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How to Change Label of TabHost Programmatically/Dynamically

I have a tabhost created by
this.tabHost = getTabHost();
// Resusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab
// Create an Intent to launch the first Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, FirstGroup.class);
// Initialize a TabSpec for the first tab and add it to the TabHost
spec1 = tabHost.newTabSpec("FirstGroup").setIndicator("Regionlar",
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.region2)) // Replace null with R.drawable.your_icon to set tab icon
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec1);
And I want to change label of tabhost programmatically: "Regionlar" to "newMenuTabbar". I couldn't find any example. thanks for attention.
Edit:
I want to change second tabitem's label from "Mənzərələr"=> "secondTabitem"
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, FirstGroup.class);
// Initialize a TabSpec for the first tab and add it to the TabHost
spec1 = tabHost.newTabSpec("FirstGroup").setIndicator("Regionlar",
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.region2)) // Replace null with R.drawable.your_icon to set tab icon
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec1);
// Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, SecondActivityGroup.class);
spec2 = tabHost.newTabSpec("SecondActivityGroup").setIndicator("Mənzərələr",
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_gallery_icon)) // Replace null with R.drawable.your_icon to set tab icon
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec2);

Try this:
final TextView label = (TextView) tabHost.getTabWidget().findViewById(android.R.id.title);
label .setText(YOUR NEW LABEL);
Hope it will help.

b.i 's code can only change the first tab's title.
I think this is a more straight way to get the thing done:
((TextView) mTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildTabViewAt(position)
.findViewById(android.R.id.title))
.setText(yourTitle);
where position is the position of the tab and yourTitle is the title you wish to set for the tab. If you want to change the text for the current tab, then instead of replacing position by getCurrentTab, you can just replace getTabWidget().getChildTabViewAt(position)
by getCurrentTabView()
Whoever wrote this should have defined a setTabText(int position, String text) method, otherwise who would know they have a text view id'ed android.R.id.title? Or if they already had, please enlighten me.

Try this code
public class SlideMainActivity extends TabActivity {
public static RelativeLayout headerLayout;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.main_silde_tab);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE,
R.layout.hd_header);
setTabs();
}
private void setTabs() {
addTab("FirstGroup", R.drawable.tab_home, FirstGroup.class);
addTab("Regionlar", R.drawable.tab_search, Regionlar.class);
}
private void addTab(String labelId, int drawableId, Class<?> c) {
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
Intent intent = new Intent(this, c);
TabHost.TabSpec spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("tab" + labelId);
View tabIndicator = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(
R.layout.tab_indicator, getTabWidget(), false);
TextView title = (TextView) tabIndicator.findViewById(R.id.title);
title.setText(labelId);
ImageView icon = (ImageView) tabIndicator.findViewById(R.id.icon);
icon.setImageResource(drawableId);
spec.setIndicator(tabIndicator);
spec.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
}
}

android tabhost tab and view not matching

I have two tabs in my tabwidget and each tab display a list view.
ay
Initially my first tab is displayed as selected but below list correspond to second tab.
Once i click the tabs, i am getting correct display.
private static final String LIST_TAB_TAG1 = "UpcomingEvents";
private static final String LIST_TAB_TAG2 = "PastEvents";
tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec(LIST_TAB_TAG1)
.setIndicator(LIST_TAB_TAG1)
.setContent(new TabContentFactory() {
public View createTabContent(String arg) {
return listView1;
}
}));
tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec(LIST_TAB_TAG2)
.setIndicator(LIST_TAB_TAG2)
.setContent(new TabContentFactory() {
public View createTabContent(String arg) {
return listView2;
}
}));
tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
LIST_TAB_TAG1 is highlighted when this sctivity is launched but the list displayed is listview2. This problem is only when activity starts. Upon clicking tabs its working fine
Can please help me in fixing this. Thanks for your time

I generally use the code given in docs which works fine for me ,try this one .
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost
TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab
// Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, UpcomingEvents.class);
// Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("UpcomingEvents").setIndicator("UpcomingEvents",getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.homebutton1)).setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
// Do the same for the other tabs
intent = new Intent().setClass(this,PastEvents.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("PastEvents").setIndicator("PastEvents",
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.bank_transaction1))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
}

Fire action on other activity within TabHost? (Android)

