I have an TabActivity with custom TabWidgets at the bottom. I want to be able to add more than 5 Tabs. Unlike the MenuBar, which adds a "more" button dynamically, Tabs are just resized and look horribly. So my first attempt was to wrap my TabWidgets into a HorizontalScrollView. The problem is, that I have a ListView as TabContent and its last item seems to be hidden behind my TabWidgets.
This is the Layout for my TabView
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/main_linlay_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/main_tablinear"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="#android:id/tabs"/>
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>
</LinearLayout>
am I doing something wrong in my Layout? Are there better ways to apply more than 4 Tabs? While I can see 4 Tabs good with my Nexus-S, I'm thinking they are already ugly on a Wildfire. Any idea appreciated
Try this. It worked for me:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<TabHost android:layout_weight="1" android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical">
<HorizontalScrollView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<TabWidget android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#android:id/tabs" android:isScrollContainer="true"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:scrollbars="horizontal"></TabWidget>
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="#android:id/tabcontent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="#+id/tab1"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="#+id/tab2"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="#+id/tab3"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="#+id/tab4"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="#+id/tab5"></LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost></LinearLayout>
I solved my problem myself! I think it can be helpful for other users to see the soltution:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/main_linlay_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/main_tablinear"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_marginBottom="50dip"/>
<!-- note: margin bottom 50 dip above:
its exactly the size of my custom TabWidget -->
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>
</LinearLayout>
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I am working to create scroll able tabs, please help me out, I am using below code, but not work for me
<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">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="5dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Please let me know specific answers
This Code work for 3.0 and higher versions :
<?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="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<HorizontalScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:scrollbars="horizontal"
>
<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>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
But not for lower versions,I need to make work for scrollable tabs for all devices
This is works for version 2.2+
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android1="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<TabHost
android1:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android1:layout_width="match_parent"
android1:layout_height="match_parent" >
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<HorizontalScrollView android:scrollbars="none" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:fillViewport="true">
<TabWidget android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.0"
android:background="#drawable/tab_bg_unselected"/>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<FrameLayout android:id="#android:id/tabcontent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</TabHost>
I want to show tabs width horizontal scrollbar. I tried to implement like this How do you set tab view to scroll?
But the tabs doesn't fill the width.
How to fix it?
<?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">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/horizontalScrollView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</TabWidget>
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/destinationProgressBar"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center" />
</TabHost>
Solved it! Use android:fillViewport="true" and remove LinearLayout.
<?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">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/horizontalScrollView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</TabWidget>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/destinationProgressBar"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center" />
</TabHost>
I am trying to have scrollable tabs in android. I tried to apply a HorizontalScrollView to the TabWidget, but it didn't work.
Any ideas why it does not work?
Here is the main.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">
<HorizontalScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:scrollbars="none">
<TabWidget android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<FrameLayout android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Try this it is working for me:-
<HorizontalScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:scrollbars="none">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TabWidget android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<FrameLayout android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
I had the same problem earlier. I was doing the same thing, but putting Tabwidget in HorizontalScrollView is not enough, it shrinks during runtime. So we have to define the height and width of widget during runtime through the loop. Like the below
for(int i=0;i<=numbeOfTabs;i++)
{
mTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).getLayoutParams().width=100;
mTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).getLayoutParams().height=100;
}
Hey people out there..
Im working on making a application with tabview where in one of the tabs is mapview embedded to.
Buut i want the tabview to be at bottom and not on top, when i set the gravity or layout_marginBottom to true it disappers, and is no longer visible on the screen.
Here is the xml file for the tab view activity
<?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: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" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/emptylayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Any ideas how to get the tabs to bottom and still visible??
<?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="#android:color/white">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<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="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>
This works for me. Place the tabcontent FrameLayout above TabWidget. Please try it out and let me know.
I have done it like this...
<?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="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#android:id/tabs" />
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>
I followed this example and got it worked.
Now I want to show a 'Welcome!!!' text just above the tabs in a Tabhost layout just like one show in figure
Here is my current layout file. But it does not show the Welcome message.
<?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:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="top"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:padding="5dp">
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/cc_welcome" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Welcome"
android:gravity="top" android:padding="50dp" android:textColor="#ffffff"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:paddingTop="50dp">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
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"
android:padding="5dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
I have edited the xml file. Have a try with this :
Updated:
<?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">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/welcome"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/cc_welcome"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Welcome"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:textColor="#ffffff"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_below="#id/welcome"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
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"
android:layout_below="#android:id/tabs"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>
I have updated the code. Can you please try now.
You will get a better idea about the Linear and Relative layout here