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Customize FragmentTabHost set TabWidget on bottom

currently I'm trying to implement the FragmentTabHost for my project. I'm still new on this fragments but I found it very great in terms of reusing the layouts, etc which is why I wanted to push myself further on to it. Now I read the tutorials on how to create a Tabs with fragment and I came on this tutorial:
http://maxalley.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/android-creating-a-tab-layout-with-fragmenttabhost-and-fragments/
Now this works just fine, except that the tabWidget is on top of my layout where I wanted it to be on bottom. I find that I need to setup the tabWidget after all the tabs has been initialized so I tried to add these codes:
mTabWidget = (TabWidget) findViewById(android.R.id.tabs);
mTabWidget.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
mTabWidget.setShowDividers(LinearLayout.SHOW_DIVIDER_NONE);
mTabWidget.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
Now this one already eliminated the divider and changes the color but obviously won't put my Widget on the bottom part of my layout. Now how would I do that?
I also tried to edit the Tabhost xml and just put the TabWidget after the FrameLayout but nothing happens. here's the xml:
<android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
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" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tabFrameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:orientation="horizontal"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost>

I have refer this link github example
This will be your layout:
<?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" >
<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>
For your custom Tabs :
mTabHost.addTab(setIndicator(mTabHost.newTabSpec("Tab1"),
R.drawable.image1),
public TabSpec setIndicator(Context ctx,TabSpec spec, int resid) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
View v = LayoutInflater.from(ctx).inflate(R.layout.tabs_text, null);
v.setBackgroundResource(resid);
TextView text = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tab_title);
text.setText(spec.getTag());
return spec.setIndicator(v);
}
Edit
//To set drawable to your perticular TAB
mTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tab_login);
end Edit
If you want to add drawable (selector):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/tab_compose_h" android:state_selected="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/tab_compose_h" android:state_pressed="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/tab_compose"/>
</selector>

how to get this tabbar

how to get the following design of a tabbar
When a tab is been selected the the curve button must visible in the particular tab and the other to be in common.
i thought of adding a fixed background color to be red and i am to place the buttons of an image with curve and without curve. But i want to know whether it gets fixed for all android device, because wat to be the button height and width ? how to set a tabbar of fixed height and width....

I found by a simple way as follows
To get the redline at the bottom of the tabbar i have added a view under the tab as follows
<TabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TabWidget
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_weight="0">
</TabWidget>
<View android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="4dip" android:background="#ff0000" />
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_weight="1">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Then my tabbar class is as follows
public class CustomTabActivity extends TabActivity
{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.tabbar);
addTab1(FirstTab.class);
addTab2(SecondTab.class);
addTab3(FirstTab.class);
addTab4(SecondTab.class);
}
private void addTab1( Class<?> c)
{
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
Intent intent = new Intent(this, c);
TabHost.TabSpec spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("tab");
View tabIndicator = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.tab_indicator1, getTabWidget(), false);
ImageView icon = (ImageView) tabIndicator.findViewById(R.id.icon1);
spec.setIndicator(tabIndicator);
spec.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
}
}
My tab_indicator layout is as follows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="55dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/icon1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/tab1">
</ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>
the tab1 in the drawable is an Selector xml file as follows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false"
android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/home" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true"
android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="#drawable/home_select_btn" />
</selector>
Here i have added the selected image with a bend and unselected image without bend, that i want to show.
This way seems to be a very long but i feel it to be the same design which i needed.

Maybe this example will be useful to you. It is the same kind of navigation that Google+ application has.

how to change tab background?

