I've a TabWidget
, independently of the ÀctionBar, in a
FragmentTabHost`.
I want to customize the look and feel of the TabWidget
but I don't get it. My intention is to change the text color and the selector color, as you can see in the image I can change the background of the TabWidget
. I don't want to use a custom TextView
for the tabs because the tabs must be with the Holo look and feel.
I've tried to put a style to the TabWidget
but it doesn't work. In this way:
<TabWidget
android:id="@android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
style="@style/MyTabs"
/>
and with the style
<style name="MyTabs">
<item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
<item name="android:background">@drawable/tabs</item>
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">@color/red_action_bar</item>
</style>
I've tried to add the style from a theme.xml using theparent="android:Widget.Holo.TabWidget"
, but nothing happens.
I finally find a way to do that. Using this code in the onCreateView
method of the Fragment
for (int i = 0; i < tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildCount(); i++) {
View v = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i);
v.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabs);
TextView tv = (TextView) tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).findViewById(android.R.id.title);
tv.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));
}
And setting the bakcground color of the TabWidget
to red
I have not changed the tabs themselves, but I would assume that you can do it with these styles from styles.xml...
<style name="Widget.Holo.TabWidget" parent="Widget.TabWidget">
<item name="android:tabStripLeft">@null</item>
<item name="android:tabStripRight">@null</item>
<item name="android:tabStripEnabled">false</item>
<item name="android:divider">?android:attr/dividerVertical</item>
<item name="android:showDividers">middle</item>
<item name="android:dividerPadding">8dip</item>
<item name="android:measureWithLargestChild">true</item>
<item name="android:tabLayout">@android:layout/tab_indicator_holo</item>
</style>
with tab_indicator_holo.xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_holo" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_focused_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_focused_holo" />
<!-- Pressed -->
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_pressed_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_pressed_focused_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_pressed_focused_holo" />
</selector>
Or you may also try
<style name="Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabView" parent="Widget.ActionBar.TabView">
<item name="android:background">@drawable/tab_indicator_ab_holo</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">16dip</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">16dip</item>
</style>
and tab_indicator_ab_holo.xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@color/transparent" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_holo" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/list_focused_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_focused_holo" />
<!-- Pressed -->
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/list_pressed_holo_dark" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_pressed_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
</selector>
Finally using the two png-9 drawables: tab_selected_holo and tab_unselected_holo. They look like the two thicker and thinner blue lines you are talking about.
Or do you mean the minitabs?
<style name="Widget.ActionBar.TabView" parent="Widget">
<item name="android:gravity">center_horizontal</item>
<item name="android:background">@drawable/minitab_lt</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">4dip</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">4dip</item>
</style>
with in minitab_lt.xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:state_selected="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/minitab_lt_press" />
<item android:state_selected="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/minitab_lt_selected" />
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/minitab_lt_unselected_press" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/minitab_lt_unselected" />
</selector>
If you need another definition just search for TabWidget in here: https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
Then as usual define your own style with all the required attributes and drawables...
Try this:
1.Create a new style:
<style name="TabText">
<item name="android:textColor">@color/YOUR_COLOR</item>
</style>
2.On Tab Host, set theme:
<TabHost android:theme="@style/TabText">
3.The background you can set normally on TabWidget
<TabWidget android:background="#FFF"/>
As I answered here, this can actually be done using XML themes. The TabWidget
uses android:textPrimaryColor
for the selected tab and android:textSecondaryColor
for the unselected ones. The accent color is determined by colorAccent
and the background color by colorPrimary
Thus, you can achieve the desired customization like this:
In styles.xml:
<style name="TabWidgetTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/your_primary_color</item>
<item name="colorAccent">@color/your_accent_color</item>
<item name="android:textPrimaryColor">@color/your_primary_color</item>
<item name="android:textSecondaryColor">@color/your_secondary_color</item>
</style>
In your layout:
<TabHost
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:theme="@style/TabWidgetTheme"/>
Note that the android:theme
should not be directly in the TabWidget
itself, but rather the containing TabHost
or similar.