Difference between revisions of "Change Tab Color"

Latest revision as of 23:05, 12 February 2011

This is sample code to change the tab background color.

Use the below line of code in onCreate() to display in first time.

for(int i=0;i<tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildCount();i++)
{
     tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#7392B5"));
}

To set different color for current selected tab. use

tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#4E4E9C"));

Here 0 position is the first tab.

When you change the tab selection you need to change your selected color to that current tab & replace the default color to other tab. For that use OnTabChangeListener(). These method will be called when you change the tab selection.

tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener()
{
     public void onTabChanged(String tabId)
     {
          for(int i=0;i<tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildCount();i++)
          {

               // Change the background color of all the tabs.
               tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));
          }
          tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(tabHost.getCurrentTab()).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#4E4E9C"));
     }
});

When using Color.parseColor, use

import android.graphics.Color;