecycle methods. Understanding each of these classes and their interaction with the fragment lifecycle is essential for using the classes effectively.

ListFragment

One of the simplest fragment-derived classes to use and yet one of the most helpful is the ListFragment class. The ListFragment class provides a fragment that encapsulates a ListView and, as the name implies, is useful for displaying lists of data.

Associating data with the list

Unlike the base Fragment class, we're not required to override the...