Android 1.6 TabHost inside a Fragment

Question

In the demo Support4Demos - API 4+ Support Demos , the Tabs and TabsPager examples both extend FragmentActivity. Each tab content is itself a Fragment. No real breakthrough,

Answer 1

In generally accepted practices, Tabs fit the whole screen. Most people (including me) are unaware the tabs can be placed anywhere like a simple view, ListView. The trick is to include your TabHost inside another layout. When you create the TabHost, always keep these id : tabhost , tabs , tabcontent

In your main layout, include your tabhost.xml . Here I center the TabHost in the middle

Look well at the Tabs and TabsPager examples in Support4Demos , the TabHost is still managed by FragmentActivity. Each tab content is a fragment. With TabActivity, it may not be possible to have a tab anywhere

At the end, this is what it looks like