@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_playscreen, container, false);

    //while (getChildFragmentManager().popBackStackImmediate()) {}

    mAdapter = new AdapterPlayPages(this, getChildFragmentManager());
    mPager = (ViewPlayPager) view.findViewById(R.id.pagerPlayScreen);
    //mPager.setAdapter(null);
    mPager.storeAdapter(mAdapter);
    //mPager.setCurrentItem(0);
    //mPager.removeAllViews();

    return view;
}

public class ViewPlayPager extends ViewPager
{
    PagerAdapter mPagerAdapter;

    public ViewPlayPager(Context context)
    {
        super(context);
    }

    public ViewPlayPager(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
    {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onAttachedToWindow()
    {
        super.onAttachedToWindow();

        if (mPagerAdapter != null)
        {
            //super.setAdapter(null);  // did not help
            super.setAdapter(mPagerAdapter);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void setAdapter(PagerAdapter adapter)
    {
        // do nothing
    }

    public void storeAdapter(PagerAdapter adapter)
    {
        mPagerAdapter = adapter;
    }
}

public class AdapterPlayPages extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter
{
    private FragmentPlayScreen mParent;

    public AdapterPlayPages(FragmentPlayScreen parent, FragmentManager fragmentManager)
    {
        super(fragmentManager);

        mParent = parent;
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount()
    {
        // some logic from parent to determine true count
        // the count shouldn't effect the position to start at

        return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    }

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position)
    {
        // logic to determine type of page to display,
        // which is not changing based on position at the moment

        return new FragmentPlayPage();
    }

    // this did not seem to help me
    //@Override
    //public int getItemPosition(Object object)
    //{
    //     //return super.getItemPosition(object);
    //    return POSITION_NONE;
    //}
}