Set tab indicator position programatically in TabLayout support library

Question

In my application i am using TabLayout from support library with view pager.I have 3 fragments in it.Suppose i am in fragA which has a button which on clicked takes me to fragB.I am sucessfully going to fragB but only problem is that the tab indicator remains at fragA.

Code

 private void setupTablayout() {


        tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabLayout);
        tabLayout.setTabGravity(TabLayout.GRAVITY_FILL);
        tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);
        viewPager.setCurrentItem(1, true);

        tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setIcon(R.drawable.archive).setText("");
        tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setIcon(R.drawable.status_1).setText("");
        tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setIcon(R.drawable.settings).setText("");

        tvHeader.setText("STATUS");

        tabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(this);
        //tabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(new TabLayout.ViewPagerOnTabSelectedListener(viewPager));


    }

    @Override
    public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {

        viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
        switch (tab.getPosition()) {
            case 0:

                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.archive_1).setText("");
                tvHeader.setText("ARCHIVES");
                tvDate.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                ivRefresh.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

                break;
            case 1:
                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.status_1).setText("");
                tvHeader.setText("STATUS");
                tvDate.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                ivRefresh.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                break;
            case 2:
                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.settings_1).setText("");
                tvHeader.setText("SETTINGS");
                tvDate.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                ivRefresh.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                break;


        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onTabUnselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {


        viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
        switch (tab.getPosition()) {
            case 0:

                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.archive).setText("");

                break;
            case 1:
                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.status).setText("");
                break;
            case 2:
                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.settings).setText("");
                break;


        }

    }


    @Override
    public void onTabReselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {

        viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
        switch (tab.getPosition()) {
            case 0:

                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.archive).setText("");

                break;
            case 1:
                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.status).setText("");

                break;
            case 2:
                tab.setIcon(R.drawable.settings).setText("");
                break;


        }

    }

    class MyPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {


        public MyPagerAdapter(FragmentManager manager) {
            super(manager);
        }

        @Override
        public Fragment getItem(int position) {

            Fragment fragment = null;

            switch (position) {
                case 0:

//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setIcon(R.drawable.archive_1).setText("");
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setIcon(R.drawable.status).setText("");
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setIcon(R.drawable.settings).setText("");
                    fragment = new ArchivesFrag();


                    break;
                case 1:
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setIcon(R.drawable.archive).setText("");
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setIcon(R.drawable.status_1).setText("");
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setIcon(R.drawable.settings).setText("");
                    fragment = StatusFrag.newInstance(listPosition);

                    break;
                case 2:
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setIcon(R.drawable.archive).setText("");
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setIcon(R.drawable.status).setText("");
//                    tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setIcon(R.drawable.settings_1).setText("");
                    fragment = new SettingFrag();

                    break;


            }
            return fragment;
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 3;
        }


    }

FragA

{

        ((Home) getActivity()).getArchiveList();
    }

Answer 1

Instead of

viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());

You can use,

tab.select();

Answer 2

This worked for me, after trial and error (SDK 23):

@Override
    protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
    selectedTab = savedInstanceState.getInt("seltab");
    allTabs.getTabAt(selectedTab).select(); // TabLayout
    }

@Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    outState.putInt("seltab",selectedTab);
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    }

Note: Set selectedTab when the fragment is loaded...