Add Icons+Text to TabLayout

Question

I am working on a screen which contains Three tabs I am trying to add an icon with My text in tabs and i want the image to be upper the text and there should be some space b

Answer 1

If you want to put icons and text in a single line in a tablayout you have to make a custom layout as below.

custom_tab_heading.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tabContent"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>

At your java side you can write below code to put image and title to your tabs.

val tabTitles = arrayListOf<String>("  Text Jokes","  Funny Images")
val tabIcons = arrayListOf<Int>(R.drawable.text_jokes,R.drawable.image_jokes)


val tabLinearLayout = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.custom_tab_heading, null) as LinearLayout
val tabContent = tabLinearLayout.findViewById<View>(R.id.tabContent) as TextView
tabContent.text = tabTitles.get(0)
tabContent.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(tabIcons[0], 0, 0, 0)
myTabLayout.getTabAt(0)!!.setCustomView(tabContent)

val tabLinearLayout1 = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.custom_tab_heading, null) as LinearLayout
val tabContent1 = tabLinearLayout1.findViewById<View>(R.id.tabContent) as TextView
tabContent1.text = tabTitles.get(1)
tabContent1.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(tabIcons[1], 0, 0, 0)
var l = tabLinearLayout1.layoutParams
myTabLayout.getTabAt(1)!!.setCustomView(tabContent1)

Note:- In tabTitles array notice that i have given a space before text(<space>Title 1) because it will keep space between your image and title.

Sorry for i am providing kotlin code here but you can easily convert it to java. If anyone having a problem then comment in this answer and i will try to help them.

Answer 2

first create a layout xml file that has the structure you desire for the tab as an example a simple icon at the top of a text. like so:

1. create the navigation tab layout xml: in layout folder > nav_tab.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/nav_tab"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/nav_icon"
        android:scaleType="centerInside"
        android:id="@+id/nav_icon"
        android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/tiny_padding"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/nav_label"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fontFamily="@string/font_fontFamily_medium"
        android:shadowColor="@android:color/black"
        android:textColor="@color/dark_grey"
        android:textSize="@dimen/nav_tab_label_font_size"
        tools:text="@string/nav_home" />

</LinearLayout>

give your layout and id to inflate, and give the ImageView and the TextView ids too to reference later after inflating the parent layout.

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2. Define your icons in drawable folder, and labels in strings.xml file

and reference them by their resource id in array ordered as you wish your icons to appear:

private int[] navIcons = {
        R.drawable.ico_home,
        R.drawable.ico_search,
        R.drawable.ico_notification,
        R.drawable.ico_profile
};
private int[] navLabels = {
        R.string.nav_home,
        R.string.nav_search,
        R.string.nav_notifications,
        R.string.nav_profile
};
// another resouces array for active state for the icon
private int[] navIconsActive = {
        R.drawable.ico_home_red,
        R.drawable.ico_search_red,
        R.drawable.ico_notification_red,
        R.drawable.ico_profile_red
};

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3. setup your TabLayout with your ViewerPager:

TabLayout navigation = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.navigation);
navigation.setupWithViewPager(mainView/* the viewer pager object*/);

now customization part:

// loop through all navigation tabs
for (int i = 0; i < navigation.getTabCount(); i++) {
    // inflate the Parent LinearLayout Container for the tab
    // from the layout nav_tab.xml file that we created 'R.layout.nav_tab
    LinearLayout tab = (LinearLayout) LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.nav_tab, null);

    // get child TextView and ImageView from this layout for the icon and label
    TextView tab_label = (TextView) tab.findViewById(R.id.nav_label);
    ImageView tab_icon = (ImageView) tab.findViewById(R.id.nav_icon);

    // set the label text by getting the actual string value by its id
    // by getting the actual resource value `getResources().getString(string_id)`
    tab_label.setText(getResources().getString(navLabels[i]));

    // set the home to be active at first
    if(i == 0) {
        tab_label.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.efent_color));
        tab_icon.setImageResource(navIconsActive[i]);
    } else {
        tab_icon.setImageResource(navIcons[i]);
    }

    // finally publish this custom view to navigation tab
    navigation.getTabAt(i).setCustomView(tab);
}

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Final touch to set an active state and get the icon and text color changed when the tab is selected:

you can continue to my answer here

change image and color of the text to the tab when selected

that will achieve:

Answer 3

Try this way this is exactly what you looking for

http://www.androidhive.info/2015/09/android-material-design-working-with-tabs/

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Toolbar toolbar;
    private TabLayout tabLayout;
    private ViewPager viewPager;
    private int[] tabIcons = {
            R.drawable.ic_tab_favourite,
            R.drawable.ic_tab_call,
            R.drawable.ic_tab_contacts
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

        viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewpager);
        setupViewPager(viewPager);

        tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabs);
        tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);
        setupTabIcons();
    }

    private void setupTabIcons() {
        tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setIcon(tabIcons[0]);
        tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setIcon(tabIcons[1]);
        tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setIcon(tabIcons[2]);
    }

    private void setupViewPager(ViewPager viewPager) {
        ViewPagerAdapter adapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
        adapter.addFrag(new OneFragment(), "ONE");
        adapter.addFrag(new TwoFragment(), "TWO");
        adapter.addFrag(new ThreeFragment(), "THREE");
        viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);
    }

    class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
        private final List<Fragment> mFragmentList = new ArrayList<>();
        private final List<String> mFragmentTitleList = new ArrayList<>();

        public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager manager) {
            super(manager);
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {
            return mFragmentList.get(position);
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return mFragmentList.size();
        }

        public void addFrag(Fragment fragment, String title) {
            mFragmentList.add(fragment);
            mFragmentTitleList.add(title);
        }

        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
            return mFragmentTitleList.get(position);
        }
    }
}