Unable to use getChildFragmentManager() in a fragment that was added to ViewPager
19:03 14 Sep 2013

I have an app that is using ActionbarSherlock, SlidingMenu, and also ViewPager. This app works well but I am trying to introduce using Nested Fragment into the ViewPager.

Currently I have one fragment for each page of the ViewPager but I want to have 1 to 4 Nested Fragments in page fragment, depending on weather I am displaying on a phone or tablets. So if I am on a phone I will say have 14 pages in the ViewPager but on a tablet I want to combine those pages utilizing nested fragments.

Here is the code that I trying to do but It will not allow me to use getChildFragmentManager(). It states that getChildFragmentManager() is undefined :

public class CharacterManualActivity extends BaseActivity {


private ViewPager mViewPager;
private TabsAdapter mTabsAdapter;

    Boolean tabletLayout = false;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();

    // Check from the Saved Instance
    characterUri = (savedInstanceState == null) ? null : (Uri) savedInstanceState.getParcelable(CharacterTable.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);

    // Passed from the activity
    if (extras != null) {

        viewMode = extras.getInt("ViewMode");

        characterUri = extras.getParcelable(CharacterTable.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
    }

    mViewPager = new ViewPager(this);
    mViewPager.setId(R.id.pager);
    setContentView(mViewPager);

    final ActionBar bar = getSupportActionBar();
    bar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

    mTabsAdapter = new TabsAdapter(this, mViewPager);

    if (tabletLayout) {
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Stats"), CSheetStatsFragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Abilities"), CSheet2Fragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Classes"), CSheet3Fragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Attacks/Defense"), CSheetAttacksFragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Weapons"), CSheet5Fragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Armor"), CSheet14Fragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Skills"), CSheetSkillsFragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Feats"), CSheet7Fragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Special Abilities/Race Features/Traits"), CSheet8Fragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Equipment"), CSheetEquipmentFragment.class, null);
    //  mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Worn Equipment"), CSheet10Fragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Spellbook"), CSheetSpellbookFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Familiar/Companion"), CSheetFamiliarFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Notes"), CSheetNotesFragment.class, null);
    } else {
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Stats"), CSheetStatsFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Abilities"), CSheetAbilitiesFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Classes"), CSheetClassesFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Attacks/Defense"), CSheetAttacksFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Weapons"), CSheetWeaponsFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Armor"), CSheetArmorFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Skills"), CSheetSkillsFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Feats"), CSheetFeatsFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Special Abilities/Race Features/Traits"), CSheetSpecialTraitsFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Equipment"), CSheetEquipmentFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Worn Equipment"), CSheetWornEquipmentFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Spellbook"), CSheetSpellbookFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Familiar/Companion"), CSheetFamiliarFragment.class, null);
        mTabsAdapter.addTab(bar.newTab().setText("Notes"), CSheetNotesFragment.class, null);


    }

   ...

}

...

}       



public class TabsAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter implements ActionBar.TabListener , ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener{
private final Context mContext;
private final ActionBar mActionBar;
private final ViewPager mViewPager;
private final ArrayList mTabs = new ArrayList();
private final String TAG = "21st Polling:";

static final class TabInfo{
    private final Class clss;
    private final Bundle args;

    TabInfo(Class _class, Bundle _args){
        clss = _class;
        args = _args;
    }
}

public TabsAdapter(SherlockFragmentActivity fa, ViewPager pager) {
    super(fa.getSupportFragmentManager());
    mContext = fa;
    mActionBar = fa.getSupportActionBar();
    mViewPager = pager;
    mViewPager.setAdapter(this);
    mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(this);
}

public void addTab(ActionBar.Tab tab, Class clss, Bundle args){
    TabInfo info = new TabInfo(clss, args);
    tab.setTag(info);
    tab.setTabListener(this);
    mTabs.add(info);
    mActionBar.addTab(tab);
    notifyDataSetChanged();
}

@Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {


}

@Override
public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {


}

@Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
    mActionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);

}

@Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
    Log.v(TAG, "clicked");
    Object tag = tab.getTag();
    for (int i = 0; i

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? I have also made sure that I am using the latest support library and so is ActionbarSherlock.

android actionbarsherlock android-nested-fragment