Tabs on a single page

Question

I'm currently using a ViewPager with a PagerTabStrip to display 4 tabs at the top of the device. All I want to do is have 4 tabs fixed in place and centered, but I can't figure out how to do that now that the old way (using Action bar tabs) has been deprecated.

Basically I have something like this:

But I want it so that all 4 of my tabs are on the same page (all visible).

This is my code to set the pager adapter to the ViewPager:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    pager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
    pager.setAdapter(new MainPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager()));

}

and this is the relevant XML:

<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
    android:id="@+id/pager"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.v4.view.PagerTabStrip
        android:id="@+id/pager_tab_strip"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="top"
        android:background="@color/theme_color"
        android:textColor="#fff"
        android:paddingTop="18dp"
        android:paddingBottom="18dp"/>

</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>

So how would I fix the tabs using PagerTabStrip? If I can't, what else can I use to do it?

Note: similar questions have been asked before but I can't find any solid answers that work. Similar question here as well.

Answer 1

If you need any more information post it in the comment below.

First you want to add the library to the project in the gradle or install the library.

Gradle add compile 'com.jpardogo.materialtabstrip:library:1.0.9' or download project at https://github.com/jpardogo/PagerSlidingTabStrip

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.eugene.pagertesting"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
    compile 'com.jpardogo.materialtabstrip:library:1.0.9'
}

XML

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">


    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/primary"
        android:minHeight="56dp"
        app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"/>


    <com.astuetz.PagerSlidingTabStrip
        android:id="@+id/tabs"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_below="@+id/toolbar"
        android:background="@color/primary"
        android:textColorPrimary="@color/white"
        app:pstsDividerColor="@color/primary"
        app:pstsIndicatorColor="@color/white"
        app:pstsIndicatorHeight="2dp"
        app:pstsShouldExpand="true"
        app:pstsUnderlineHeight="0dp"/>

    <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
        android:id="@+id/pager"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_below="@+id/tabs"/>

</RelativeLayout>

PagerAdapter

public class PagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {

    public PagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
        super(fm);
    }

    private Fragment f = null;

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position) { // Returns Fragment based on position
        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                f = new FragmentPageOne();
                break;
            case 1:
                f = new FragmentPageTwo();
                break;
        }
        return f;
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() { // Return the number of pages
        return 2;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) { // Set the tab text
        if (position == 0) {
            return "Fragment One";
        }
        if (position == 1) {
            return "Fragment Two";
        }
        return getPageTitle(position);
    }
}

MainActivity

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    ViewPager viewPager;
    PagerAdapter pagerAdapter;
    PagerSlidingTabStrip pagerSlidingTabStrip;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        pagerAdapter = new PagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
        pagerSlidingTabStrip = (PagerSlidingTabStrip) findViewById(R.id.tabs);
        viewPager.setAdapter(pagerAdapter);
        pagerSlidingTabStrip.setViewPager(viewPager);
    }
}

If you want to know how I styled the app I will post that as well just let me know.

UPDATE if you would like to drop the shadow below the tabs I can post that as well.