Strip under the tab is not drawn

Question

In my activity I'm doing this to setup the TabHost:

//...     
        mTabHost = (TabHost) findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
        mTabHost.getTabWidget().setDividerDrawable(R.drawable.my_divider_tab);
        mTabHost.getTabWidget().setStripEnabled(true);
        mTabHost.getTabWidget().setLeftStripDrawable(R.drawable.my_strip_tab);
        mTabHost.getTabWidget().setRightStripDrawable(R.drawable.my_strip_tab);
        setupTab(new TextView(this), getString(R.string.device_text_tab));
        setupTab(new TextView(this), getString(R.string.sensor_text_tab));
        setupTab(new TextView(this), getString(R.string.actuator_text_tab));
//...

private void setupTab(final View view, final String tag) {
    
    View tabview = createTabView(mTabHost.getContext(), tag);
        TabSpec setContent = mTabHost.newTabSpec(tag).setIndicator(tabview).setContent(new TabContentFactory() {
        public View createTabContent(String tag) {return view;}
    });
    mTabHost.addTab(setContent);
}

private static View createTabView(final Context context, final String text) {
    
    View view = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.state_tabwidget, null);
    TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tabsText);
    tv.setText(text);
    return view;
}

my_strip_tab.xml is just a rectangle shape:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape  
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    
    <solid 
        android:color="#FFFFFF"/>
    
    <size 
        android:width="0dp"
        android:height="2dp"/>
</shape>

The vertical divider is drawn. But the strip under the tabs isn't shown...

What could be the problem? The size of my_strip_tab?

I just found that:

/**
 * Controls whether the bottom strips on the tab indicators are drawn or
 * not.  The default is to draw them.  If the user specifies a custom
 * view for the tab indicators, then the TabHost class calls this method
 * to disable drawing of the bottom strips.
 * @param stripEnabled true if the bottom strips should be drawn.
 */

Here: TabWidgetExample

So it seems like when we use custom view for the tabs (like I am doing), the strip is automatically disabled... How can I enable it?

Answer 1

The only solution that I found to solve this issue was:

//...
<TabWidget
        android:id="@android:id/tabs"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@android:id/tabcontent" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" >


        <View
            android:id="@+id/my_strip_tab"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="3dp" 
            android:background="@drawable/my_strip_tab"/>

//...

    </FrameLayout>

my_strip_tab.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape  
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <solid 
        android:color="#67E667"/>

</shape>