Making simple tabs in android

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Published on 2013-10-24T03:50:16Z Indexed on 2013/10/24 3:53 UTC
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I am new to Android. I am making a tab Activity that has 3 tabs in it.

. I came across reading some interesting articles that tab can be made in three ways::

Regular TabHost Using
simple Fragments Using
Action Bar Sherlock

I have a set of questions

Which is a better choice & why ?
Which gives more flexibility, efficiency & performance ?
Which would be the preferd choice in case of requirement changes happen in future ?

My research indicate ::

ActionBarsherlock is better !
Is there something better than this ?

If so what is it ?

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