Android: FragmentTabHost - java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: you must specify a way to create the tab content

Question

I have the following in a class for creating a FragmentTabHost:

public class TabsActivity extends FragmentActivity {
private FragmentTabHost mTabHos         


        

Answer 1

Without being able to see your xml file (R.layout.tabs) I'd say something is not set up quite right.

Instead of:

TabHost.TabSpec exploreSpec = mTabHost.newTabSpec("explore").setIndicator("Explore", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.exploreicon));
    mTabHost.addTab(exploreSpec);

Try:

mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("explore").setIndicator("Explore", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.exploreicon)), TheAssociatedFragmentTab.class, null);

R.layout.tabs.xml

Beyond that you will just need an ExplorerFragment class (extends fragment) which Overrides onCreateView and inflates the layout for your explorer tab like so..

ExplorerFragment.java

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,  Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
     super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
     return inflater.inflate(R.layout.explorer_fragment, container, false);
}

I didn't try to incorporate an image on my tabs, but this code works for me. Let me know if that helps.