Or you could import the desired images into your own drawables folder and manually set the tab background to your own ones.
On Jul 25, 12:02 am, Joseph Earl <joseph.w.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not talking about the tab icon - the tab background is defined as > a few different images, e.g: > > android-sdk/platforms/android-4/data/res/drawable-mdpi/tab_focus.9.png > > These files can change between versions and carrier implementations, > so if you want something constant you'll have to define it yourself. > > In fact if you look in > android-sdk/platforms/android-8/data/res/drawable-mdpi/ > > you'll see both tab_selected.9.png and tab_selected_v4.9.png one of > which is light, one dark. > > So I'm guessing if you want the v4 version your targetSdkVersion > probably needs to be v4. > > Hope that helps. > > On Jul 24, 11:53 pm, GJTorikian <gjtorik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If I'm reading your response correctly, this has nothing to do with > > the drawables/tab icon. I am talking about the background color of a > > selected tab. > > > On Jul 24, 12:26 pm, Joseph Earl <joseph.w.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Quite possibly. > > > You should import the desired drawables from the SDK/platforms folder > > > into your own drawables folder and reference those in order to ensure > > > a consistent look. > > > > Remember carriers also modify their own versions which means the > > > default styles can be quite different to the ones on the emulator. > > > > On Jul 24, 8:02 pm, GJTorikian <gjtorik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Howdy— > > > > > My app was built on the Android 1.5 platform. I'm in the process of > > > > bumping the APIs used to 2.1 . I am still leaving minSdkVersion=3 / > > > > targetSdkVersion = 7 in order to support older platforms. > > > > > I've made the required drawbles-hdpi / -mdpi - ldpi-v4 folders. > > > > Everything is looking great across various AVDs of HVGA/WVGA shapes > > > > and sizes. > > > > > Everything, except my tabs. > > > > > In AVDs running Android 1.5 and 1.6, my tab background colors are > > > > appropriate:http://www.shelvesforandroid.com/1p6below.png > > > > > However, for platforms running 2.1 and above, something seems to have > > > > gone awry:http://www.shelvesforandroid.com/2p1above.png > > > > > Notice that the unselected tab color is correct, but the selected tab > > > > looks like it's just bleeding the same color as my images. > > > > > What can I do to fix this? Enforce the background color to be the same > > > > as 1.6-era ? What is causing this tab color change? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
