some support library classes like FragmentStatePagerAdapter is not available on the system framework, and it needs the support Fragment instead of the system Fragment.
That is incorrect. There are two versions of FragmentPagerAdapter
and FragmentStatePagerAdapter
. One set (v4
) uses the backport, the other (v13
) uses the native API Level 11 version of fragments.
I wonder if I should make my activities inherit from the system Activity
Yes, unless you need nested fragments. Those did not show up until API Level 17. If you need that capability, you will need to use the backport, until such time as your android:minSdkVersion
is 17 or higher.