Question

I have created a tab in my app. Now the thing is that when I set the background color of my tab to white it’s working but only grey color underline still appears so can anyone tell me how can I remove that line?

I am sending my code and snapshot of where the underline arise.

Code for XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:orientation="horizontal" 
    android:background="#FFFFFF">

    <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" 
        android:background="#FFFFFF">
        <LinearLayout
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:padding="5dp">
        <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"
            android:padding="5dp"/>
        </LinearLayout>
    </TabHost>
</LinearLayout>

Code for java:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    Resources res = getResources(); 
    TabHost MainTabHost = getTabHost();  
    TabHost.TabSpec spec; 
    Intent intent; 
    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ContactListForm.class);

    spec = MainTabHost.newTabSpec("Contacts").setIndicator("Contacts",
                      res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_artists))
                  .setContent(intent);
    MainTabHost.addTab(spec);

    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, CallDialerForm.class);
    spec = MainTabHost.newTabSpec("Call").setIndicator("Call",
                      res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_artists))
                  .setContent(intent);
    MainTabHost.addTab(spec);

    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, MyInfoForm.class);
    spec = MainTabHost.newTabSpec("My Info").setIndicator("MyInfo",
                      res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_artists))
                  .setContent(intent);
    MainTabHost.addTab(spec);

    MainTabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
   for (int j = 0; j < MainTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildCount(); j++) 
    {
        MainTabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(j).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));
    }

}

Snapshot:

Answer 1

Use this in your code where you setup tabs. Mind you it is supported only from SDK 8 onwards.

if(7 < Build.VERSION.SDK_INT){
    tabHost.getTabWidget().setStripEnabled(false);
 }