Customizing ActionBar Tabs on Android 4
android, android-actionbar, android-layout, android-theme, java
Solution
Edit: Use `ActionBarCompat` in the support library.
I suggest you use Jake Wharton's ActionBarSherlock for two reasons:
ActionBarSherlock is an extension of the compatibility library that facilitates the use of the action bar across all versions of Android. This means users running your application on pre-HoneyComb versions of Android will be able to use the `ActionBar` for navigation as well. This is preferable to both the user (since the `ActionBar` is awesome!) and to you (since you don't have to worry about separating the control flow of your application based on whether or not the `ActionBar` will be available. For instance, without a pre-HoneyComb compatible `ActionBar`, you might have to worry about creating multiple `Activity`s for a single screen... one that is optimized for usage with the `ActionBar`, and one that can be run on pre-HoneyComb devices.
With ActionBarSherlock, styling your ActionBar is easy! I could go into detail on how to do it, but the library already comes with a LOT of sample code that illustrates how to what you are describing above.
Installing/making use of the library is very easy and is almost identical to making use of the normal `ActionBar` provided in the Android SDK (mostly just call `getSupportActionBar()` instead of `getActionBar()`). If you have any questions, let me know.
p.s. Also note that `ActionBarSherlock` provides all of the functionalities that the ViewPagerExtensions library provides and more. I would definitely recommend using the former over the latter.
Problem
I'm trying to customize Tabs on my ActionBar. I just want to align tabs to phone screen and make it stretchable for various screens. But all I get is this: The code I use for the theme is this: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light"> <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabTextStyle</item> </style> <style name="MyActionBarTabTextStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.Tab"> <item name="android:textSize">14dip</item> <item name="android:padding">0dip</item> </style> </resources> ``` Is it possible just decrease the font and get rid off those blue lines? Thanks for help in advance. P.S.: Also the Button acts weird. The is no text (while it should be)...