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Xamarin.Forms: Change Icon & Text size in TabbedPage tabs


I am developing Tabs using TabbedPage in xaml. The default tabs Icons & Text size is big so I need to reduce the size of Icons & Text. Below is my main.xaml code Where I am setting icons.

<TabbedPage  xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"              
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TabbedApp">
    <local:DairyTabs Icon="dairy" HeightRequest="10" WidthRequest="10" ></local:DairyTabs>
    <local:Mykid Icon="kid" ></local:Mykid>
    <local:Event Icon="about"></local:Event>    
</TabbedPage>

This is First page of tabs where I am giving Title of tab as Title="Dairy"

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"              
             Title="Dairy"> 
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <StackLayout>
            <Button x:Name="btnDemo" Text="Go for 2nd page"></Button>
        </StackLayout>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

See the below Screenshot where you can see icons and tab text.

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Solution

  • After some effort i get it work for android using TabbedPageRenderer. Created custom layout with ImageView & TetxtView below Custom_tab_layou.xaml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="41dp"
        android:orientation="vertical">
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/icon"
            android:layout_width="18dp"
            android:layout_height="18dp"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="4dp" />
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/tv"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:text="hello"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:textSize="11dp"
            android:textColor="#00FF6F" />
    </LinearLayout>
    

    Created MyTabbedPageRenderer class

        public class MyTabbedPageRenderer : TabbedPageRenderer
        {
            private Dictionary<Int32, Int32> icons = new Dictionary<Int32, Int32>();
            bool setup;
            ViewPager pager;
            TabLayout layout;
            public MyTabbedPageRenderer(Context context) : base(context)
            {
            }
    
            protected override void SetTabIcon(TabLayout.Tab tab, FileImageSource icon)
            {
                base.SetTabIcon(tab, icon);
                tab.SetCustomView(Resource.Layout.Custom_tab_layou);
    
                var imageview = tab.CustomView.FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.icon);
                var tv = tab.CustomView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.tv);
    
                tv.SetText(tab.Text, TextView.BufferType.Normal);
                imageview.SetBackgroundDrawable(tab.Icon);
    
                ColorStateList colors2 = null;
    
                if ((int)Build.VERSION.SdkInt >= 23)
                    colors2 = Resources.GetColorStateList(Resource.Color.icon_tab, Forms.Context.Theme);
                else
                    colors2 = Resources.GetColorStateList(Resource.Color.icon_tab);
                tv.SetTextColor(colors2);
            }
    
            //this is for changing text color of select tab
            protected override void OnElementPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
            {
                base.OnElementPropertyChanged(sender, e);
                if (setup)
                    return;
                if (e.PropertyName == "Renderer")
                {
                    pager = (ViewPager)ViewGroup.GetChildAt(0);
                    layout = (TabLayout)ViewGroup.GetChildAt(1);
                    setup = true;
                    ColorStateList colors = null;
    
                    if ((int)Build.VERSION.SdkInt >= 23)
                        colors = Resources.GetColorStateList(Resource.Color.icon_tab, Forms.Context.Theme);
                    else
                        colors = Resources.GetColorStateList(Resource.Color.icon_tab);
    
                    for (int i = 0; i < layout.TabCount; i++)
                    {
                        var tab = layout.GetTabAt(i);
                        var icon = tab.Icon;
    
                        Android.Views.View view = GetChildAt(i);
                        if (view is TabLayout) layout = (TabLayout)view;
    
                        if (icon != null)
                        {
                            icon = Android.Support.V4.Graphics.Drawable.DrawableCompat.Wrap(icon);
                            Android.Support.V4.Graphics.Drawable.DrawableCompat.SetTintList(icon, colors);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
      }