Saturday, December 15, 2012

Android - Place Tab at the bottom


Here's the simplest, most robust, and scalable solution to get tabs on the bottom of the screen.
  1. In your vertical LinearLayout, put the FrameLayout above the TabWidget
  2. Set layout_height to wrap_content on both FrameLayout and TabWidget
  3. Set FrameLayout's android:layout_weight="1"
  4. Set TabWidget's android:layout_weight="0" (0 is default, but for emphasis, readability, etc)
  5. Set TabWidget's android:layout_marginBottom="-4dp" (to remove the bottom divider)