Android DialogFragment onViewCreated not called

Question

I am using android compatibility library (v4 revision 8). In the custom DialogFragment the overrided method onViewCreated is not getting called.For eg.

public class MyDialogFragment extends DialogFragment{
    private String mMessage;
    public MyDialogFragment(String message) {
        mMessage = message;
    }

    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog( Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onCreateDialog(savedInstanceState);
        Log.d("TAG", "onCreateDialog");
        setRetainInstance(true); 
        //....do something
    }

    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        Log.d("TAG", "onViewCreated");
        //...do something
    }
}

onViewCreated is not getting logged.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10594992/android-dialogfragment-onviewcreated-not-called

Answer 1

Well, the docs for onViewCreated state "Called immediately after onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) has returned".

DialogFragment uses onCreateDialog and not onCreateView, so onViewCreated is not fired. (Would be my working theory, I haven't dived into the android source to confirm).