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# Converting An Activity Into A Fragment

How to converting an activity into a fragment.

## Copy and rename the activity

FooActivity.java -> FooFragment.java

## Change superclass

```
extends Activity -> 
extends Fragment
```

## Change onCreate to onCreateView

```
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) -> 
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
```

```
setContentView(R.layout.activity_bugs) ->
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_bugs, container,false);
return view;
```

## Options Menu

### Add to onCreateView

```
setHasOptionsMenu(true);
```

If you do not add this, the overriden methods will not be called.

### Override onCreateOptionsMenu

The fragment version includes inflator and does not return a value.

```
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) ->

public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
   super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
```

## Other Tasks

finish() needs to be called via getActivity()

findViewById() needs to be called via the view created in onCreateView()

getBaseContext() needs to be replaced by getActivity()

## Recrate Original Activity

Create a new FragmentActivity using the fragment

## Remove The Original Activity

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