Before I get flak for trying to create iPhone style elements on Android, it is my internship assignment to convert an iPhone app to an Android app while preserving the look and feel as good as possible.
So far, everything is going well, but I’ve run into a problem. The app is using several tab-bars. At least, that’s what I call them.
And I have absolutely no idea how to make these on Android. I know you can create tab bars with big clunky buttons, but I haven’t really seen any apps that use tabs as shown here:
Is there any way to achieve this on Android? Like I said, I haven’t seen anyone do it before so I’m not quite sure if it’s even possible.
Any pointers are appreciated.
Edit: I just found this: http://code.google.com/p/android-custom-tabs/
I think I can achieve what I want pretty accurately with this, but I would like to know if anyone else has any pointers as well
Of course you can customize the TabHost and the tab items as you wish though it’s kinda different from Apple counterpart.
Android uses 9-patch image as default for the tab bar background and that’s why you also need to use that to make it proper.
Check this for some lead about it.
http://joshclemm.com/blog/?p=136