you need change MainActivity’s base class from Activity to ActivityGroup, as follows: public class MainActivity extends ActivityGroup { … } ActivityGroup will take care of an instance of LocalActivityManager. So you don’t need to create it. After the base class is changed, just call getLocalActivityManager() function defined in the base class to get that instance. … Read more
Before calling tabHost.setup(mLocalActivityManager); you need to add this line. mlam.dispatchCreate(savedInstanceState); tabHost.setup(mlam ); similarly, you need to add for onResume, mlam.dispatchResume(); onPause(), mlam.dispatchPause(isFinishing());
I would suggest creating a separate fragment file for each tab. I recently did this as well, so I have outlined my code below: Layout Files activity_main.xml <android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” android:id=”@android:id/tabhost” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent”> <LinearLayout android:orientation=”vertical” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent”> <TabWidget android:id=”@android:id/tabs” android:orientation=”horizontal” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:layout_weight=”0″/> <FrameLayout android:id=”@android:id/tabcontent” android:layout_width=”0dp” android:layout_height=”0dp” android:layout_weight=”0″/> <FrameLayout android:id=”@+id/realtabcontent” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”0dp” android:layout_weight=”1″/> </LinearLayout> </android.support.v4.app.FragmentTabHost> tab1_view.xml … Read more
For removing the grey line at the bottom of your tabbar, you can set tabHost.getTabWidget().setStripEnabled(false); As of removing the gap between the tabs.. The best way would be to use your own drawable without any paddings. You can use images for this, or you can create your tabs’ backgrounds via xml’s, say inside a <layer_list> … Read more
I would suggest you guys to not change the default look and feel of the tabs, because users on android devices have their own user experience, and you will negate that past experience, so don’t force them to learn new tabs experience (because users on mobile are so lazy to learn new things, usually they … Read more
Basic concept- We can achieve this by creating a container. Each tab will be assigned with a specific container. Now when we need a new fragment then we will replace same using this container. Kindly follow undermentioned code step by step to have better understanding. Step-1: Create Tabs for your app. Say “Home.java”. It will … Read more
Oh, god! After spending several hours and downloading the Android sources, I have finally come to a solution. If you look at the Activity class, you will see, that finish() method only sends back the result if there is a mParent property set to null. Otherwise the result is lost. public void finish() { if … Read more