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Android Implementing Designs for Android Customizing the Action Bar Adding Icons to Tabs

Now switch to the ArtistActivity.java file. This also has tabs, but we are going to use icons instead of text. Set the i

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MainActivity.java
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
        ActionBar.TabListener {

    // Some code has been omitted for brevity!

    public ActionBar mActionBar;

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

        mActionBar = getActionBar();
        mActionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

        PagerAdapter pagerAdapter = new PagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

        // Some code omitted for brevity...

        for (int i = 0; i < pagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
            ActionBar.Tab tab = mActionBar.newTab();
            tab.setTabListener(this);

            /*
             * Add your code here to set the text!
             */

            tab.setText(pagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i));  // changed this a little P to p

            mActionBar.addTab(tab);
        }
    }
}
ArtistActivity.java
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;

public class ArtistActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
        ActionBar.TabListener {

    // Some code has been omitted for brevity!

    public ActionBar mActionBar;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_artist);

        mActionBar = getActionBar();
        mActionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

        pagerAdapter pagerAdapter = new pagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

        // Some code omitted for brevity...

        for (int i = 0; i < pagerAdapter.getCount(); i++) {

            tab.setTabListener(this);

            /*
             * Add your code here to set the icon!
             */
            tab.setIcon(pagerAdapater.getIcon(i));
            mActionBar.addTab(tab);
        }
    }

    // These listener methods are intentionally blank
    @Override
    public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) { }

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

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

6 Answers

Hi,

The code here is pretty much the same for both tasks in the challenge.

In the first one you're setting the text - you've mainly got that right with your code; although you should probably use the instance of PagerAdapter rather than the class:

tab.setText(pagerAdapter.getPageTitle(i)); // first task code

In the next task, you just need to switch from Text to Icon, using the methods named in the question:

tab.setIcon(pagerAdapter.getIcon(i)); // second task code

That should see you through.

Steve.

am not understand steve ts so hard am tried nd tried

I'll amend the code above so that it is correct. Give me a minute!

Steve.

owk

Right - start the challenge again.

For each task, there's a comment in the code for where you need to write your answer.

I have commented the lines above as "First task code" and "second task code" - just paste those into the right part of the challenge.

Steve.

thank yu steve you a such a bright