Change background color to tabhost

Question

I would like to change the background of the tabwidget in shown in the next image:

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I would like to use a different background color, and change the font color to the selected tab. How can I do that?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 02:05

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you can google for the tables available for different colors this is a chart or table available with color and the code to get that color

just choose which ever you like

answered Dec 06 '12 at 02:05

Tajamul

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... He wants to know how to *change* the color, not how to find a color to use. – Cat Dec 06 '12 at 02:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '12 at 02:17

To do this i used drawables for tab widgets instead of fixed images. my code is

tab1.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_drawable));

in the tab_drawable is a simple selector defining the behavior of the drawable for different state. you can try that it is very useful.

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