open activity from fragment code example

Example 1: how to open an activity from a fragment

Button btn1 = (Button) thisLayout
            .findViewById(R.id.btnDb1);

    btn1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), otherActivity.class);
            ((MainActivity) getActivity()).startActivity(intent);

        }
    });

    return thisLayout;
}

Example 2: start fragment from activity

FragmentManager manager = getFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction transaction = manager.beginTransaction();
transaction.add(R.id.container,YOUR_FRAGMENT_NAME,YOUR_FRAGMENT_STRING_TAG);
transaction.addToBackStack(null);
transaction.commit();