I am working on a Android project. In my project I am using tab layout. It works fine but all tabs background is black and when I am selecting any tab ,that tabs background changes to light brown.Is it possible to give custom color?
my xml file is
<?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"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
></TabWidget>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
></FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
my java code is
Resources res = getResources();
TabHost tb=getTabHost();
Intent i;
TabHost.TabSpec spec;
spec = tb.newTabSpec("mee").setIndicator ("home").setContent(i);
tb.addTab(spec);
spec=tb.newTabSpec("contacts").setIndicator("search").setContent(i);
tb.addTab(spec);

Sure :)
You should define and use styles.
I suggest you to read here - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html

Android Tab icon image full size

I have a simple tabController with 4 tabs, but I want the icons images to take up the entire tab. I also want the text for the tab over the top of the icon image. I just need a couple hints to get going in the right direction.
I cannot post images of what my tab looks like (not enough reputation points). But basically I need to get ride of all the padding around the tab icons.
My icons are png file. My tabControllerView is extending TabActivity and I am using a tab_layout.xml:
<?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">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
For each tab I am doing this in the onCreate of my tabControllerView:
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("home").setIndicator("Home",
res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_home)).setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);

You should be able to do that with something like this:
for (int i = 0; i < tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildCount(); i++){
tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).setPadding(0,0,0,0);
}

android tabHost

I have 2 questions regarding tabHost:
I've created tabHost with 2 tabs
and for the tab titles I use setIndicator(TextView)
(I work with api level 4)
my title background is white. I use selector for the title to choose between diff images for the title.
I want to make the title text bold only when selected/pressed. I didn't succeed to do it using the selector I have. can I do it at all? the idea is that on cases I use drawable a I want the text bold. other cases not bold. same question regarding textColor.
it looks like a bug - when the tab first opens, the text on the selected tab (the one I used in tabHost.setCurrentTab(tabId)) is not seen at all. after first press/focus/focus any other item it looks well. any idea why or how to solve this?
thanks in advance
on tabActivity -
TextView title1 = new TextView(MainActivity.getInstnace(), null, android.graphics.Typeface.NORMAL);
TextView title2 = new TextView(MainActivity.getInstnace(), null, android.graphics.Typeface.NORMAL);
title1.setText("teb11 title");
title1.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabtitle);
title1.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab1), null, null, null);
title2.setText("tab22 title");
title2.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabtitle);
title2.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab2), null, null, null);
TabSpec tab1 = mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab1").setIndicator(title1).setContent(R.id.list1);
TabSpec tab2 = mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab2").setIndicator(title2).setContent(R.id.list2);
mTabHost.addTab(tab1);
mTabHost.addTab(tab2);
mTabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
the selector tab1.xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_selected="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/iconselect"/>
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/iconselect"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/icon"/>
</selector>
the selector for tabTitle
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/tabselected"/>
<item android:state_selected="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/tab" />
<item android:state_focused="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/tab" />
</selector>

For your question #1:
On your TabsAdapter use onPageSelected(int position) like this:
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
//your logic here
fixTitleText();
}
and:
private void fixTitleText() {
for (int i = 0; i < mTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildCount(); i++) {
View view = mTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i);
TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
tv.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.drawable.text_selector));
tv.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 14);
tv.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
}
}
just notice that this code is for HONEYCOMB and up, before this the tab host view hierarchy is a bit different

this is my xml
<?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">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TabWidget android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="60px"
android:background="#drawable/headerbk"
android:paddingTop="12px"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
</TabWidget>
<FrameLayout android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView android:id="#+id/list1"
android:background="#drawable/bk"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:divider="#drawable/separationline"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:footerDividersEnabled="false"
android:listSelector="#drawable/selected" />
<ListView android:id="#+id/list2"
android:background="#drawable/bk"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:divider="#drawable/separationline"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:footerDividersEnabled="false"
android:listSelector="#drawable/selected" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>

Can I see your layout XML or are you doing this only through Java commands. Either way, I'd like to see more than just some pseudocode to actually work on this.
That would be either your main.xml file or your OnCreate() function. IF you are setting your layout through XML, main.xml should have contents similar to :
<?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">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffffff">
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout02"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffffff">
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
It is possible to do it entirely through Java commands, but especially when fixing #2, we will likely need to see more of your code. As part of the OnCreate() function, I would recommend initializing all the stuff you would like to be shown. Otherwise, if it is not in your main.xml, and it is not initialized, it will not be shown.

If want the bold text on selection,
There may a different ways but what I did is...
to make custom TextView, and then Handle the touch event Like bold on action down and set to normal on action up.