How to change ActionBar Tab textStyle?

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By default android actionBar Tab has text-style as CAPITAL. How can I set the text-style to normal camel-case style. Like \"Abcd\" instead of \"ABCD\"(Which is the by-defaul

Answer 1

To make the tab text lowercase, create a style that inherits Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabText Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabText and set android:textAllCaps to false.

You can apply your own ActionBar.Tab text style by using the android:actionBarTabTextStyle attribute.

For AppCompat compatibility, your style should inherit Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.TabText or Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabText and the attributes are the same as above, minus the android prefix.

For more information, you should read: Styling the ActionBar

Here's an example with AppCompat compatibility:

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