Take a look at the demos available for ActionBarSherlock<http://actionbarsherlock.com/samples.html>. It may not be exactly the same if you aren't using that lib, but he tries to get very close to the normal experience. Anyway, from what I've seen (I'm using a Nav List in my ActionBar), you get one main type of navigation that is assigned to the ActionBar, whether it's tabs or a navigation list. Other buttons assigned to the ActionBar can be used for navigation, but will need to be implemented separately. I haven't used tabs myself (not attached to the ActionBar anyway), but from what it looks like, if you set it up correctly, the tabs will show up either in-line or stacked depending on whether or not there's space. I would download the demo's that I linked and follow along with the app that implements<https://market.android.com/details?id=com.actionbarsherlock.sample.demos>all of those demos.
The alternative would be to do what you did and build the tabs separately. I did this for my Reddit Mail<https://market.android.com/details?id=com.feigdev>app without issue. If I were to re-do that app, I would probably use the ActionBar to handle it, mainly because I now have a pretty good idea of how those work. -John On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:07:42 AM UTC-5, Mark Winchester wrote: > > I'm having trouble with the ActionBar and tabs, trying to get the look and > feel that I've got in mind. I want an action bar, at the top, with a > couple of Spinners, TextViews, and a button. Underneath that, I'd like a > row of Tabs, and below that the actual content. The top portion of my > ActionBar is coded up, working, and looking how I want it. I'm struggling > with the tab portion, though. I started out trying to add a TabHost, > TabWidget, etc. to the layout, which would appear under the ActionBar. It > seems that all of that functionality is deprecated, and we're supposed to > be using the ActionBar for the tabs. If I can achieve the look that I'm > going for, I haven't found a way to do it. Anybody got any examples of > what I'm looking for? I appreciate any help. > > -Mark > On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:07:42 AM UTC-5, Mark Winchester wrote: > > I'm having trouble with the ActionBar and tabs, trying to get the look and > feel that I've got in mind. I want an action bar, at the top, with a > couple of Spinners, TextViews, and a button. Underneath that, I'd like a > row of Tabs, and below that the actual content. The top portion of my > ActionBar is coded up, working, and looking how I want it. I'm struggling > with the tab portion, though. I started out trying to add a TabHost, > TabWidget, etc. to the layout, which would appear under the ActionBar. It > seems that all of that functionality is deprecated, and we're supposed to > be using the ActionBar for the tabs. If I can achieve the look that I'm > going for, I haven't found a way to do it. Anybody got any examples of > what I'm looking for? I appreciate any help. > > -Mark > On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:07:42 AM UTC-5, Mark Winchester wrote: > > I'm having trouble with the ActionBar and tabs, trying to get the look and > feel that I've got in mind. I want an action bar, at the top, with a > couple of Spinners, TextViews, and a button. Underneath that, I'd like a > row of Tabs, and below that the actual content. The top portion of my > ActionBar is coded up, working, and looking how I want it. I'm struggling > with the tab portion, though. I started out trying to add a TabHost, > TabWidget, etc. to the layout, which would appear under the ActionBar. It > seems that all of that functionality is deprecated, and we're supposed to > be using the ActionBar for the tabs. If I can achieve the look that I'm > going for, I haven't found a way to do it. Anybody got any examples of > what I'm looking for? I appreciate any help. > > -Mark > On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:07:42 AM UTC-5, Mark Winchester wrote: > > I'm having trouble with the ActionBar and tabs, trying to get the look and > feel that I've got in mind. I want an action bar, at the top, with a > couple of Spinners, TextViews, and a button. Underneath that, I'd like a > row of Tabs, and below that the actual content. The top portion of my > ActionBar is coded up, working, and looking how I want it. I'm struggling > with the tab portion, though. I started out trying to add a TabHost, > TabWidget, etc. to the layout, which would appear under the ActionBar. It > seems that all of that functionality is deprecated, and we're supposed to > be using the ActionBar for the tabs. If I can achieve the look that I'm > going for, I haven't found a way to do it. Anybody got any examples of > what I'm looking for? I appreciate any help. > > -Mark > On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:07:42 AM UTC-5, Mark Winchester wrote: > > I'm having trouble with the ActionBar and tabs, trying to get the look and > feel that I've got in mind. I want an action bar, at the top, with a > couple of Spinners, TextViews, and a button. Underneath that, I'd like a > row of Tabs, and below that the actual content. The top portion of my > ActionBar is coded up, working, and looking how I want it. I'm struggling > with the tab portion, though. I started out trying to add a TabHost, > TabWidget, etc. to the layout, which would appear under the ActionBar. It > seems that all of that functionality is deprecated, and we're supposed to > be using the ActionBar for the tabs. If I can achieve the look that I'm > going for, I haven't found a way to do it. Anybody got any examples of > what I'm looking for? I appreciate any help. > > -Mark > -- 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
