public class MyActivity extends Activity {

    private ViewPager vp = null;
    private SparseArray<View> viewCollection = new SparseArray<View>();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
        vp = (ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.viewpager);
        vp.setPageMargin(-20);
        vp.setOffscreenPageLimit(3);
        vp.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener(){
            @Override
            public void onPageSelected(int pos) {
                View view = viewCollection.get(pos);  // @@@ Get target page reference
                view.bringToFront();                  // @@@ change z-order to the top
            }
        });
        vp.setAdapter(new MyAdapter());
    }

    public class MyAdapter extends PagerAdapter {

        @Override
        public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
            View pageLayout = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.page_layout, container, false);
            final Integer pageId = position;
            TextView pageText = (TextView)pageLayout.findViewById(R.id.page_id);
            pageText.setText(String.valueOf(position));
            pageText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    vp.setCurrentItem(pageId);         // @@@ select the clicked page
                }
            });
            // paint gray shades onto the page background
            pageLayout.setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(255, position*40, position*40, position*40));

            viewCollection.put(position, pageLayout);  // @@@ store the reference
            container.addView(pageLayout);
            return(pageLayout);
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 8; // any arbitrary number
        }

        @Override
        public float getPageWidth(int position) {
            return(0.33f);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object obj) {
            return (view == obj);
        }

        @Override
        public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
            container.removeView((View)object);
            viewCollection.remove(position);          // @@@ remove the reference
        }
    }
}