Still Using Fragments in 2025? Time for a Reality Check 🕰️

Somewhere out there, a brave soul is still typing FragmentTransaction.beginTransaction(). If that’s you—my friend, step into the light.

Flashback: The Age of Fragments

Remember the days of juggling onCreateView, onDestroyView, and those glorious Bundle gymnastics just to pass data between screens? Fragments gave us modular UIs—but also enough boilerplate to boil an ocean.

Fast forward to today—Android development has changed. A lot.

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Enter: Jetpack Compose 🚀

Compose isn’t just a UI toolkit. It’s a mindset shift:

• Navigation is now actually easy.
• Dialogs? Modal, alert, custom—clean and reusable.
• Tabs & Pages? One-liners.
• State management? Feels like cheating.
• No more Bundle nightmares.

Here’s a quick taste:

kotlin
@Composable
fun MainScreen() {
val navController = rememberNavController()
NavHost(navController, startDestination = "home") {
composable("home") { HomeScreen(navController) }
composable("profile") { ProfileScreen(navController) }
}
}
That’s it. No lifecycle drama. No accidental memory leaks. No Fragments fighting each other in the back stack.

Fragments: Still Needed?
Unless you’re maintaining legacy code or a massive app with hundreds of screens built on Fragments, it’s time to migrate. Compose isn’t perfect (yet!), but it’s miles ahead for most new projects.

🚫 No more FragmentManager

🚫 No more “why did my UI disappear?”

🚫 No more arguments vs. savedInstanceState debates

Why Migrate Now?
Developer happiness: Less boilerplate, more creativity.

Performance: Compose is optimized for modern Android.

Hiring: Most new Android jobs expect Compose experience.

TL;DR
If you’re still using Fragments for new features in 2025, you’re probably missing out on:

Cleaner code

Better UI flexibility

Faster development cycles

Are you still using Fragments in your projects? Share your migration pain (or tips!) in the comments.
Want the deep dive? Check out the full article here.