How to customize ActionBarSherlock tabs and tab bar

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I want to customize ActionBarSherlock tabs and tab bar.It is like this. enter image description here

I want make it like this enter image description here

customizing it this way, even though it's possible, is not intuitive at all and doesn't look like an android app (looks more like IOS) . please consider using a different design. see here: http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/pure-android.html . — android developer, Aug 28 '13 at 05:28
I think you should play with ABS theme and drawable. By this you can customize ABS as you want. — Vipul Purohit, Aug 28 '13 at 05:29
@Vipul Could you please provide codes for it's implementation ? — Sangam_cs, Aug 28 '13 at 05:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '13 at 05:40

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You could use a custom view to display the tabs. You could try a 3-arg LinearLayout constructor (added in API 11). By specifying a default style in an XML file, the library tends to leverage the system layout inflator. So, you can also do a similar work around

<LinearLayout style="?attr/actionBarTabStyle" />

And then add the below code

LineraLayout tabView = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.my_tab, null);
//set your layout params and setCustomView

answered Aug 28 '13 at 05:40

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I am using left/right swapping as well as tabs swapping. Then is your code will work in this situation ? – Sangam_cs Aug 28 '13 at 05:46
Yes, you can define a seperate layout file for each tab you have in your actionBar. – VikramV Aug 28 '13 at 05:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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Here is two links which will help you to customize ABS.

Customize ActionBar TabBar (ActionBarSherlock)

And

How to customize ActionBar in Android (ActionbarSherlock)?

basically you need to make changes in ABS themes and have to play with its drawable.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Aug 28 '13 at 05:45

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How to customize ActionBarSherlock tabs and tab bar

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