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

A very simple way to solve the color/contrast problem in the layout:

This sets the background of the TabWidget to black and adds a little padding so you have contrast with the tabs against the black background. Its not perfect, but works in 1.5, 2.2, light and dark theme.