Android TabHost - Activities within each tab

Question

I\'m trying to create multiple Tabs, each with a different Activity. The only downside is i\'m using a custom layout file thus my class extends an Activity rather than a

Answer 1

Firstly, define a frametab in main layout.

Then, create a activity extends from TabActivity

Resources res = getResources();
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
TabHost.TabSpec spec;
Intent intent;
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, DashboardActivity.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("home").setIndicator("Home", res.getDrawable (R.drawable.ic_tab_dashboard)).setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, CreditCardActivity.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("sample1").setIndicator("Sample Tab",res.getDrawable (R.drawable.ic_tab_sample1)).setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);

If you want to rolover tab, use selector layout:

Here is sample screenshots.

alt text http://rayyildiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/android_sample_tab-201x300.png alt text http://rayyildiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/android_sample_tab2-201x300.png