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paradroid666
paradroid666

Reputation: 553

Android: TabHost without TabActivity

I want to create tabs without extending TabActivity. (The reason is that TabActivity cannot handle a custom titlebar as it seems). I have

public class startTab extends Activity {

 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.mylayout);
        Resources res = getResources();
        LocalActivityManager mlam = new LocalActivityManager(this, false);
        TabHost tabHost = (TabHost) findViewById(R.id.tabhost);
        tabHost.setup(mlam);
        TabHost.TabSpec spec;
        Intent intent;

    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, Show1.class);
    spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Items").setIndicator("Items", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.items32_ldpi)).setContent(intent);
    tabHost.addTab(spec);

    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, Show2.class);
    spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Users").setIndicator("Users",res.getDrawable(R.drawable.user32_ldpi)).setContent(intent);
    tabHost.addTab(spec);
}

}

The error I get is 

    07-02 07:11:12.715: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(411): 
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Activities can't be added until the containing group has been created.

The xml for the view is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:id="@+id/tabhost" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
 <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:paddingTop="5dip">
  <TabWidget android:id="@android:id/tabs"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"></TabWidget>
  <FrameLayout android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   android:paddingTop="5dip">
  </FrameLayout>
 </LinearLayout>
</TabHost>

I read somewhere that I have to use a LocalActivityManager, I assume that I am missing something there. Anyone an idea?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 42

Views: 40365

Answers (4)

Lefteris E
Lefteris E

Reputation: 2814

public class ScoreboardActivity extends Activity {
    LocalActivityManager mlam;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_scoreboard);
        mlam = new LocalActivityManager(this, false);
        mlam.dispatchCreate(savedInstanceState);
        TabHost th = (TabHost) findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
        th.setup(mlam);
        th.addTab(th.newTabSpec("Numpad").setIndicator("Numpad").setContent(R.id.tab1));
        th.addTab(th.newTabSpec("CardCount").setIndicator("CardCount").setContent(R.id.tab2));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_scoreboard, menu);
        return true;


    }
    @Override
    protected void onResume(){
        super.onResume();
        mlam.dispatchResume();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause(){
        super.onPause();
        mlam.dispatchPause(isFinishing());
    }

}

Upvotes: 4

dcanh121
dcanh121

Reputation: 4695

Before calling tabHost.setup(mLocalActivityManager); you need to add this line.

mlam.dispatchCreate(savedInstanceState);
tabHost.setup(mlam );

similarly, you need to add for onResume,

mlam.dispatchResume();

onPause(),

 mlam.dispatchPause(isFinishing());

Upvotes: 86

stanlick
stanlick

Reputation: 1462

Design considerations notwithstanding, the following does not work at all, and the API seems to indicate that setContent(Intent i) is valid. This works when the activity extends TabActivity, however, extending Activity and adding setup() call results in an exception at android.widget.TabHost$IntentContentStrategy.getContentView(TabHost.java:649)

Funny thing is, the LogCat suggests I forgot to call setup()

mTabHost = (TabHost) findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
mTabHost.setup();

Intent tab1Intent = new Intent(this, ActivityOne.class);
Button tab1View = new Button(this);
tab1View.setText("Activity 1");
  mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab_1").setIndicator(tab1View).setContent(tab1Intent));

Upvotes: 1

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006674

Please consider using Views as the contents of your tabs. Not only will this result in less code, less consumed heap space, less consumed stack space, and lower CPU utilization, it will also get you past this problem. Here are two examples showing this technique.

Upvotes: 13

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