How do I change the background of an Android tab widget?

Question

My class extends extends TabActivity

TabHost mTabHost =  getTabHost();

TabHost.TabSpec tab1 =mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab1");
TabHost.TabSpec tab2 =mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab2");

tab1 .setIndicator("title tab1");
tab2 .setIndicator("title tab2");
mTabHost.addTab(tab1);mTabHost.addTab(tab2);

TabHost.setCurrentTab(0 or 1)

Can anybody guide me how do I change the background image or color of selected tab?

Answer 1

What if you register for TabHost.OnTabChanged events and call mTabHost.getCurrentTabView() to get the View, then view.setBackgroundResource()?

Answer 2

Does this solve your problem? Basically calling setBackgroundDrawable on each tab view with a selector?

Answer 3

This will set your tab color's:

public static void setTabColor(TabHost tabhost) {
    for(int i=0;i<tabhost.getTabWidget().getChildCount();i++)
    {
       tabhost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(i).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#FF0000")); //unselected
    }
    tabhost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(tabhost.getCurrentTab()).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#0000FF")); // selected
}

and if you put it within the onTabChangedListener(), it will keep the correct color for selected tabs.