Changing ViewPager to enable infinite page scrolling

I solved this problem very simply using a little hack in the adapter. Here is my code:

public class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter
{
    public static int LOOPS_COUNT = 1000;
    private ArrayList<Product> mProducts;


    public MyPagerAdapter(FragmentManager manager, ArrayList<Product> products)
    {
        super(manager);
        mProducts = products;
    }


    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position)
    {
        if (mProducts != null && mProducts.size() > 0)
        {
            position = position % mProducts.size(); // use modulo for infinite cycling
            return MyFragment.newInstance(mProducts.get(position));
        }
        else
        {
            return MyFragment.newInstance(null);
        }
    }


    @Override
    public int getCount()
    {
        if (mProducts != null && mProducts.size() > 0)
        {
            return mProducts.size()*LOOPS_COUNT; // simulate infinite by big number of products
        }
        else
        {
            return 1;
        }
    }
} 

And then, in the ViewPager, we set current page to the middle:

mAdapter = new MyPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager(), mProducts);
mViewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mViewPager.setCurrentItem(mViewPager.getChildCount() * MyPagerAdapter.LOOPS_COUNT / 2, false); // set current item in the adapter to middle

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