I am currently in an Android project where our main view is a TabActivity and each tab is a separate Activity. One is a MapActivity and the other two are ordinary Activities.
First note that I think we must have each tab as separate activities, as there is too much code in the separate activities to just have the TabHost switch the content view on a tab change and have all of the code in the same class. Anyways, back to the problem.
One of the tabs include a button, which when pressed should make the TabActivity switch to the MapActivity and animate the map to a specific location.
The tutorial found on http://joshclemm.com/blog/?p=86 shows how to do it if the TabHost contains a mapview and a listview. If an item in the ListView is clicked, the TabHost switches to the mapview and animates to that location (those coordinates). This is exactly what i need to do when the button in the separate activity is pressed.
The MainView.java is created as follows:
public class MainView extends TabActivity implements OnTabChangeListener{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost
TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, MapGUI.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("map").setIndicator("Map",
res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_menu_item))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, MissionView.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("mission").setIndicator("Mission",
res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_menu_item))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, SIPView.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("call").setIndicator("Call",
res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_menu_item))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
The MissionView.java is as follows:
public class MissionView extends Activity implements Observer{
MissionController mc;
private TextView missionheader, missiondescription, missionaddress,
missiontime, missioninjuries;
private Button changedesc, gotoadress;
private String[] mission;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.missiontablayout);
missionheader = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.missionheader2);
missiondescription = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.missiondescription2);
missionaddress = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.missionaddress2);
missiontime = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.missiontime2);
missioninjuries = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.missioninjuries2);
changedesc = (Button)findViewById(R.id.gotoaddress);
changedesc.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// DO SOMETHING HERE?
}
});
mc = new MissionController(MissionView.this);
}
public void update(Observable observable, Object data) {
if(data instanceof String[]){
mission = (String[]) data;
updateView(mission);
}
}
public void updateView(String[] missiontext){
missionheader.setText(missiontext[0]);
missiondescription.setText(missiontext[1]);
missionaddress.setText(missiontext[2]);
missiontime.setText(missiontext[3]);
missioninjuries.setText(missiontext[4]);
}
}
Anyone know how i could achieve this?
Note that the code supplied above has no implementation to actually draw to the actual location, but the question still remains, how do I make a button pressed in one activity to switch tab in the TabHost and fire a change on that tab activity?

changing tabs in a TabHostcan easily be done with setCurrentTab(int)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TabHost.html#setCurrentTab(int)
Sending events to other Activities can simply be achieved by sending a broadcast intent and receiving/handling it in the other Activity.
Alternatively you could save static references to all your tab Activities (ugly...) and call methods directly.

Place the below line on button click where you want to switch to the Map activity
((MainView) getParent()).setTabMap();
and in MainView create the following function
public void setTabMap()
{
//as Map activity is your first tab so pass 0 as index
getTabHost().setCurrentTab(0);
}

custom tabview in android

I want to design a page in which i just want to show only one tab. But when i add only one tab, it takes the full width available but i want that tab only takes small space and remaining space is left empty. No other tabs i want to add. Only one tab is displayed all time. Code is following
public class TabViewActivity extends TabActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost
TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab
// Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, FirstTab.class);
// Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("firstTab").setIndicator("First Tab")
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
tabHost.setCurrentTab(1);

Use tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0).getLayoutParams().width =(int) 30; also set the layout_width="wrap_content"

In your xml hide the tab widget by setting the visibility to gone. and instead use a button. And in the button handler you can use code like
public void tabHandler(View target){
artistButton.setSelected(false);
albumButton.setSelected(false);
if(target.getId() == R.id.artist_id){
tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
artistButton.setSelected(true);
} else if(target.getId() == R.id.album_id){
tabHost.setCurrentTab(1);
albumButton.setSelected(true);
}
}

Tab Background change on selection

I need to set different Images as tab background on different states. I have set one image as background for default but how to switch to other one when tab is selected. Below is my code.
public class HelloTabWidget extends TabActivity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost
TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab
TabWidget tw = getTabWidget();
for (int i = 0; i < tw.getChildCount(); i++) {
View v = tw.getChildAt(i);
v.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable
(R.drawable.tab_artist));
}
//First tab
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, FirstActivity.class); // Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("First").setIndicator("First")
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
getTabHost().getTabWidget().getChildAt(0).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabselected);
//Second tab
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, SecondActivity.class); // Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Second").setIndicator("Second")
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
getTabHost().getTabWidget().getChildAt(1).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabselected);
//third
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ThirdActivity.class); // Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Third").setIndicator("Third")
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
getTabHost().getTabWidget().getChildAt(2).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabselected);
}
}
/*tab_artist.xml*/
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- When selected, use grey -->
<item android:background="#drawable/tabselected" android:state_selected="true" />
<!-- When not selected, use white-->
<item android:background="#drawable/tabunselected" />
</selector>

public class HelloTabWidget extends TabActivity implements OnTabChangeListener{
.....
mTabHost. setOnTabChangedListener(this);
#Override
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
// Here in tabId you will get the name of the Tab from that you can check and set the background
// of the requirement tab according to need.
}
}

Implement onTabChangeListener() and there modify their backgrounds. Cheers
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TabHost.OnTabChangeListener.html
Edit:
Use the tabHost to implement the method. You can implemented where ever you want. Let's say do it after you set all the TabWidgets. Its good practice to use ids of the tab like you've set them "First", "Second" etc etc.
tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener(){
#Override
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
if(tabId.equals("First"){
//do something
}else if(tabId.equals("Second"))
{
//do something
}// etc etc etc
}});

this may help you
Tabhost.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener(){
#Override
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
for(int i=0;i<tb.getTabWidget().getChildCount();i++)
{
tb.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabunselected); //unselected
}
tb.getTabWidget().getChildAt(tb.getCurrentTab()).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tabselected);
}});