Question

Im new to Android and Java development and am following the Tab Layout tutorial on the Android Dev site. Ive run into a problem with the code. Just using some copy-pasta magic to make sure I have no misspellings, Ive inserted all the needed code for the tutorial. Problem is that the getTabHost() is undefined… Here is the code:

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

    Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
    TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();  // The activity TabHost
    TabHost.TabSpec spec;  // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
    Intent intent;  // Reusable Intent for each tab

    // Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, EvoActivity.class);

    // Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
    spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("evolution").setIndicator("Evolution")
                  .setContent(intent);
    tabHost.addTab(spec);

    // Do the same for the other tabs
    intent = new Intent().setClass(this, physActivity.class);
    spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("physics").setIndicator("Physics")
                  .setContent(intent);
    tabHost.addTab(spec);

    tabHost.setCurrentTab(2);
    }
    }

Answer 1

Your activity should extend TabActivity not Activity.

public class AHActivity extends TabActivity {

Note: Tabactivitity deprecated in latest versions, consider learning Fragments