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)

Android - Placing Image Above Text in Button

Place the following in your layout XML file, replacing [image] with your image:

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<Button      android:id="@+id/groups_button_bg"      android:layout_height="wrap_content"      android:layout_width="wrap_content"      android:text="Groups"      android:drawableTop="@drawable/[image]" />

Using android:drawableTop="@drawable/...", we’re able to place an image abovethe button text. The following options are available for placing the image in different positions relative to the button text:

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android:drawableLeft android:drawableRight android:drawableBottom android:drawableTop

In addition, android:drawablePadding can be used to specify the amount of padding between the image and button text.