Icon in Tab is not showing up

Question

I\'m starting with Android and when I try to do a TabHost with an icon and a text. Only the text is visible, if I left the text in blank it is possible to see the icon. I wa

Answer 1

I try the following way to do it and it works fine:

1. using setIndicator("TAB") to set text only.
2. using setBackgroundDrawable(-) to set icon.

Sample code:

    final TabHost               tabHost = (TabHost)findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
    final Resources             res = getResources();
    int i;

    tabHost.setup(); //Call setup() before adding tabs if loading TabHost using findViewById(). 

    TabHost.TabSpec ts = tabHost.newTabSpec("trackinfo");
    //ts.setIndicator("", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_trackinfo));
    ts.setIndicator("Track Information");
    ts.setContent(R.id.tabTrackInfo);
    tabHost.addTab(ts);

    TabHost.TabSpec ts2 = tabHost.newTabSpec("collection");
    //ts2.setIndicator("", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_collection_gray));
    ts2.setIndicator("My Collection");
    ts2.setContent(R.id.tabMyCollecton);
    tabHost.addTab(ts2);

    tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener(){
        @Override
        public void onTabChanged(String tabId) 
        {
            if("trackinfo".equals(tabId)) {
                //
                TabWidget tw = (TabWidget)tabHost.findViewById(android.R.id.tabs);
                View tabView = tw.getChildTabViewAt(0);
                TextView tv = (TextView)tabView.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
                tv.setTextColor(TabColor[0]);
                tabView.setBackgroundDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_selected));

                tabView = tw.getChildTabViewAt(1);
                tv = (TextView)tabView.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
                tv.setTextColor(TabColor[1]);

                tabView.setBackgroundDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_gray));
            }
            if("collection".equals(tabId)) {
                //
                TabWidget tw = (TabWidget)tabHost.findViewById(android.R.id.tabs);
                View tabView = tw.getChildTabViewAt(0);
                TextView tv = (TextView)tabView.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
                tv.setTextColor(TabColor[1]);
                tabView.setBackgroundDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_gray));

                tabView = tw.getChildTabViewAt(1);
                tv = (TextView)tabView.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
                tv.setTextColor(TabColor[0]);
                tabView.setBackgroundDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.icon_selected));

        }
        }}); // END OF tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener

    // After Tabs being added
    // change font settings 
    TabWidget tw = (TabWidget)tabHost.findViewById(android.R.id.tabs);
    for(i=0;i<2;i++)
    {
        View tabView = tw.getChildTabViewAt(i);
        TextView tv = (TextView)tabView.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
        tv.setHeight(25);
        tv.setTextColor(TabColor[i]);
        tv.setTypeface(Typeface.SANS_SERIF, Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC);
        tv.setTextSize(20);      
        tabView.setBackgroundDrawable(res.getDrawable(TabIcon[i]));

    }