I have tried in many ways to change the color of what they call a "tab indicator", but without success ... Even using the "Android Action Bar Style Generator" the color of this indicator remains light blue.
test http://nsae01.casimages.net/img/2014/09/11/ 140911033853988172.png
I'm using versions 3.0+ (with AppCompat). My XML is exactly as the generator passed to me ...
The FragmentTabHost returns the TabWidget (only one), which is the View responsible for drawing those tabs. Every child of him is a different flap.
The color setting of Tab of Style Generator applies only to Tab of ActionBar .
In your case you are using TabHost and TabWidget , and this style does not apply to them unfortunately.
To customize the tab, you need to retrieve TabWidget and stylize each child. This way:
// Assim como voce mencionou
TabWidget tabWidget = mTabHost.getTabWidget();
// Como o TabWidget eh um ViewGroup, ele tem filhos e podemos iterar
// sobre os mesmos
int childCount = tabWidget.getChildCount();
for(int i = 0; i < childCount; ++i) {
View child = tabWidget.getChildTabViewAt(i);
// Que eh o mesmo que
//View child = tabWidget.getChildAt(i);
// Vide o codigo fonte
// O Drawable vai variar conforme o nome do seu tema, confirme se tem
// algum nome parecido com esse e altere aqui
child.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tab_indicator_ab);
}
Use this code at the end of the TabHost setting.
The file tab_indicator_ab.xml that is in the /res/drawable directory is very similar to this:
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_ab" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_focused_ab" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_focused_ab" />
<!-- Pressed -->
<!-- Non focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_pressed_ab" />
<item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_pressed_ab" />
<!-- Focused states -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected_pressed_ab" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected_pressed_ab" />
</selector>