I'm developing for Android 4.3 and been having a problem with my code that I can't seem to figure out. I've been looking for answers for a while and all I could find was people that want my current situation while I want their bugged program.
I have 3 tabs which I've placed in the action bar by Android's tutorial for tabs in ActionBar.
What is supposed to happen: The tabs should appear on the action bar
What happens instead: The tabs appear below the action bar
My questions are:
1. How can I set those tabs to show on the ActionBar and not below
2. If succeeding 1, how can I set the size of the tabs? for example making the 3 tabs together take one third of the ActionBar (by width)
My code:
mPager = (ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.pager);
mPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.show();
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
ActionBar.TabListener tabListener = new ActionBar.TabListener() {
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// show the given tab
mPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// hide the given tab
}
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// probably ignore this event
}
};
mPager.setOnPageChangeListener(
new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
// When swiping between pages, select the
// corresponding tab.
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
});
// Add 3 tabs, specifying the tab's text and TabListener
actionBar.addTab(
actionBar.newTab()
.setText("A")
.setTabListener(tabListener));
actionBar.addTab(
actionBar.newTab()
.setText("B")
.setTabListener(tabListener));
actionBar.addTab(
actionBar.newTab()
.setText("C")
.setTabListener(tabListener));
private ViewPager mPager;
private PagerAdapter mPagerAdapter;
private static final int NUM_PAGES = 3;
in onCreate()
final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
mPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
mPagerAdapter = new ScreenSlidePagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
mPager.setAdapter(mPagerAdapter);
mPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
}
});
ActionBar.TabListener tabListener = new ActionBar.TabListener() {
@Override
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab,
android.app.FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
@Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab,
android.app.FragmentTransaction ft) {
mPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
@Override
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab,
android.app.FragmentTransaction ft) {
}
};
for (int i = 0; i < mPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
actionBar.addTab(actionBar
.newTab()
.setText(mPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
.setIcon(
((ScreenSlidePagerAdapter) mPagerAdapter)
.getPageIcon(i))
.setTabListener(tabListener));
}
private class ScreenSlidePagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
public ScreenSlidePagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
super(fm);
}
@Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return Fragment.instantiate(MainActivity.this,
Fragment_sports.class.getName());
case 1:
return Fragment.instantiate(MainActivity.this,
Fragment_casino.class.getName());
case 2:
return Fragment.instantiate(MainActivity.this,
Fragment_live_betting.class.getName());
default:
break;
}
return null;
}
@Override
public int getCount() {
return NUM_PAGES;
}
@Override
public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
String tabLabel = null;
switch (position) {
case 0:
tabLabel = " Sports";
break;
case 1:
tabLabel = "Casino";
break;
case 2:
tabLabel = "Live Betting";
break;
}
return tabLabel;
}
public int getPageIcon(int position) {
int id = 0;
switch (position) {
case 0:
id = R.drawable.icon_all_sports_d;
break;
case 1:
id = R.drawable.icon_favourites_d;
break;
case 2:
id = R.drawable.icon_live_d;
break;
default:
break;
}
return id;
}
}
and your main_activity.xml:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="@+id/pager"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>
ADD:
You should replace this line:
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
to this:
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);