How to add padding to a tabs label?

Question

I just started programming for android. I\'m using a tab based layout in my app. I would like to put some padding around the tab label so that it\'s not so close to the icon

Answer 1

just use this code

    TabWidget widget = mTabHost.getTabWidget();
    for (int i = 0; i < widget.getChildCount(); i++) {

        //adjust height
        widget.getChildAt(i).getLayoutParams().height =40;

       //adjust textview
        TextView tv = (TextView) widget.getChildAt(i).findViewById(android.R.id.title);
        if (tv == null) {
            continue;
        }           
        tv.setAllCaps(false);
        tv.setTextSize(15);

        //set padding
        tv.setPadding(10,5, 10, 5);

    }