Minimal changes to FragmentPagerAdapter to make it safe between screen rotations. Some comments at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19393076/how-to-properly-handle-screen-rotation-with-a-viewpager-and-nested-fragments

SafeFragmentPagerAdapter.java

package cat.joanpujol.androidbase.adapter;

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import android.os.Parcelable;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

import cat.joanpujol.seniorlauncher.error.UnnexpectedStateError;

/**
 * Implementation of {@link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that
 * represents each page as a {@link Fragment} that is persistently
 * kept in the fragment manager as long as the user can return to the page.
 *
 * <p>This version of the pager is best for use when there are a handful of
 * typically more static fragments to be paged through, such as a set of tabs.
 * The fragment of each page the user visits will be kept in memory, though its
 * view hierarchy may be destroyed when not visible.  This can result in using
 * a significant amount of memory since fragment instances can hold on to an
 * arbitrary amount of state.  For larger sets of pages, consider
 * {@link FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
 *
 * <p>When using FragmentPagerAdapter the host ViewPager must have a
 * valid ID set.</p>
 *
 * <p>Subclasses only need to implement {@link #getItem(int)}
 * and {@link #getCount()} to have a working adapter.
 *
 * <p>Here is an example implementation of a pager containing fragments of
 * lists:
 *
 * {@sample development/samples/Support4Demos/src/com/example/android/supportv4/app/FragmentPagerSupport.java
 *      complete}
 *
 * <p>The <code>R.layout.fragment_pager</code> resource of the top-level fragment is:
 *
 * {@sample development/samples/Support4Demos/res/layout/fragment_pager.xml
 *      complete}
 *
 * <p>The <code>R.layout.fragment_pager_list</code> resource containing each
 * individual fragment's layout is:
 *
 * {@sample development/samples/Support4Demos/res/layout/fragment_pager_list.xml
 *      complete}
 */
public abstract class SafeFragmentPagerAdapter extends PagerAdapter {
    private static final String TAG = "FragmentPagerAdapter";
    private static final boolean DEBUG = false;

    private final FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
    private FragmentTransaction mCurTransaction = null;
    private Fragment mCurrentPrimaryItem = null;

    private Integer containerId;

    public SafeFragmentPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
        mFragmentManager = fm;
    }

    /**
     * Return the Fragment associated with a specified position.
     */
    public Fragment getItem(int position) {
        if(containerId!=null) {
            final long itemId = getItemId(position);
            String name = makeFragmentName(containerId, itemId);
            return mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(name);
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public abstract Fragment createFragment(int position);

    @Override
    public void startUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
    }

    @Override
    public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
        if (mCurTransaction == null) {
            mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
        }

        if(containerId==null)
            containerId = container.getId();
        else if(containerId!=container.getId())
            throw new UnnexpectedStateError("Container id not expected to change");

        final long itemId = getItemId(position);

        // Do we already have this fragment?
        String name = makeFragmentName(container.getId(), itemId);
        Fragment fragment = mFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag(name);
        if (fragment != null) {
            if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Attaching item #" + itemId + ": f=" + fragment);
            mCurTransaction.attach(fragment);
        } else {
            fragment = createFragment(position);
            if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Adding item #" + itemId + ": f=" + fragment);
            mCurTransaction.add(container.getId(), fragment,
                makeFragmentName(container.getId(), itemId));
        }
        if (fragment != mCurrentPrimaryItem) {
            fragment.setMenuVisibility(false);
            fragment.setUserVisibleHint(false);
        }

        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
        if (mCurTransaction == null) {
            mCurTransaction = mFragmentManager.beginTransaction();
        }
        if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Detaching item #" + getItemId(position) + ": f=" + object
            + " v=" + ((Fragment)object).getView());
        mCurTransaction.detach((Fragment)object);
    }

    @Override
    public void setPrimaryItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
        Fragment fragment = (Fragment)object;
        if (fragment != mCurrentPrimaryItem) {
            if (mCurrentPrimaryItem != null) {
                mCurrentPrimaryItem.setMenuVisibility(false);
                mCurrentPrimaryItem.setUserVisibleHint(false);
            }
            if (fragment != null) {
                fragment.setMenuVisibility(true);
                fragment.setUserVisibleHint(true);
            }
            mCurrentPrimaryItem = fragment;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void finishUpdate(ViewGroup container) {
        if (mCurTransaction != null) {
            mCurTransaction.commitAllowingStateLoss();
            mCurTransaction = null;
            mFragmentManager.executePendingTransactions();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object object) {
        return ((Fragment)object).getView() == view;
    }

    @Override
    public Parcelable saveState() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void restoreState(Parcelable state, ClassLoader loader) {
    }

    /**
     * Return a unique identifier for the item at the given position.
     *
     * <p>The default implementation returns the given position.
     * Subclasses should override this method if the positions of items can change.</p>
     *
     * @param position Position within this adapter
     * @return Unique identifier for the item at position
     */
    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    private static String makeFragmentName(int viewId, long id) {
        return "android:switcher:" + viewId + ":" + id;
    }
}