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I'm trying to store the index of the currently selected tab in onSaveInstanceState so I can restore it. However the getCurrentTab apparantely gives me back the String I used in the etTabHost().newTabSpec, which I find a bit weird since the documentation says it returns an int and setCurrentTab also taking an int. Does anyone know how I can get the index of my currently selected tab so I can restore it?

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you are on the right way use setOnTabChangedListener to get your selected tab.

public class MainActivity extends TabActivity {

    static TabHost mytabs;



mytabs = getTabHost();

    mytabs.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onTabChanged(String arg0) {         

            Log.i("***Selected Tab", "Im currently in tab with index::" + mytabs.getCurrentTab());
        }       
    });  
Jorgesys
I currently don't have access to my laptop with the code so I'll have to try this tomorrow, but why would it make any difference whether I used getCurrentTab in the onTabChanged event or in my onSaveInstanceState?And thank you for your current answer.
Jack