public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup collection, int position) {

        RelativeLayout wholeView = new RelativeLayout(collection.getContext());

            // images
            final ImageView workoutWidget = new ImageView(collection.getContext());
            workoutWidget.setImageResource(R.drawable.workout_widget_master);

            final ImageButton resetButton = new ImageButton(collection.getContext());
            resetButton.setBackgroundDrawable(context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.reset_button_master));
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams resetButtonParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
            resetButtonParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
            resetButtonParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);
            resetButtonParams.height = 150;
            resetButtonParams.width = 150;
            resetButton.setLayoutParams(resetButtonParams);
            resetButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);

            final ImageButton startButton = new ImageButton(collection.getContext());
            startButton.setBackgroundDrawable(context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.start_button_master));
            startButton.setTag(context.getString(R.string.wtrStartButtonTag));
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams startButtonParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
            startButtonParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT);
            startButtonParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);
            startButtonParams.height = 150;
            startButtonParams.width = 150;
            startButton.setLayoutParams(startButtonParams);
            startButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View view) {
                    startButton.setAlpha(1.0f);

                    if (startButton.getTag() == context.getString(R.string.wtrStartButtonTag)) {
                        startButton.setBackgroundDrawable(context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.pause_button_master));
                        startButton.setTag(context.getString(R.string.wtrPauseButtonTag));
                        resetButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                    }
                    else if (startButton.getTag() == context.getString(R.string.wtrPauseButtonTag)) {
                        startButton.setBackgroundDrawable(context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.start_button_master));
                        startButton.setTag(context.getString(R.string.wtrStartButtonTag));
                    }
                }
            });

            // text labels view
            LinearLayout textLabels = new LinearLayout(collection.getContext());
            textLabels.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

                TextView activityDescription = new TextView(collection.getContext());
                activityDescription.setText("Warm-up");
                activityDescription.setPadding(200, 200, 0, 0);
                activityDescription.setTextSize(30);
                textLabels.addView(activityDescription);

                TextView timeLeftForThisActivity = new TextView(collection.getContext());
                timeLeftForThisActivity.setText("00:00");
                timeLeftForThisActivity.setPadding(200, 0, 0, 0);
                timeLeftForThisActivity.setTextSize(60);
                textLabels.addView(timeLeftForThisActivity);

                LinearLayout elapsedLabels = new LinearLayout(collection.getContext());
                elapsedLabels.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);

                    TextView elapsedTimeStatic = new TextView(collection.getContext());
                    elapsedTimeStatic.setText("Elapsed Time: ");
                    elapsedTimeStatic.setPadding(200, 0, 0, 0);
                    elapsedTimeStatic.setTextSize(20);

                    TextView elapsedTimeDynamic = new TextView(collection.getContext());
                    elapsedTimeDynamic.setText("00:00");
                    elapsedTimeDynamic.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0);
                    elapsedTimeDynamic.setTextSize(20);

                elapsedLabels.addView(elapsedTimeStatic);
                elapsedLabels.addView(elapsedTimeDynamic);

            textLabels.addView(elapsedLabels);

        // adding images and text to overall view
        wholeView.addView(workoutWidget);
        wholeView.addView(startButton);
        wholeView.addView(resetButton);
        wholeView.addView(textLabels);

    collection.addView(wholeView, 0);

    return wholeView;
}

viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(2); to your code.