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Asked: 2026-06-11T05:49:20+00:00

The type TabActivity is deprecated? I am making the Tabs of app following tutorial

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“The type TabActivity is deprecated”?

I am making the Tabs of app following tutorial book.

I’ve checked from the android developer.com website, but i have no ideas on the significance of the following message : This class is deprecated.

New applications should use Fragments instead of this class; to continue to run on older devices, you can use the v4 support library which provides a version of the Fragment API that is compatible down to DONUT.”* (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/TabActivity.html)

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can still use a deprecated package. It is however recommended to use Fragments, and thus the support package. You can read more about it here. However, if you are a beginner at java and android development, I would recommend ignoring the deprecation for now and come back to this when you have completed the tutorial you are currently using if you find it educating.

    If you want to watch a nice example of tabbed navigation using Fragments, then create a new project in Eclipse using android 4.0 or later. Make sure your android-plugin is updated. You will get the option to create a project with basic navigation already implemented.

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