{"id":4803,"date":"2024-03-14T01:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-the-layout-of-tablayout-in-android\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:40:17","slug":"how-to-customize-the-layout-of-tablayout-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-the-layout-of-tablayout-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Customize TabLayout Layout in Android: Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To customize the layout of TabLayout, you can achieve this by implementing a custom layout for the Tab items in TabLayout.<\/p>\n<p>First, define a custom tab layout in the XML file, for example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">LinearLayout<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:orientation<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"vertical\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">ImageView<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@+id\/tab_icon\"<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\/&gt;<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">TextView<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@+id\/tab_text\"<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\/&gt;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">LinearLayout<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Next, create a custom TabLayout.Tab in the code and set a custom layout for it.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>TabLayout.<span class=\"hljs-type\">Tab<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">tab1<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> tabLayout.newTab();\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">View<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">customTab1<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> LayoutInflater.from(<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">this<\/span>).inflate(R.layout.custom_tab_layout, <span class=\"hljs-literal\">null<\/span>);\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">ImageView<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">tabIcon1<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> customTab1.findViewById(R.id.tab_icon);\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">TextView<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">tabText1<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> customTab1.findViewById(R.id.tab_text);\r\ntabIcon1.setImageResource(R.drawable.tab_icon);\r\ntabText1.setText(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Tab 1\"<\/span>);\r\n\r\ntab1.setCustomView(customTab1);\r\ntabLayout.addTab(tab1);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This allows for creating a custom layout for TabLayout. 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