Remove shadow between actionbar and tabs

Question

I am trying to remove the shadow between my tabs and the actionbar, and I want to have shadow below the slidingTabs. I have implemented my tabs with this approach. Which means it is not possible to configure the actionbar layout with the normal theme approach.

Here is a picture of what I want: enter image description here

How can I do this?

Edit: Here is the XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.astuetz.PagerSlidingTabStrip
    android:id="@+id/tabs"
    app:pstsShouldExpand="true"
    app:pstsTextAllCaps="true"
    app:pstsIndicatorHeight="5dp"
    app:pstsIndicatorColor="#FFFFFF"        
    app:pstsDividerColor="#CE2A2F"        
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:background="#CE2A2F"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="48dp">
</com.astuetz.PagerSlidingTabStrip>

<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
    android:id="@+id/viewpager"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@android:color/white" />

Why? It works well splitted, and the documentation has it this way — Kæmpe Klunker, Apr 11 '15 at 14:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 11 '15 at 14:13

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On pre-Lollipop devices you need to set android:windowContentOverlay to null.

On lollipop you can call getSupportActionBar().setElevation(0) or set the elevation attribute in your Action Bar style.

answered Apr 11 '15 at 14:13

Mattia Maestrini

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I get this error when trying getSupportActionBar().setElevation(0): The method setElevation(int) is undefined for the type ActionBar – Kæmpe Klunker Apr 11 '15 at 14:23
Which version of v7 appcompat library do you use? – Mattia Maestrini Apr 11 '15 at 14:28
No idea? How can i check it? – Kæmpe Klunker Apr 11 '15 at 14:47
If you use gradle you can check in build.gradle the row compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0" (in this case the version in 22). Unfortunately I don't think there is an easy way to check the version on eclipse. You need the version 21+ to use setElevation. – Mattia Maestrini Apr 11 '15 at 14:58
Got it working, do you know how to add the shadow below the tabs? – Kæmpe Klunker Apr 11 '15 at 15:33

Remove shadow between actionbar and tabs

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