How do I load Fragments into my SlidingPaneLayout menu?

Question

I'm a newbie, so please bear with me. I've implemented a SlidingPaneLayout in my app. However, in the example I followed it populated the menu fragment with an array of strings. I think it was just as an example. How do I populate the menu fragment with links to the fragments I want to give my users access to?

I have a menu list with the names of the fragments I'd like to display, but it doesn't seem to be implemented.

Here is the code from my menu fragment:

public class MainListFragment extends ListFragment {

    private ArrayAdapter<String> mAdapter;

    public static final String[] items = { "Item 1: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
            "Item 2: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "Item 3: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
            "Item 4: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "Item 5: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
            "Item 6: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "Item 7: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" };

    ListFragmentItemClickListener iItemClickListener;

    /** An interface for defining the callback method */
    public interface ListFragmentItemClickListener {
        /**
         * This method will be invoked when an item in the ListFragment is
         * clicked
         */
        void onListFragmentItemClick(View view, int position);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

        mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getActivity(),
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, items);
        setListAdapter(mAdapter);
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
        return super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
    }

    /** A callback function, executed when this fragment is attached to an activity */
    @Override
    public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
        super.onAttach(activity);
        try{
            /** This statement ensures that the hosting activity implements ListFragmentItemClickListener */
            iItemClickListener = (ListFragmentItemClickListener) activity;
        } catch(Exception e) {
            Toast.makeText(activity.getBaseContext(),"Exception", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_list, menu);
    }

    @Override
    public void onListItemClick(ListView list, View view, int position, long id) {

        /**
         * Invokes the implementation of the method onListFragmentItemClick in
         * the hosting activity
         */
        iItemClickListener.onListFragmentItemClick(view, position);

    }

}

Here is the code from the menu list:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <group android:checkableBehavior="single">
        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_ehr"
            android:title="@string/ehr_short" />
        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_protocols"
            android:title="@string/protocols" />
    </group>
</menu>

Answer 1

You should create your menu in an XML file and then handle events using menu event handlers. This example should help you.

The main idea is that when you use the Android Menu interface components you get access to event handlers like onCreateOptionsMenu and onOptionsItemSelected which allow you to control your UI flow.