Android: How to build tabs like the ones show on Android UI Page

Question

So android goes out of its way to build this nice UI guide for everyone to use. But I don\'t see anywhere where it shows code examples of how to build these elements.

Answer 1

do something like this.

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somewhere in oncreate method of activity extending Tabactivity

  tabHost = getTabHost();
  Intent intent;
  intent = new Intent().setClass(this, FirstActvity.class);
  setupTab("NearBy", intent, R.drawable.firsttabdrawable);
  intent = new Intent().setClass(this, SecondActivity.class);
  setupTab("History", intent, R.drawable.secondtabdrawable);
  intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ThirdActivity.class);
  setupTab("Setting", intent, R.drawable.thirdtabdrawable);

define setupTab methods as

  private void setupTab(String tag, Intent intent, int selectorId) {
  View tabView = LayoutInflater.from(tabHost.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.view, null);
  tabView.setBackgroundResource(selectorId);
  TabSpec setContent = tabHost.newTabSpec(tag).setIndicator(tabView).setContent(intent);
  tabHost.addTab(setContent);
  }

view.xml as

and firsttabdrawable.xml in drawable folder as

define secondtabdrawable.xml and thirddrawable.xml in the same way