Android ActionBar Tabs - Swipe

android, android-fragments, android-layout

Solution

This works perfectly, you will swipe between tabs:

`MainActivity`:

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
    ActionBar.TabListener {
    CollectionPagerAdapter mCollectionPagerAdapter;
    ViewPager mViewPager;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
           super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
           setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

           mCollectionPagerAdapter = new CollectionPagerAdapter(
           getSupportFragmentManager());

        final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
        actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
        mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mCollectionPagerAdapter);
        mViewPager
        .setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {

            @Override

            public void onPageSelected(int position) {
                actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
            }

        });
    for (int i = 0; i < mCollectionPagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
    actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab()
    .setText(mCollectionPagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i))
    .setTabListener(this));
    }

    }

    public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {

    }

    public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());

    }

    public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab,
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {

    }

    public class CollectionPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

    final int NUM_ITEMS = 3; // number of tabs

    public CollectionPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
    super(fm);

    }

    @Override

    public Fragment getItem(int i) {
    Fragment fragment = new TabFragment();
    Bundle args = new Bundle();
    args.putInt(TabFragment.ARG_OBJECT, i);
    fragment.setArguments(args);
    return fragment;

}

    @Override
    public int getCount() {

    return NUM_ITEMS;

}

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
    String tabLabel = null;
    switch (position) {
        case 0:
            tabLabel = getString(R.string.label1);
            break;
        case 1:
            tabLabel = getString(R.string.label2);
            break;
        case 2:
            tabLabel = getString(R.string.label3);
            break;

    }

    return tabLabel;

    }
    }

     public static class TabFragment extends Fragment {
     public static final String ARG_OBJECT = "object";

     @Override
     public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    Bundle args = getArguments();
    int position = args.getInt(ARG_OBJECT);
    int tabLayout = 0;
    switch (position) {
        case 0:
            tabLayout = R.layout.tab1;
            break;
        case 1:
            tabLayout = R.layout.tab2;
            break;
        case 2:
            tabLayout = R.layout.tab3;
            break;
    }

    View rootView = inflater.inflate(tabLayout, container, false);
    return rootView;

    }

   }

   }

`activity_main`:

<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager             xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"/>

`tab1.xml`:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center">

<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="@string/body1" />

</LinearLayout>

`tab2.xml`:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/tab2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:text="@string/body2" />

 </LinearLayout>

`tab3.xml`:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/tab3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView3"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:text="@string/body3" />

 </LinearLayout>

Problem

it would be nice, if i could swipe between the tabs i had in my actionbar. I've followed these tutorial: http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/lateral.html but it wont work. :( I cannot swipe with a gesture between the tabs. Here is my main activity: ``` public class Hauptmenue_extended extends ActionBarActivity implements android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_hauptmenue_extended); try { mPullToRefreshAttacher = PullToRefreshAttacher.get(this); actionBar = getSupportActionBar(); actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS); actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true); mAdapter = new TabsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager()); mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager); mViewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter); Tab tabB = actionBar.newTab(); tabB.setText("Home"); tabB.setIcon(R.drawable.icon_home); tabB.setTabListener(new TabListener<Startmenue_activity>(this, "Start", Startmenue_activity.class, this.mViewPager)); actionBar.addTab(tabB); Tab tabA = actionBar.newTab(); tabA.setText(""); tabA.setIcon(R.drawable.icon_nachrichten_sel); tabA.setTabListener(new TabListener<Nachrichten_activity>(this, "Nachrichten", Nachrichten_activity.class, this.mViewPager)); actionBar.addTab(tabA); Tab tabC = actionBar.newTab(); tabC.setText(""); tabC.setIcon(R.drawable.icon_favoriten); tabC.setTabListener(new TabListener<Favoriten_activity>(this, "Favoriten", Favoriten_activity.class, this.mViewPager)); actionBar.addTab(tabC); this.conEinst = new conEinstellungen(getBaseContext()); } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); // HelperClassAlertDialog.zeigeInfoDialog(this, "Error...", } } public class TabsPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter { public TabsPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) { super(fm); } public Fragment getItem(int index) { switch (index) { case 0: // Top Rated fragment activity return new Startmenue_activity(); case 1: // Games fragment activity return new Nachrichten_activity(); case 2: // Movies fragment activity return new Favoriten_activity(); } return null; } public int getCount() { // get item count - equal to number of tabs return 3; } } ``` And this is the XML: ``` <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/pager" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" > <android.support.v4.view.PagerTabStrip android:id="@+id/tabs" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="top" /> </android.support.v4.view.ViewPager> ```

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