Android TabActivity Example

As we know Tab-Activity is now depreciated  in Android, but some time we use it for create simple Tab pages in our application. So today I am going to share tutorial for Tab Host Activity in android. It is a simple tab activity demo, group child activity and pager tab example I will share soon. Hope my blog help you. Please follow step by step my blog for create simple Tab Layout-

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1)Create a new project, name TabHostDemo.

2)Create an  TabHostActivity and extend it to TabActivity.

3)Create 3 other activity name-Homeactivity, AboutActivity, ContactActivity.

4)Create layout activity_tab_host.xml .

5)Create another 3 layout for Home, About, Contact Activity, name activity_home, activity_about, activity_contact.

6)Do optional activity for change tab images on selection.Create ic_tab_home, ic_tab_about, ic_tab_contact.

Note-this step is not must, you can direct put your images in your TabHostActivity-

// Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, HomeActivity.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("home")
.setIndicator("HOME", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.home))//set here
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
7)Add images - home.png, about.png, contact.png in drawable download below images-

8)Add activity in manifest.xml
9)Run your project and enjoy :)

import android.app.TabActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TabHost;

public class TabHostActivity extends TabActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_tab_host);

Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost
TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Reusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab

// Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, HomeActivity.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("home")
.setIndicator("HOME", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_home))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);

// Do the same for the other tabs

intent = new Intent().setClass(this, AboutActivity.class);
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("about")
.setIndicator("ABOUT", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_about))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ContactActivity.class);
spec = tabHost
.newTabSpec("contact")
.setIndicator("CONTACT",
res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_contact))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
//set tab which one you want open first time 0 or 1 or 2
tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
}
}

HomeActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class HomeActivity extends Activity{
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);
}
}

AboutActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class AboutActivity extends Activity{
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_about);
}
}

ContactActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class ContactActivity extends Activity{
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_contact);
}
}

activity_tab_host.xml

Activity_Home.xml

activity_about.xml

Android Manifest file

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