Thank you Dianne, I never doubted there would be an elegant way to achieve this - I love Android ;)
Again, thanks for your help. On Dec 5, 2:34 am, "Dianne Hackborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Make your tab drawable a selector drawable that picks other drawables based > on its state, like the standard tab drawable: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <!-- Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project > > Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > You may obtain a copy of the License at > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. > See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > limitations under the License. > --> > > <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> > <!-- Non focused states --> > <item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="false" > android:state_pressed="false" > android:drawable="@drawable/tab_unselected" /> > <item android:state_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" > android:state_pressed="false" > android:drawable="@drawable/tab_selected" /> > > <!-- Focused states --> > <item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="false" > android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_focus" > /> > <item android:state_focused="true" android:state_selected="true" > android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_focus" > /> > > <!-- Pressed --> > <item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/tab_press" > /> > </selector> > > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM, mscwd01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone? I've spent most of today on this problem and its starting to > > get old ;) > > > On Dec 4, 6:43 pm, mscwd01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is not so much a problem, more a question about how to achieve > > > something... > > > > I have a tabhost with three tabs. I have 6 icons, 3 in colour and 3 an > > > exact copy but in grayscale. > > > > What I want to do is have the coloured version of the icon displayed > > > when the tab is active i.e. being viewed. Otherwise I want the other > > > inactive tabs to show the grayscale version of their icon - and change > > > to the coloured version if they are clicked. > > > > So I want a tab to show a coloured icon if active and a grayscale icon > > > if inactive... > > > > Any ideas how to achieve this anyone? > > > > I have played around with the TabHost onTabChangeListener but havent > > > been able to find a solution. > > > > Ideally I need something like: > > > > tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(new TabHost.OnTabChangeListener() { > > > > public void onTabChanged(String arg0) { > > > int selectedTab = tabs.getCurrentTab(); > > > > // Update newly selected tab to display > > > colorful icon > > > // Update previously selected tab to > > > display greyscale icon > > > } > > > }); > > > > Thanks > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
