Icon on tabs not working

Question

the icons on my tabs is not showing how i wanted them to be. I wanted the to be icons from my drawable folders but when I'm calling it. It returns numbers not icons. Here is my code.

@Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                return ""+R.drawable.car2;
            case 1:
                return "Pending Cars";
            case 2:
                return "Currently Rented";
            case 3:
                return "Drivers";
        }
        return null;
    }
}

the return ""+R.drawable.car2; suppose to return me an icon if I'm not mistaken right? But it returns me 2130837582. Thanks for the help sirs. :)

R.drawable.car2 is return the number , which is ID of drawable ..... — sushildlh, Nov 22 '16 at 12:37
@Nithinlal no sir. Just the template from the android studio. — JosephG, Nov 22 '16 at 12:38
@sushildlh - ohhh, so. So how can I return the drawable itself sir? — JosephG, Nov 22 '16 at 12:39
icon cannot set in the adapter . You have set the icon separate — Nithinlal, Nov 22 '16 at 12:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 12:46

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R.drawable.car2 - is not an icon - it's resource ID and it's int. You should use this ID to get icon drawable from resources:

Drawable icon = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.car2);

answered Nov 22 '16 at 12:46

Andrii Omelchenko

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 12:51

 tablayout= (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tab_layout);
 tablayout.addTab(tablayout.newTab().setText().setIcon(R.drawable.icon1));
 tablayout.addTab(tablayout.newTab().setText().setIcon(R.drawable.icon2));
 tablayout.addTab(tablayout.newTab().setText().setIcon(R.drawable.icon3));

Icon on tabs not working

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