getBackStackEntryCount() always returns 0 even after adding addToBackStack and executePendingTransactions()

Solution 1:

I had a similar problem, in my case getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() was always returning zero.

My problem was I've using support fragments:

Fragment fragment = new MyFragment();
// note getSupportFragmentManager() instead getFragmentManager()
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.frame, fragment)
.addToBackStack(null)
.commit();

fragmentManager.executePendingTransactions();

and I've checking getFragmentManager() backStackEntryCount, which always returns zero (it's using another fragment manager):

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    if (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() > 0 ) {
        getFragmentManager().popBackStack();            
    }
}

instead of getSupportFragmentManager, which returns the correct number:

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    if (getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() > 0 ) {
        getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();         
    }
}

Solution 2:

Try this:

MapFragment mMapFragment = MapFragment.newInstance();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
    mMapFragment.getMapAsync(this);
    fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.container, mMapFragment);
    fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(null);
    fragmentTransaction.commit();
    getFragmentManager().executePendingTransactions();

I have changed this line:

fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.container, mMapFragment);

to this:

fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.container, mMapFragment);

Pretty sure if you replace a fragment then its not in the backstack :)

Solution 3:

I has similar problem. Thanks to this answer i create below code in my activity, instead of fragment, and this solution work fine:

getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(new FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onBackStackChanged() {
            Log.d("ovech", "back stack changed");
            Log.d("ovech", "back stack count = " + getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount());
            if(getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount()>0) {
                toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.ic_arrow_back_white_24dp);
            } else {
                toolbar.setNavigationIcon(null);
                Log.d("ovech", "hello without icon");
            }
            toolbar.invalidate();
        }
    });