Android Application Development Tutorial - 85 - Setting up the TabHost in Java

[madarasems]

once again even though outdated, this guide has helped me accomplish alot... now that tabactivity is deprecated and fragments is too complex for me this guide is my only way

[criticalmoorhen]

thank you for teaching me! I am beginner, not a master in java, but learnign both android and java at the same time! :)

[ApuTube]

tabs in the new API look way more sleek! :D

[debayandeb]

If the tabs aren't filling up the entire width, make sure your layout_width for TabWidget is set to "match_parent" and the layout_height is set to "wrap_content".

[_blank]

Make sure your height and width is fill_parent or match_parent for everything to get it to space out. Ur tabwidget height is the only wrap_content. Also it cannont be viewed on graphical layout only on a device like a emulator. Thumbs up for others to see.

[marccalvinlimbo]

Nice it works for me. Thanks man. 1 question though, if I want a scroll view for every tab should I put <ScrollView> between <tabWidget> and <frameLayout> or is it inside every <LinearLayout>

[mexicanmoustache]

Thanks for this tutorial man! I have a question. Whenever i change the screen orientation the app reverts back to the dafault tab. For example.

I have 3 tab namely tab 1(default tab), tab 2, tab 3 and currently I am at tab 2, once I change the screen orientation the app reverts back to the default tab which is tab 1. My goal here is to retain the current selected tab whenever I change the screen orientation.

TIA

[rumatom]

you can set the color this way ( after you paste it, import the Color class)
int i = 0;

[PanDoRaRoi]

so i have a question. I'm create android application i want to start new activity from OnClickListener button but it doesn't start activity you can help me ?

[mkab]

Instead of blindingly following travis, who now creates the variables outside the onCreate() method so that it can be accessed publicly? :)

[TwisteddxGamerr]

how about making the tabs change based on spinner selection??

[sriankam]

I got an error while working out with 85th tutorial. It is sudden and unexpected error,

R.java was modified manually! Reverting to generated version!

please help me.

[TheSlehmann]

What if you wanted to use an icon instead of text as an Indicator?

[DjWuh]

is anyone else having the tabs activity showing up in a little cube on the emulater instead of filling the whole screen? I assume ive got an issue with one to many LinearLayouts or something but i cant figure it out

[neemaXdinosaurad]

for some reason it can't find the id "tabhost", when i write "R.id.tabhost". but it is able to find the actual tabs, as in tab1, tab2, tab3. anyone experiencing this problem?

[jellars]

Hey I tried this but It only seems to color the first tab, no matter where I paste this code! how do I color the 2nd or 3rd tabs?

[fahadmullaji]

what if the content is huge and we cant put in same layout?

[DjWuh]

yes it shows up the same way on my phone. all the buttons and tabs work its just smashed up really little in the middle of the screen

[small_bytes]

I can't really figure out what's the point of setting up this stuff in Java rather than in XML.

[Sccoropio]

damn emulator, gives me null! guys do you think i should ignore running and just follow along to get the conepts or should i fix it? it seems pretty hard to track -- it doesnt give me where the error occurs. i miss printStackTace()