I have 4 fragments in a ViewPager. 3 of the have static data, the other one is loading data from a remote server. When I run the program, all the fragments with static RecyclerView data load perfectly fine. But the one with dynamic data won't show until I navigate away from the page and then reselect the tab (or navigate back).
I have tried solutions explained here Update ViewPager dynamically? but I can't get it to work
private void initialize() {
    //Create fragments and setup viewpager
    frag_categories = new Fragment_Categories();
    frag_deals =  new Fragment_Deals();
    frag_favourites = new Fragment_Favorites();
    frag_sangwapo = new Fragment_Sangwapo();
    setupViewPager(viewPager);
    //prepare tabLayout
    tabLayout =  findViewById(R.id.tabs);
    tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);
    setupTabIcons();
    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).select();
    tabLayout.addOnTabSelectedListener(this);
}
private void setupViewPager(ViewPager viewPager) {
    adapter = new AdapterViewPager(getSupportFragmentManager());
    adapter.addFragment(frag_favourites, "Stores");
    adapter.addFragment(frag_categories, "Categories");
    adapter.addFragment(frag_deals, "Deals");
    adapter.addFragment(frag_sangwapo, "Sangwapo");
    viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);
    viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(0);
}
//Inside the fragment not refreshing
adapterSangwapo = new AdapterSangwapo(getActivity(),list);
        LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity(),LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL,false);
        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
        recyclerView.setAdapter(adapterSangwapo);
        updateListItems();
where updateListItems is populating an ArrayList (list) and calling notifyDataSetChanged on adaptersangwapo
Even when i try viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(3);, it still wont refresh until i navigate away. I have also tried both FragmentPagerAdapter and FragmentStatePagerAdapte
There are no errors being displayed.
 
    