Question

i was wondering if there is anyway to decrease the size of menu items displayed from either xml or through coding…?

another question is that can i draw the tabwidget on the bottom of the screen. i mean i want them on the bottom can i do that…?

another question is that is there any two column list view in android. now i know that there is a list view with two item but they are following each other.one is below the other but is there any listview that has columns just like in a table…?

Answer 1

To answer your third question, you can find good tutorial here :

http://www.technotalkative.com/android-multi-column-listview/

To answer your second question, you can do as follows:

<?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"
        android:padding="5dp">

        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:padding="5dp" />
<TabWidget
            android:id="@android:id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </LinearLayout>
</TabHost>