Disable TabLayout

Question

I\'m using the new class provided by the design library : TabLayout. And I want in specific cases that the one I\'m using can\'t change tab anymore.

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Answer 1

In my use case, if the user is in a tab and presses one of the buttons, a calculation is launched and I don't want the user to be able to switch tabs until after the calculation is completed. So I used the answer by Vladislav Rishe but modified a little as follows...

In JAVA:

//'tabLayout' is the variable where you reference your tab layout...
//A container to save the tabs that were disabled
private ArrayList touchablesToRestore = new ArrayList();

public void enableTabs() {
    for(View v: touchablesToRestore){
        v.setClickable(true);
    }
    //After you enable them all, clear the container
    touchablesToRestore.clear();
}

public void disableTabs(){
    for(View v: tabLayout.getTouchables()){
        //Add the tab that is being disabled to the container
        touchablesToRestore.add(v);
        v.setClickable(false);
    }
}

So when the user taps the button to make a calculation, just before the calculation logic is called, I call disableTabs(), then once the calculation is completed and it has been displayed, I call enableTabs()...