I am trying to show my tabs as images not as text. And I am following this tutorial for that: http://www.androidhive.info/2011/08/android-tab-layout-tutorial/
Now the problem is that my application is working fine but I am unable to get image tabs instead I am getting tab with a text. I have tried following questions
How to change the Tabs Images in the TabHost
Can we set a background image to tabs?
Set the background image in tab in android but the results are same. Here is my code:
public class AndroidTabLayoutActivity extends TabActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
// Tab for Photos
TabHost.TabSpec photospec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Photos");
// setting Title and Icon for the Tab
photospec.setIndicator("Photos", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_photos_tab));
Intent photosIntent = new Intent(this, PhotosActivity.class);
photospec.setContent(photosIntent);
// Tab for Songs
TabHost.TabSpec songspec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Songs");
songspec.setIndicator("Songs", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_songs_tab));
Intent songsIntent = new Intent(this, SongsActivity.class);
songspec.setContent(songsIntent);
// Tab for Videos
TabHost.TabSpec videospec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Videos");
videospec.setIndicator("Videos", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_videos_tab));
Intent videosIntent = new Intent(this, VideosActivity.class);
videospec.setContent(videosIntent);
// Adding all TabSpec to TabHost
tabHost.addTab(photospec); // Adding photos tab
tabHost.addTab(songspec); // Adding songs tab
tabHost.addTab(videospec); // Adding videos tab
}
}
And here is the main.xml incase it is needed:
<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"
android:padding="5dp">
<FrameLayout
android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
<TabWidget
android:id="@android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:layout_marginBottom="-4dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
Note: And also If there is a better way to add tabs then please suggest it as tabhost has been deprecated.