How to change tab style in Android?

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You could adjust the tabs via code – here’s an excerpt from my application, but you could also assign themes instead of the background image directly. (I haven’t used a way via xml attributes yet, not sure if that’s available as well somehow).

private void initTabs() {
    tabs = (TabHost) findViewById(R.id.tabhost);
    tabs.setup();
    tabs.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bg_midgray);

   TabHost.TabSpec spec;

   // Location info
   txtTabInfo = new TextView(this);
   txtTabInfo.setText("INFO");
   txtTabInfo.setPadding(0, 5, 0, 0);
   txtTabInfo.setTextSize(11);

   txtTabInfo.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bg_tab_left_active_right_inactive);
   txtTabInfo.setTextColor(Color.DKGRAY);
   txtTabInfo.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
   txtTabInfo.setHeight(39);
   spec = tabs.newTabSpec("tabInfo");
   spec.setContent(R.id.tabInfo);
   spec.setIndicator(txtTabInfo);
   tabs.addTab(spec);
   ...
}

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