Is there any way to force stacked tabs? I want tabs separate of action bar (in a second row), even when landscape mode.
I am trying to force it but I can´t. For example, Twitter app in Android, when change to lanscape mode, continue showing two rows (tabs in a separate rows, which are known as stacked tabs).
Thanks!
Not only can you not force stacked tabs, you can't even force tabs -- Android can and will replace them with a drop-down list for navigation in some screen sizes and orientations.
Your only solution is to move away from action bar tabs, such as by using ViewPager
and PagerTabStrip
.
I had luck using the following reflection 'hack':
private void forceStackedTabs() {
ActionBar ab = getSupportActionBar();
if ( ab instanceof ActionBarImpl ) {
// Pre-ICS
disableEmbeddedTabs( ab );
} else if ( ab instanceof ActionBarWrapper ) {
// ICS
try {
Field abField = ab.getClass().getDeclaredField( "mActionBar" );
abField.setAccessible( true );
disableEmbeddedTabs( abField.get( ab ) );
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
Log.e( TAG, "Error disabling actionbar embedded", e );
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
Log.e( TAG, "Error disabling actionbar embedded", e );
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
Log.e( TAG, "Error disabling actionbar embedded", e );
}
}
}
private void disableEmbeddedTabs(Object ab) {
try {
Method setHasEmbeddedTabsMethod = ab.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("setHasEmbeddedTabs", boolean.class);
setHasEmbeddedTabsMethod.setAccessible(true);
setHasEmbeddedTabsMethod.invoke(ab, false);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e( TAG, "Error disabling actionbar embedded", e );
}
}
Please note that I didn't think of this myself, but simply rewrote the code given in this answer: replicate ActionBar Tab(s) with custom view
I used this to force ActionBar stacked or unstacked tabs from Gingerbread to KitKat.
Modded From: http://www.blogc.at/2014/01/23/android-tabs-appear-above-or-below-actionbar/
setHasEmbeddedTabs(mActionbar,false);
public static void setHasEmbeddedTabs(Object inActionBar, final boolean inHasEmbeddedTabs)
{
// get the ActionBar class
Class<?> actionBarClass = inActionBar.getClass();
// if it is a Jelly Bean implementation (ActionBarImplJB), get the super class (ActionBarImplICS)
if ("android.support.v7.app.ActionBarImplJB".equals(actionBarClass.getName()))
{
actionBarClass = actionBarClass.getSuperclass();
}
// if Android 4.3 >
if ("android.support.v7.app.ActionBarImplJBMR2".equals(actionBarClass.getName())){
actionBarClass = actionBarClass.getSuperclass().getSuperclass();
}
try
{
// try to get the mActionBar field, because the current ActionBar is probably just a wrapper Class
// if this fails, no worries, this will be an instance of the native ActionBar class or from the ActionBarImplBase class
final Field actionBarField = actionBarClass.getDeclaredField("mActionBar");
actionBarField.setAccessible(true);
inActionBar = actionBarField.get(inActionBar);
actionBarClass = inActionBar.getClass();
}
catch (IllegalAccessException e) {}
catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {}
catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {}
try
{
// now call the method setHasEmbeddedTabs, this will put the tabs inside the ActionBar
// if this fails, you're on you own <img class="wp-smiley" alt=";-)" src="http://www.blogc.at/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif">
final Method method = actionBarClass.getDeclaredMethod("setHasEmbeddedTabs", new Class[] { Boolean.TYPE });
method.setAccessible(true);
method.invoke(inActionBar, new Object[]{ inHasEmbeddedTabs });
}
catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {}
catch (InvocationTargetException e) {}
catch (IllegalAccessException e) {}
catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {}
}
If you need to support phones and tablets and don't want to use separate implementation you can put this in your activity:
@Override
public Resources getResources() {
if (mResourcesImpl == null) {
mResourcesImpl = new ResourcesImpl(super.getResources());
}
return mResourcesImpl;
}
class ResourcesImpl extends Resources {
private Resources mResources;
private Set<Integer> mActionBarEmbedTabsIds = new HashSet<Integer>();
ResourcesImpl(Resources resources) {
super(resources.getAssets(), resources.getDisplayMetrics(), resources.getConfiguration());
mResources = resources;
String packageName = getPackageName();
mActionBarEmbedTabsIds.add(mResources.getIdentifier("abc_action_bar_embed_tabs", "bool", packageName));
mActionBarEmbedTabsIds.add(mResources.getIdentifier("abc_action_bar_embed_tabs_pre_jb", "bool", packageName));
mActionBarEmbedTabsIds.add(mResources.getIdentifier("action_bar_embed_tabs", "bool", "android"));
mActionBarEmbedTabsIds.add(mResources.getIdentifier("action_bar_embed_tabs_pre_jb", "bool", "android"));
mActionBarEmbedTabsIds.remove(0);
}
@Override
public boolean getBoolean(int id) throws NotFoundException {
if (mActionBarEmbedTabsIds.contains(id)) {
return areActionBarTabsEmbed(); // stacked ot embed goes here
}
return super.getBoolean(id);
}
}