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is there any-way to use SpannableString in TabLayout?

I want to set the title of the TabLayout with two different text sizes. Like the given image below. Or the other way around to achieve this!

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I have tried with SpannableString like give below. This snippet is in the for loop till 5!

SpannableString mSpannableString=  new SpannableString(s);
mSpannableString.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(2f), 0,5, 0); // set size
mSpannableString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, 5, 0);// set color
mTabLayout.getTabAt(i).setText(mSpannableString);

But as mentioned by CommonaSware setText() is not taking the rich content!

Solution

  • TabLayout's default style for its TextViews uses a TextAppearance with the textAllCaps attribute set to true. The transformation method for this handles the CharSequence as a flat String, so any Spannable info is lost.

    To prevent this, we can create a style for the TabLayout that disables textAllCaps. For example:

    <style name="TabTextAppearance" parent="TextAppearance.Design.Tab">
    <item name="textAllCaps">false</item>
</style>

    Setting this as the tabTextAppearance on the TabLayout will allow your SpannableString to work as expected.

    <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
    android:id="@+id/tab_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:tabTextAppearance="@style/TabTextAppearance" />

    As mentioned in comments, using a custom View for the tabs is another option here, since that wouldn't have the problematic attribute setting by default.