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How to set tint for selected tab of an iconic ViewPager in android?


I am implementing an viewpager with icons,i have implemented as below:

public class JobDetailTabbedActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private int tabPositionToDisplay=0;
    private String productId="";
    private JobDetailPagerAdapter mJobDetailPagerAdapter;
    private ViewPager mViewPager;
    private TabLayout tabLayout;

    private int[] tabIcons = {
            R.drawable.ic_emoji_objects_light_normal,
            R.drawable.ic_emoji_objects_light,
            R.drawable.ic_cast_disabled_light,
            R.drawable.ic_cast_disabled_light
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_job_detail_tabbed);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

        mJobDetailPagerAdapter = new JobDetailPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());


        mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.tab_anim_viewpager);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mJobDetailPagerAdapter);
        mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tabPositionToDisplay);
        tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tab_anim_tabs);
        tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager);


    }

    public class JobDetailPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {


        public JobDetailPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
            super(fm);
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {
            // getItem is called to instantiate the fragment for the given page.
            // Return a PlaceholderFragment (defined as a static inner class below).
            switch (position){
                case 0:
                    return JobDetailInfoFragment.newInstance();
                case 1:
                    return JobDetailServiceFragment.newInstance();
                case 2:
                    return JobDetailChatFragment.newInstance();
                case 3:
                    return JobDetailNotesFragment.newInstance();
                default:
                    return JobDetailInfoFragment.newInstance();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 4;
        }


        @Override
        public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
            Drawable image = ContextCompat.getDrawable(JobDetailTabbedActivity.this, tabIcons[position]);
            image.setBounds(0, 0, image.getIntrinsicWidth(), image.getIntrinsicHeight());

            SpannableString sb = new SpannableString(" ");
            ImageSpan imageSpan = new ImageSpan(image, ImageSpan.ALIGN_BOTTOM);
            sb.setSpan(imageSpan, 0, 1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
            return sb;
        }
    }

}

I'm able to get icons at tabs, but how do i set tint color to the selected icon of tab?

I have searched in google, but none if the tutorials available(whatever i have seen) are telling about setting tint for icon anyone please help me.


Solution

  • Finally i have solved the problem like this:

    Create a custom widget:

    public class TintableImageView extends ImageView {
    
        private ColorStateList tint;
    
        public TintableImageView(Context context) {
            super(context);
        }
    
        public TintableImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
            super(context, attrs);
            init(context, attrs, 0);
        }
    
        public TintableImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
            super(context, attrs, defStyle);
            init(context, attrs, defStyle);
        }
    
        private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
            TypedArray a =
                    context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.TintableImageView, defStyle, 0);
            tint = a.getColorStateList(R.styleable.TintableImageView_tintSelector);
            a.recycle();
        }
    
        @Override
        protected void drawableStateChanged() {
            super.drawableStateChanged();
            if (tint != null && tint.isStateful()) updateTintColor();
        }
    
        public void setColorFilter(ColorStateList tint) {
            this.tint = tint;
            super.setColorFilter(tint.getColorForState(getDrawableState(), 0));
        }
    
        private void updateTintColor() {
            int color = tint.getColorForState(getDrawableState(), 0);
            setColorFilter(color);
        }
    }
    

    add this value to attrs.xml:

    <declare-styleable name="TintableImageView">
        <attr name="tintSelector" format="reference|color" />
    </declare-styleable>
    

    create a selector for the tab image you want to change in color directory(repeating again selector file inside color directory not colors.xml):

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <item
            android:color="#FFFFFF"
            android:state_pressed="true" />
        <item android:color="#FFFFFF"
            android:state_selected="true" />
    
        <item android:color="#5F9EA0" />
    </selector>
    

    create an xml layout with only the custom widget in it:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <TintableImageView xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        custom:tintSelector="@color/selector_tab" />
    

    Thats it you are good to go, you have to implement tabs like this(showing only the changed done to my posted code):

    public class JobDetailTabbedActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    
    
    
            private JobDetailPagerAdapter mJobDetailPagerAdapter;
            private ViewPager mViewPager;
            private TabLayout tabLayout;
    
    
            @Override
            protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                //old code which i have posted
                mJobDetailPagerAdapter = new JobDetailPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
    
    
                mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.tab_anim_viewpager);
                mViewPager.setAdapter(mJobDetailPagerAdapter);
                mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tabPositionToDisplay);
                tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tab_anim_tabs);
                tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager);
                setUpViewPagerIcons(tabLayout);
            }
    
            private void setUpViewPagerIcons(TabLayout tabLayout) {
                for(int i=0;i<tabLayout.getTabCount();i++){
                    int iconId=-1;
                    switch (i){
                        case 0:
                            iconId = R.drawable.ic_cast_on_0_light;
                            break;
                        case 1:
                            iconId = R.drawable.ic_cast_on_0_light;
                            break;
                        case 2:
                            iconId = R.drawable.ic_cast_on_0_light;
                            break;
                        case 3:
                            iconId = R.drawable.ic_cast_on_0_light;
                            break;
                    }
    
                    TintableImageView tab1 = (TintableImageView) LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.tint_layout, null);
                    tab1.setImageResource(iconId);
    
                    tabLayout.getTabAt(i).setCustomView(tab1);
                }
            }
    
    
    
            /**
             * A {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} that returns a fragment corresponding to
             * one of the sections/tabs/pages.
             */
            public class JobDetailPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
    
            // old code
    
    
            @Override
            public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
                return "";
            }
        }
    
    }
    

    I hope it will be helpful to someone, i have wasted one day for it.