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Android Implementing Designs for Android Customizing the Action Bar Using the Action Bar Style Generator

Navod Bopitiya
Navod Bopitiya
3,630 Points

Style won't show up on tabs! Please help

This is how my app looks right now with all the styles updated

http://rghost.net/8hJwdgjQx.view

Styles.xml :

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <style name="Theme.Ribbit" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
        <item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/selectable_background_ribbit</item>
        <item name="popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Ribbit</item>
        <item name="dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Ribbit</item>
        <item name="actionBarTabStyle">@style/ActionBarTabStyle.Ribbit</item>
        <item name="actionDropDownStyle">@style/DropDownNav.Ribbit</item>
        <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar.Solid.Ribbit</item>
        <item name="actionModeBackground">@drawable/cab_background_top_ribbit</item>
        <item name="actionModeSplitBackground">@drawable/cab_background_bottom_ribbit</item>
        <item name="actionModeCloseButtonStyle">@style/ActionButton.CloseMode.Ribbit</item>
    </style>
    - <style name="ActionBar.Solid.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_solid_ribbit</item>
    <item name="backgroundStacked">@drawable/ab_stacked_solid_ribbit</item>
    <item name="backgroundSplit">@drawable/ab_bottom_solid_ribbit</item>
    <item name="progressBarStyle">@style/ProgressBar.Ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="ActionBar.Transparent.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_transparent_ribbit</item>
    <item name="progressBarStyle">@style/ProgressBar.Ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="PopupMenu.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.PopupMenu">
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="DropDownListView.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ListView.DropDown">
    <item name="android:listSelector">@drawable/selectable_background_ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="ActionBarTabStyle.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.TabView">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/tab_indicator_ab_ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="DropDownNav.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.Spinner.DropDown.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/spinner_background_ab_ribbit</item>
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_ribbit</item>
    <item name="android:dropDownSelector">@drawable/selectable_background_ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="ProgressBar.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal">
    <item name="android:progressDrawable">@drawable/progress_horizontal_ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <style name="ActionButton.CloseMode.Ribbit" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionButton.CloseMode">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/btn_cab_done_ribbit</item>
</style>
    - <!--  this style is only referenced in a Light.DarkActionBar based theme
  -->
    - <style name="Theme.Ribbit.Widget" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Ribbit</item>
    <item name="dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Ribbit</item>
</style>


    <style name="AuthBackground">
        <item name="android:background">@mipmap/background_fill</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AuthBackgroundImage">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_alignParentTop">true</item>
        <item name="android:layout_alignParentStart">true</item>
        <item name="android:scaleType">fitStart</item>
        <item name="android:src">@mipmap/background</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AuthTitle">
        <item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:layout_alignParentTop">true</item>
        <item name="android:layout_centerHorizontal">true</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginTop">32dp</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/white</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">60sp</item>
        <item name="android:text">@string/app_name</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AuthSubtitle" parent="AuthTitle">
        <item name="android:layout_below">@+id/title</item>
        <item name="android:layout_centerHorizontal">true</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">13sp</item>
        <item name="android:text">A Treehouse Project</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginTop">0dp</item>
        <item name="android:layout_alignParentTop">false</item>

    </style>

    <style name="AuthLinearLayout">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:background">@android:color/white</item>
        <item name="android:layout_below">@+id/subtitle</item>
        <item name="android:orientation">vertical</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginTop">32dp</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginLeft">16dp</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginRight">16dp</item>
        <item name="android:paddingBottom">10dp</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">10dp</item>
        <item name="android:paddingRight">10dp</item>
        <item name="android:paddingTop">10dp</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AuthEditText">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:ems">10</item>
        <item name="android:textColorHint">#bbbbbb</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">17sp</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AuthButton">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/button_custom</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginLeft">16dp</item>
        <item name="android:layout_marginRight">16dp</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#250054</item>
    </style>


</resources>

Manifest :

 <application
        android:name=".parse.RibbitApplication"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.Ribbit" >

Please help I have tried everything.

2 Answers

Vrezh Gulyan
Vrezh Gulyan
11,161 Points

Were you able to follow the video back when we were adding tabs to the action bar or did you have to use the custom solution for android studio?

Navod Bopitiya
Navod Bopitiya
3,630 Points

I used the PagerTabStrip. That's where I went wrong. Thanks for the reply! Figured this out a while back.

Javis Omondi
Javis Omondi
23,633 Points

I used the PagerTabStrip as well. How do I get to work?