Making buttons that look like tabs in android

android, button, tabs

Solution

You have to create selector for all button and use `RadioGroup` with selector background and null button..

Follow @Andru answer for create Selector..

Below is RadioGroup code.

    <RadioGroup
    android:id="@+id/rdogrp"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="8dp"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/btn1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:background="@drawable/btn1Selector"
        android:button="@null"
        android:checked="true"
        android:gravity="center" />

    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/btn2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:background="@drawable/btn2Selector"
        android:button="@null"
        android:gravity="center" />

    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/btn3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:background="@drawable/btn3Selector"
        android:button="@null"
        android:gravity="center" />

    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/btn4"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="0dp"
        android:background="@drawable/btn4Selector"
        android:button="@null"
        android:gravity="center" />
</RadioGroup>

here is sample code for `btn1Selector.xml`

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/btn1_selected" android:state_checked="true"  />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/btn1_normal" android:state_checked="false"/>
</selector>

Problem

I want this kind of look. They don't seem like `tabs` so I believe they are buttons. I am able to acheive the similar type with `toggle button` by keeping a selector in drawable. ``` <ToggleButton android:id="@+id/toggleButton" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" android:background="@drawable/custom_selector" android:textOn=" Button1 Button2" android:textOff=" Button1 Button2" /> ``` But they have only two values and by clicking on the selected tab gets the other selected and the present one unselected. But I want exactly like tab. So can someone please help me achieve it? Thanks in advance.

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