Action bar indicator's color

Action bar indicator's color - android

So ,I suppose the title says it all.
I gave my action bar a color using this code and I want to change the color of the tab indicator ,yet there seems to be no method implemented and pretty much everything I found so far ,is way too complicated for a simple default color change.
actionBar.setStackedBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.GREEN));
Can anyone guide me through this thing ,please?
My best guess is that I have to change the default color (It's some lightish blue) ,to whatever I need, but I have no clue where the XML file for this specific thing is.
Any other solution is highly appreciated ,but please don't send me "Android Action Bar Style Generator" ,I really hate so called generated things and stuff like this.I want to do everything as low level as possible.
If any other information is needed ,leave a comment, I will respond asap.

I think the indicator color use this
<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_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
</selector>
Simply change the drawable and set it to what you like. Note that those are 9 patch drawable. you can also use ColorFilter to change the color of them programmatically.

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<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" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_selected" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_focus" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_focus" />
<!-- Pressed -->
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_press" />
</selector>
And check
android:state_pressed="true"

Styling Tab Widget's using XML

So I am having great difficultly styling tab widgets using xml. Everywhere I have searched seem's to either suggest solutions to do this programmatically, or refers to the actionBarTab style >:|
What I am trying to achieve is a customised tab from the tabwidget drawables that was generated using http://android-holo-colors.com/
I manage to get the
So in my custom theme I have this code:
<style name="RR.App.Theme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
...
<item name="android:tabWidgetStyle">#style/RR.Tab.Widget</item>
...
</style>
This is the RR.Tab.Widget style: (none of these seem to make such difference)
<style name="RR.Tab.Widget" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Light.TabWidget">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/rrtheme_tab_indicator_holo</item>
<item name="android:tabStripEnabled">false</item>
<item name="android:tabStripLeft">#null</item>
<item name="android:tabStripRight">#null</item>
</style>
This is the generated drawable:
<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/rrtheme_tab_unselected_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_selected_holo" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_unselected_focused_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_selected_focused_holo" />
<!-- Pressed -->
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_unselected_pressed_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_unselected_pressed_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/rrtheme_tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
</selector>
This is what it currently looks like:
All I'm trying to do is change this blue color to green!
Many thanks for your help in advance :)

I recommend you to take a look at this:
Customize Tab indicator (dead link)
Also to have your tab customized use Android Action Bar Style Generator. I always use it to have my Tabs in the color I want.
Hope I helped you

selector with android:drawable="#color/transparent" attribute

<!-- Active tab -->
<item android:state_selected="true" android:state_focused="false"
android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_bg_selected" />
<!-- Inactive tab -->
<item android:state_selected="false" android:state_focused="false"
android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_bg_unselected" />
<!-- Pressed tab -->
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#color/transparent" />
<!-- Selected tab (using d-pad) -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true"
android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#color/transparent" />
is there a way to get the error in this kind of selector i want to use this kind o selector but i get an error in android:drawable="#color/transparent i get this error when i run it
i run out of ideas to do on make it work

replace
android:drawable="#color/transparent"
with
android:drawable="#android:color/transparent"
You should refer to the android namespace

Try writing the line of code for transparency like this:
<item android:drawable="#android:color/transparent"/>

android:drawable="#color/transparent"
is not used in android framework by default. And if you want to need it you have to make manually. So you need change this from
android:drawable="#color/transparent"
to
android:drawable="#android:color/transparent"

Replace android:drawable with android:color and put color code of the color here. i.e.android:color="#00000000".

You may use this code:
android:background="any color u want"
android:alpha=".6"
It'll give you a colour with tranparent background

TabWidget current tab bottom line color

I have a TabWidget for which I have enabled and set the stripLeft and stripRight...
mTabHost.getTabWidget().setStripEnabled(true);
mTabHost.getTabWidget().setRightStripDrawable(R.drawable.redline);
mTabHost.getTabWidget().setLeftStripDrawable(R.drawable.redline);
As you can see in the image below, this does not change the bottom line color of the currently selected tab (TAB 2).
How can I change the bottom line color of the currently selected tab which is defaulted to blue at the moment? (I am guessing the blue color is being set in the default AppTheme style in styles.xml.)
I looked at this answer but it does not say how to change the color...

