Android: How to add custom tab to TabbedActivity?

I have this activity:

I created it with New Activity->Tabbed Activity in Android Studio 1.5

They provided me with the following code which is generated when you create this kind of activity:

public class Main2Activity extends AppCompatActivity {

/**
 * The {@link android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter} that will provide
 * fragments for each of the sections. We use a
 * {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} derivative, which will keep every
 * loaded fragment in memory. If this becomes too memory intensive, it
 * may be best to switch to a
 * {@link android.support.v4.app.FragmentStatePagerAdapter}.
 */
private SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;

/**
 * The {@link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
 */
private ViewPager mViewPager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2);

    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
    // primary sections of the activity.
    mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

    // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
    mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.container);
    mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    TabLayout tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabs);
    tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager);

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------
    //Here is the custom code

    View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_tab,null);
    view.findViewById(R.id.custom_tab_imageView).setBackgroundResource(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
    TabLayout.Tab tab = tabLayout.newTab().setCustomView(view);
    tabLayout.addTab(tab);
    //----------------------------------------------------------------------

    FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
    fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .setAction("Action", null).show();
        }
    });

}


@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main2, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

/**
 * A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
 */
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
    /**
     * The fragment argument representing the section number for this
     * fragment.
     */
    private static final String ARG_SECTION_NUMBER = "section_number";

    public PlaceholderFragment() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new instance of this fragment for the given section
     * number.
     */
    public static PlaceholderFragment newInstance(int sectionNumber) {
        PlaceholderFragment fragment = new PlaceholderFragment();
        Bundle args = new Bundle();
        args.putInt(ARG_SECTION_NUMBER, sectionNumber);
        fragment.setArguments(args);
        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main2, container, false);
        TextView textView = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.section_label);
        textView.setText(getString(R.string.section_format, getArguments().getInt(ARG_SECTION_NUMBER)));
        return rootView;
    }
}

/**
 * A {@link FragmentPagerAdapter} that returns a fragment corresponding to
 * one of the sections/tabs/pages.
 */
public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

    public SectionsPagerAdapter(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).
        return PlaceholderFragment.newInstance(position + 1);
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        // Show 3 total pages.
        return 3;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                return "SECTION 1";
            case 1:
                return "SECTION 2";
            case 2:
                return "SECTION 3";
        }
        return null;
    }
}

I wanted to add a new custom tab besides the three existing so I created custom_tab.xml that contains an ImageView with id=custom_tab_imageView and added the following to onCreate():

View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_tab,null);
  view.findViewById(R.id.custom_tab_imageView).setBackgroundResource(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
TabLayout.Tab tab = tabLayout.newTab().setCustomView(view);
tabLayout.addTab(tab);

In SECTION 1,2,3 there is a PlaceholderFragment shown that say "Hello World from section..."

How do I need to modify the SectionsPagerAdapter in order to show "Hello world from section 4" when user tap the custom tab? Or how do I make the adapter recognize it as the fourth tab?

Solution

I found the solution:

public class SectionsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

    public SectionsPagerAdapter(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 PlaceholderFragment.newInstance("Gallery");
            case 1:
                return PlaceholderFragment.newInstance("Chat");
            case 2:
                return PlaceholderFragment.newInstance("People");
            default:
                return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        // Show 3 total pages.
        return 3;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
        /*switch (position) {
            case 0:
                return "Gallery";
            case 1:
                return "Chat";
            case 2:
                return "People";
        }*/

        // Return null to display only icons
        return null;
    }
}

Create a custom tab and call setCustomView() method:

private void setupTabIcons() {

    View view0 = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_tab, null);
    view0.findViewById(R.id.custom_imageView).setBackgroundResource(tabIcons[0]);

    View view1 = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_tab, null);
    view1.findViewById(R.id.custom_imageView).setBackgroundResource(tabIcons[1]);

    View view2 = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.custom_tab, null);
    view2.findViewById(R.id.custom_imageView).setBackgroundResource(tabIcons[2]);

    tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setCustomView(view0);
    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setCustomView(view1);
    tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setCustomView(view2);

}

In onCreate() call setupTabIcons() and that's it. You have 3 custom tabs connected to 3 fragments for your TabbedActivity.