MyTabHostThemeSample

Example project on how to style a TabHost. Workflow:

1. Generate XMLs and resources from an ActionBar style generator
2. Copy all drawables into the project res folder. DO NOT use the generated styles.xml
3. Refer to the offical guide on how to customize the actionbar background

res/values/styles_mytabhost.xml

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- styles tab host indicator -->
    <item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">@style/ActionBarTabStyle.Mytabhost</item>
    <item name="actionBarTabStyle">@style/ActionBarTabStyle.Mytabhost</item>

    <!--styles actionbar -->
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
    <!-- action bar background -->
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_solid_mytabhost</item>

    <!-- needed for 'stacked' & 'split' action bar (used by tabhost) -->
    <item name="backgroundStacked">@drawable/ab_stacked_solid_mytabhost</item>
    <item name="backgroundSplit">@drawable/ab_bottom_solid_mytabhost</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBarTabStyle.Mytabhost" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabView">
    <item name="background">@drawable/tab_indicator_ab_mytabhost</item>
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/tab_indicator_ab_mytabhost</item>
</style>