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Space between tabs in Android

I have space between my tabs. I looked at all the possible solutions on StackOverflow and added them but still the space exists between them.
My tab code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="0dp"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/tab_image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
My Layout with tabs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab5"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab4"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</FrameLayout>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:background="#drawable/bottom_image"
android:dividerPadding="0dp"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:gravity="fill"
android:showDividers="none"
android:tabStripEnabled="false"
android:visibility="visible" >
</TabWidget>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
I added the following in code as well:
mTabHost.getTabWidget().setStripEnabled(false);
mTabHost.getTabWidget().setDividerDrawable(null);
if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
mTabHost.getTabWidget().setShowDividers(LinearLayout.SHOW_DIVIDER_NONE);
}
But still it shows space between tabs. Am I missing something?

I have not got chances to check these from the android IDE. but I suppose this would work.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab5"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="20.0" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab4"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="20.0" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab3"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="20.0" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="20.0" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="20.0" />
</FrameLayout>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:background="#drawable/bottom_image"
android:dividerPadding="0dp"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:gravity="fill"
android:showDividers="none"
android:tabStripEnabled="false"
android:visibility="visible" >
</TabWidget>
Here, I have gave a weightSum = 100.0 and divided this equivalently to all the childs.

Layout with two tabhost

I have a problem with my android app. My application has two tabhost and It works well but the layout doesn't work well like the following picture:
The problem is that the FrameLayout overlaps with the lower tabhost and I dont solve it.
This is my activity_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- TABHOST SUPERIOR -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/l1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:gravity="right"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost
android:id="#+id/tabhost_sup"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_weight="0"/>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffff">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:background="#android:color/holo_blue_dark"/>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost>
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- TABHOST INFERIOR -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/l2"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="right"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#android:color/background_light" >
<android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0"/>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

How can I put FragmentTabHost Tabs at the bottom of the screen?

I have tried the following code. which aligns the framed layout above the tab widget but it still didn't work
<android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tabFrameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="#android:id/tabs"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost>
edit
i am using FragmentTabHost. maybe that could be why it's not changing position

The solution which finally worked for is the following:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/realtabcontent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0" />
</android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost>
</LinearLayout>

Try this
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:visibility="visible"
/>
</LinearLayout>

Maybe like this:
<android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" />
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tabFrameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost>

Display tabs at the bottom in Android

First of all sorry! I really have tried to use StackOverFlow to find the answer to this. I've seen an answer here -Android: Tabs at the BOTTOM which other people are understanding, but I cannot get my head around the solution.
My cut down XML code is this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TabHost
android:id="#+id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</FrameLayout>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="-5px"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:background="#ffff0000" >
</TabWidget>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
How can i get the selection of tabs to be displayed at the bottom? Many thanks

for this you will have to use RelativeLayout instead of LinearLayout than you can use android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" property inside TabWidget
Change
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</FrameLayout>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="-5px"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:background="#ffff0000" >
</TabWidget>
</LinearLayout>
To
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_marginBottom="-5px"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#ffff0000" >
</TabWidget>
</RelativeLayout>

Tabhost android with a fixed header

I have the following layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/show_recipe_bg">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="5dp">
<Button
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/saveRecipeButtonId"
android:text="#string/save_recipe_button"
android:layout_gravity="center" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="5dp" />
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="bottom" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
I want the button to apear on the TOP for all tabs, a fixed header.
The problem in this layout that the TAB icons (TabWidget) do not apear on the screen. I guess that is because of the fill_parent for the frame layout. But I do not want to define a fixed size (because it is not good for using on other devices...)
How can I fix:
I need it to be like
Button
Tabs
TabWidget
EDIT:
I have found the problem, new XML is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/show_recipe_bg">
<Button
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/saveRecipeButtonId"
android:text="#string/save_recipe_button"
android:layout_gravity="center" />
<TabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="5dp">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="5dp" />
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
</LinearLayout>
Android: Tabs at the BOTTOM

how about this.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button android:text="Button" android:id="#+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button>
<TabHost android:id="#android:id/tabhost" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="#+id/linearLayout1" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical">
<TabWidget android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="#android:id/tabs"></TabWidget>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="#android:id/tabcontent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="#+id/tab1"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="#+id/tab2"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="#+id/tab3"></LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>

There is two possible ways:
It is mentioned in #sampathpremarathna answer - just move Button up in hierarchy, to the level of TabHost
You can try to change LinearLayout to RelativeLayout and define that FrameLayout should be below button, and above tabs.