Android TabWidget in Light theme

Question

I have an application that targets the 1.5 framework and uses the default light theme. When using a tab widget with this theme, the tab images are barely visible, and the tab ca

Answer 1

it's not pretty, but you can try this in your tab activity.

// light theme support
final TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
tabHost.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
tabHost.getTabWidget().setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);

// hack to set font size
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout) tabHost.getChildAt(0);
TabWidget tw = (TabWidget) ll.getChildAt(0);

// first tab
RelativeLayout rllf = (RelativeLayout) tw.getChildAt(0);
lf = (TextView) rllf.getChildAt(1);
lf.setTextSize(21);
lf.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 6);

// second tab
RelativeLayout rlrf = (RelativeLayout) tw.getChildAt(1);
rf = (TextView) rlrf.getChildAt(1);
rf.setTextSize(21);
rf.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 6);

/res/values/colors.xml should have

    #ff000000
    #ffffffff

AndroidManiest.xml should have

if you want to do something crazier, try http://ezmobile.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/customized-android-tabs/