How to set the height of the tab and how to set the font of the label in Android?

Question

In my app I am using the tab layout.I want to modify the default height of the tab and I want to modify the tab label font without using customized tab. Is it possible? If yes, then how to implement it. Can anybody suggest me

public class HelloTabWidget extends TabActivity 
{

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
        {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);    

        TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();  // The activity TabHost                            
        addTab(tabHost,"Find Gifts","findgifts",R.drawable.findgifts,R.layout.tabs_bg);
        }


    public static void addTab(TabHost host, String title, String tag,
            int drawable, int layout) {
        TabHost.TabSpec spec = host.newTabSpec(tag);
        spec.setContent(layout);
        View view = prepareTabView(host.getContext(), title, drawable);
        spec.setIndicator(view);
        host.addTab(spec);

    }

    private static View prepareTabView(Context context, String title,
            int drawable) {
         View view = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.tabs_bg, null);

         ImageView tabicon = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.tabicon);
         tabicon.setImageResource(drawable);

         TextView tabtext = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tabsText);
         tabtext.setText(title);             

          return view;
    }
  }

Trace:

10-04 13:13:43.851: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(3734): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.tab/com.example.tab.HelloTabWidget}:  

java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not create tab content because could not find view with id 2130903042

10-04 13:13:43.851: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(3734): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2496)

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 04 '11 at 08:12

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The following code adjusts the height on the tabs:

for (int i = 0; i < tabHost.getTabWidget().getTabCount(); i++)

{
 tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).getLayoutParams().height = 33; 
}

edited Oct 04 '11 at 08:12

Sathyajith Bhat

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answered Oct 04 '11 at 08:02

kalpana c

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How to set the font of the text? – naresh Oct 04 '11 at 08:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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There are many resources which I can point you to:

Custom tabs tutorial
Google code project for custom tabs with enhancements
Another tutorial

and this answer

edit:

The view that you are trying to findViewById() is not present in R.layout.main

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Oct 04 '11 at 07:26

Reno

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Yes, if you want to modify the look and feel, you have to use some form of customization. – Reno Oct 04 '11 at 07:33

How to set the height of the tab and how to set the font of the label in Android?

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