Smooth animation between tabs when using selector - Android

Question

I would like to get the background of the tab animated smoothly to the selected position (just like the default tabIndicator animates between tabs).

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Answer 1

Check the @Maulik answer. It is what you are looking for.
Just to integrate the answer, without a custom shape (in your example you are using it) you can just use:

The INDICATOR_GRAVITY_STRETCH allows you to stretch the tab selection indicator across the entire height and width. In this way you can just use the app:tabIndicatorColor without drawable to set the selected color used.
The animation is provided by default.