How to add existing fragment from inside Compose

Question

I want to open an existing fragment from compose or if i can add inside the same compose in full screen, that will also work. Also how to navigate from one existing fragment to another existing fragment from compose.

Answer 1

Our recommendation for using Fragments in Compose is documented here.

Specifically, you should use the AndroidViewBinding composable to inflate an XML containing a FragmentContainerView hosting the fragment you want to use in Compose. AndroidViewBinding has fragment-specific handling which is why you want to use this over AndroidView. Note that you need to have view binding enabled for this.

Example XML file:

<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/fragment_container_view"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:name="com.example.MyFragment" />

And then in your Composable function:

@Composable
fun FragmentInComposeExample() {
    AndroidViewBinding(MyFragmentLayoutBinding::inflate) {
        val myFragment = fragmentContainerView.getFragment<MyFragment>()
        // ...
    }
}