Question

I am working on a android project and I have my four tabs. On one of the tabs, I am trying to insert an edit field box. ANy clues on how to do that?

Here is my main.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/tabhost"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent">
        <TabWidget
            android:id="@android:id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent">
            <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/textview1"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
                android:text="year of car" />
            <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/textview2"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
                android:text="this is another tab" />
            <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/textview3"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
                android:text="this is a third tab" />
            <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/textview4"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
                android:text="this is a fourth tab" />
        </FrameLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
</TabHost>

and here is my .java file:

package com.example.gasfillup;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.TabActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TabHost;

public class GasFillup extends TabActivity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        TabHost mTabHost = getTabHost();

        mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab_test1").setIndicator("Car Info").setContent(R.id.textview1));
        mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab_test2").setIndicator("Fillup Info").setContent(R.id.textview2));
        mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab_test3").setIndicator("Gas Milage").setContent(R.id.textview3));
        mTabHost.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab_test4").setIndicator("Stats").setContent(R.id.textview4));       
        mTabHost.setCurrentTab(0);

    }
}

Any Ideas or help is much appreciated!!

ironmantis7x

Answer 1

Wrap your with a … so, framelayout, linearlayout, textview, edittext then close the linearlayout.

Well, let me edit that … create a separate XML file to hold the entire view you want on the tab and then set it with R.layout.tab1 rather than setting tab1 to the textview.