Change tabs text color in TabLayout to different colors programmatically

Question

I have 7 dates tabs in my screen, when tab selected, the text is black in color; while other select-able tabs are white in color. If the date falls on another month, I want

Answer 1

The solution based on my code above:

ViewGroup vg = (ViewGroup) tabLayout.getChildAt(0);
//get view of the 6th tab - start with zero
ViewGroup vgTabSixth = (ViewGroup) vg.getChildAt(5);
//set the not-required tab color transparent ratio 20%
vgTabSixth.setAlpha((float) 0.20);