TabHost / TabWidget - Scale Background Image ?
- by user359519
I need to scale my TabWidget background images so they maintain aspect ratio.
I am using a TabHost with a TabWidget. I am then using setBackgroundDrawable to set the images.
I found a close answer here - Background in tab widget ignore scaling. However, I'm not sure just where to add the new Drawable code. (Working with the HelloTabWidget example, none of my modules use RelativeLayout, and I don't see any layout for "tabcontent".)
I also found this thread - Android: Scale a Drawable or background image?. According to it, it sounds like I would have to pre-scale my images, which defeats the whole purpose of making them scaleable.
I also found another thread where someone subclassed the Drawable class so it would either not scale, or it would scale properly. I can't find it now, but that seems like a LOT to go through when you should just be able to do something simple like mTab.setScaleType(centerInside).
Here's my code:
main.xml:
<?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"
android:background="@drawable/main_background">
<LinearLayout
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"/>
<TabWidget
android:id="@android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"/>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
main activity:
tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener() {
TabHost changedTabHost = getTabHost();
TabWidget changedTabWidget = getTabWidget();
View changedView = changedTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0);
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
int selectedTab = changedTabHost.getCurrentTab();
TabWidget tw = getTabWidget();
if(selectedTab == 0) {
//setTitle("Missions Timeline");
View tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_timeline_on));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(1);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_map_off));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(2);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_search_off));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(3);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_news_off));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(4);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_license_off));
//ImageView iv = (ImageView)tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0).findViewById(android.R.id.icon);
//iv.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_timeline_on));
//iv = (ImageView)tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(1).findViewById(android.R.id.icon);
//iv.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_map_off));
} else if (selectedTab == 1) {
//setTitle("Spinoffs Around You");
View tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(0);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_timeline_off));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(1);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_map_on));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(2);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_search_off));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(3);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_news_off));
tempView = tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(4);
tempView.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_license_off));
}
I also tried 9patch images, but they wind up being too small.
So, what's the best way to go about this?
