how to remove spacing between ActionBar icons

Question

Once again I\'m fighting with ActionBar styles for SDK 14 and above. I\'m trying to remove/reduce spacing between Tab icons since the default spacing d

Answer 1

AFAIK, the spacing is because of the padding on the TabView. You should changing the padding on the TabView something like below.

<style name="ActionBarTabStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabView">
    <item name="android:background">@android:color/transparent</item>

    <item name="android:paddingLeft">2dp</item>
    <item name="android:paddingRight">2dp</item>
</style>

The default padding on the TabView seems to be 16dp.