Custom Action bar in Android?

Question

I have developed an Android application which has 4 TabHost's which are in fragments.

I Know how to customize the ActionBar in MainActivity.

But problem is how can I customize my ActionBar according to the 4 different TabHost's in different Fragments?

Here is my tabHost code -

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);


    /** Creating ANDROID Tab */
    Tab tab = actionBar.newTab()
            //.setText("Android")

            .setTabListener(new CustomTabListener<PlayFragment01>(this, "play", 
    PlayFragment01.class))
            .setIcon(R.drawable.playtabhosticon);

    actionBar.addTab(tab);


    /** Creating APPLE Tab */
    Tab tab1 = actionBar.newTab()
            //.setText("Apple")
            .setTabListener(new CustomTabListener<VenueFragment01>(this, "venu", 
    VenueFragment01.class))
            .setIcon(R.drawable.venutabhosticon);

    actionBar.addTab(tab1);  

    /** Creating APPLE Tab */
    Tab tab3 = actionBar.newTab()
            //.setText("Apple")
            .setTabListener(new CustomTabListener<SocialFragment01>(this, "social", SocialFragment01.class))
            .setIcon(R.drawable.socialtabhosticon);

    actionBar.addTab(tab3);  

    /** Creating APPLE Tab */
    Tab tab4 = actionBar.newTab()
            //.setText("Apple")
            .setTabListener(new CustomTabListener<ActivityFragment01>(this, "activity",         
   ActivityFragment01.class))
            .setIcon(R.drawable.actionbartabhosticon);

    actionBar.addTab(tab4);  



}   
}

Here is my first fragment code -

package in.wptrafficanalyzer.actionbarnavtab;
 /** This is a listfragment class */
 public class PlayFragment01 extends Fragment {

/** An array of items to display in ArrayList */



@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)    
{
    /** Creating array adapter to set data in listview */
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_play, container, false);         
    //new DownloadJSON().execute();

    ActionBar actionBar = getActivity().getActionBar();
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
    getActivity().getActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(
            new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#0077d1")));
    ActionBar mActionBar = getActivity().getActionBar();
    getActivity().getActionBar().setIcon(
       new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.transparent)));    
    mActionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
    mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
    LayoutInflater mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(this);
    View mCustomView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_actionbar2, null);
    mActionBar.setCustomView(mCustomView);
    mActionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);

    return rootView;
}
}

Your question is not very clear. What do you wan't to customize exactly? — Rolf ツ, Nov 03 '14 at 09:24
@RolfSmit Yes... let me be more clear from giving an example like if my first fragment open then there should be an setting button and if second fragment open there should be other button working different on action bar. — madhavan, Nov 03 '14 at 09:29
Question unclear + `ActionBar.setNavigationMode()` is now deprecated — shkschneider, Nov 03 '14 at 09:30
@shkschneider it for image tabHost can you suggested me other way that I can use images in my tabhost — madhavan, Nov 03 '14 at 09:36
possible duplicate of [How to set custom ActionBar color / style?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18288402/how-to-set-custom-actionbar-color-style) — Philipp Jahoda, Nov 03 '14 at 09:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '14 at 09:30

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The question your asking is not very clear but you can get the ActionBar instance from within a Fragment using getActivity().getActionBar().

answered Nov 03 '14 at 09:30

Rolf ツ

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Thanks!! Above I had explain it with an example also! – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 09:34
If this answer helped you, please accept it. This will help other users having the same problem to quickly solve it. – Rolf ツ Nov 03 '14 at 09:35
I work with this but this is not solving my problem here is my fragment code - "/** This is a listfragment class */ public class PlayFragment01 extends Fragment { /** An array of items to display in ArrayList */ @Override public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) { /** Creating array adapter to set data in listview */ View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_play, container, false); //new DownloadJSON().execute(); return rootView; } }" – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '14 at 09:46

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ActionBar.setNavigationMode() and TabHost is now deprecated.

The new ToolBar introduced in API-21 is more powerfull.

But since you asked for a solution, here is a simple one from Google SlidingTabLayout: This is like a PagerTabStrip that you can easily customize and works like great.

It works with ViewPager and Fragments of course.

answered Nov 03 '14 at 09:46

shkschneider

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But How can I add images in that ToolBars can you give me an example of it!! – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 09:53
@madhavan As always, you can customize Views https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23472759/add-icons-to-slidingtablayout-instead-of-text – shkschneider Nov 03 '14 at 09:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 03 '14 at 10:22

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In my point of view ,you should read this ,so that you can get the basic idea for creating a fragment.

http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html

Try this sample code..this sample code includes 3 tab ,first try to understand this code ,then you can make your own app with 4 tabs

http://www.androidhive.info/2013/10/android-tab-layout-with-swipeable-views-1/

Also try to modify your question ,It is unclear and also it will be good that you post your errors

answered Nov 03 '14 at 10:22

user3173628

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Thanks!! I had read full block. I have an query How can I add images in places of this text ? – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 12:06
do you mean to change the title name of tabs)top rated ,games to image or the text inside the tab to image? – user3173628 Nov 03 '14 at 12:16
read this link :-http://www.mkyong.com/android/android-tablayout-example/ If you find this useful you can accept my answer – user3173628 Nov 03 '14 at 12:31
Thanks it help a lot!! can you please tell me if I want to make background of tab - white color what I do please help me!! – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 12:38
Inside manifest file :- android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" instead of this ,use android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light" then Build the project then clean it. – user3173628 Nov 03 '14 at 12:50
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'theme' with value '@style/Theme.Light'). – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 12:52
which link are you following?...first link or second one? – user3173628 Nov 03 '14 at 12:56
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/64173/discussion-between-madhavan-and-user3173628). – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 12:57
your second link code is deprecate!! so I search some other code and using other!! – madhavan Nov 03 '14 at 13:01

Custom Action bar in Android?

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