The color of the tab indicator is being set by a selector drawable which can be found here and looks like this:
<!-- AOSP copyright notice can be found at the above link -->
<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_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
</selector>
The drawables that the selector uses are all colored in that light blue. You can replace those drawables with your own recolored versions. The originals look like this (originals are small, links included):
tab_unselected_holo
tab_selected_holo
tab_unselected_focused_holo
tab_selected_focused_holo
tab_unselected_pressed_holo
tab_selected_pressed_holo
You'll want to copy the above selector into your own project along with the drawables. Then you'll want to recolor the drawables to whatever color you want them to be. Then you'll want to set your selector as the background for your tab indicators. You can do that like this (after setting up your tabs):
TabHost host = (TabHost)view.findViewById(R.id.tab_host);
TabWidget widget = host.getTabWidget();
for(int i = 0; i < widget.getChildCount(); i++) {
View v = widget.getChildAt(i);
// Look for the title view to ensure this is an indicator and not a divider.
TextView tv = (TextView)v.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
if(tv == null) {
continue;
}
v.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.your_tab_selector_drawable);
}
There might be an easier way to do this by setting your own customer indicator layout with a background selector but this is what worked easiest for me.

You can use app:tabIndicatorColor for this purpose. It will change the selected tab indicator line color according to your requirement.
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:tabIndicatorColor="#android:color/white"
app:tabMode="fixed" />

This is how I changed my tabs,
private void changetabs(TabWidget tabWidget) {
// Change background
for(int i=0; i < tabWidget.getChildCount(); i++)
tabWidget.getChildAt(i).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tab_selector);
}
and my tab_selector.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_holo" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_selected_pressed_holo" />
Hope it will help some one.

Incase some one stumbles on it, There is online tool to quickly build the drawables (9 patch) for the tabs. Just select the color and press the button Here you go ...
Thanks to Jeff Gilfelt
The Android Action Bar Style Generator allows you to easily create a simple, attractive and seamless custom action bar style for your Android application. It will generate all necessary nine patch assets plus associated XML drawables and styles which you can copy straight into your project.
http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator/

You can use a filter,
This will be applied to the region that isn't transparent
tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(tabHost.getCurrentTab()).getBackground().setColorFilter(Color.RED, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
One line of code - no need to change states.

Accent color is used by default as active tab color.
You can set/change it in style.xml file:
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="colorAccent">#color/myAccentColor</item>
</style>

My way to solve this problem is using setBackgroundResource.
First, you have to create the exactly same backgroud
line_label_1_pressed.xml
<item android:top="-6dp" android:left="-6dp" android:right="-6dp">
<shape>
<size android:height="50dp"/>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent"/>
<stroke android:color="#color/myColor" android:width="6dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
line_label_1.xml
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
and then create tab_selector.xml as follow
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/line_label_1_pressed" android:state_selected="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/line_label_1"/>
then setbackgroudResource using tab_selector.xml
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/tab_selector"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical" />

I found other solution, open styles.xml and change one line:
res -> values -> styles.xml
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#android:color/holo_orange_light</item> <!-- set the color in this line -->
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

Just use something like
tabHost.setSelectedTabIndicatorColor(Color.WHITE);

Tabs very dark on API level 5, but used to be lighter with API level 4?

I've been using API level 4, and I am moving to level 5. I had a tab widget in my activity. The tabs used to be pretty light greys. After moving to API level 5, they are quite dark. The unselected tabs are almost black! I've tried setting the theme to light, but the colors remain very dark. What is the reason for this?

Images for the tabs can be found under SDK res folders for all the SDK levels you've downloaded. So you can open them up and compare. If the goal is to preserve the look of the application, I would style the tabs.
EDIT: You can modify and use this drawable
<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" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_selected" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_focus" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_focus" />
<!-- Pressed -->
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/tab_press" />
</selector>

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