Android Fragment UI not updated after popBackStack()

Have you ever experience your fragment’s UI not updating after exit from another fragment?

I spent hours to find out that the reason of this weirdness is that the fragment state after supportFragmentManager.popBackStack() is causing this issue

supportFragmentManager.popBackStack()

So, the solution is to use

supportFragmentManager.popBackStackImmediate("theFragment", 0)

instead, where the “theFragment” is the fragment name used when you add the fragment to back stack:

val transaction = supportFragmentManager.beginTransaction()
transaction.replace(R.id.fragment, fragment)
transaction.addToBackStack("theFragment")
transaction.commit()

Using supportFragmentManager.popBackStackImmediate(“theFragment”, 0) can make sure your fragment is in the correct state for updating the UI elements.

That’s it.

Happy coding.

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Reference:

Problems with Android Fragment back stack

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