Android Actionbar Tabs on bottom of screen

Question

I agree before-hand with anyone who wants to make the argument that tabs should be at the top of the screen, but I can't control the requirements for my app :) . I have to build an app with tabs at the bottom of the screen. I'm using SDK 14 and Actionbars. Is this even possible? I have already built a layout with the tabs at the bottom, but when I add the tabs to the ActionBar, they are automatically rendered at the top of the screen.

Any ideas would be really appreciated, and thank you all for taking the time to read this post.

Answer 1

You can use Tabhost for requirement,and inside tab.xml you can write below code . This will work fine .

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/tabhost" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <RelativeLayout android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
        <FrameLayout android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1" >
                 </FrameLayout>
          <TabWidget 
             android:id="@android:id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:tabStripEnabled="false"
            android:layout_alignBottom="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:background="#000000" />
          </RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>