TabLayout (Android Design Library) Text Color

Question

I\'m using the new TabLayout from the Android Design library. I managed to set the textcolor statelist using tabLayout.setTabTextColors(colorstatelist)

How can i ac

Answer 1

With the TabLayout provided in the Material Components Library you can:

• Use a custom style

  <com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
      style="@style/My_Tablayout"
      ..>

and in your style use the tabTextColor with a selector.

<!-- TabLayout -->
<style name="My_Tablayout" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.TabLayout" >
    <item name="tabTextColor">@color/tab_layout_selector</item>
</style>


<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item android:color="?attr/colorPrimary" android:state_selected="true"/>
  <item android:alpha="0.60" android:color="?attr/colorOnSurface"/>
</selector>

• Use the app:tabTextColor in your layout:

  <com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
      app:tabTextColor="@color/tab_layout_selector"
      ..>

Answer 2

Via XML attributes:

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:tabMode="fixed"
        app:tabGravity="fill"
        app:tabTextColor="@color/your_unselected_text_color"
        app:tabSelectedTextColor="@color/your_selected_text_color"/>

Additionally, there are attributes like tabIndicatorColor or tabIndicatorHeight for further styling.

In code:

tabLayout.setTabTextColors(
    getResources().getColor(R.color.your_unselected_text_color),
    getResources().getColor(R.color.your_selected_text_color)
);

Since this old way is deprecated as of API 23, the alternative is:

tabLayout.setTabTextColors(
    ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.your_unselected_text_color),
    ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.your_selected_text_color)
);

Answer 3

best or short and simple way is make custom appbar like

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:background="@color/colorAccent"
    app:theme="@style/myCustomAppBarTheme"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"><RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/btn_back"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/txt_title"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
            android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/btn_back"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/btn_back"
            android:text="Title"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

    </RelativeLayout>
    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>