Android.App.ActionBar.NewTab Method
Create and return a new NoType:android/app/ActionBar$Tab;Href=../../../reference/android/app/ActionBar.Tab.html.

Syntax

[Android.Runtime.Register("newTab", "()Landroid/app/ActionBar$Tab;", "GetNewTabHandler")]
public abstract ActionBar.Tab NewTab ()

See Also

ActionBar.AddTab(.Tab)

Returns

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Remarks

Create and return a new NoType:android/app/ActionBar$Tab;Href=../../../reference/android/app/ActionBar.Tab.html. This tab will not be included in the action bar until it is added.

java Example

import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.ActionBar.Tab;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;

/**
 * This demonstrates the use of action bar tabs and how they interact
 * with other action bar features.
 */
public class FragmentTabs extends Activity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        final ActionBar bar = getActionBar();
        bar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
        bar.setDisplayOptions(0, ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE);

        bar.addTab(bar.newTab()
                .setText("Simple")
                .setTabListener(new TabListener<FragmentStack.CountingFragment>(
                        this, "simple", FragmentStack.CountingFragment.class)));
        bar.addTab(bar.newTab()
                .setText("Contacts")
                .setTabListener(new TabListener<LoaderCursor.CursorLoaderListFragment>(
                        this, "contacts", LoaderCursor.CursorLoaderListFragment.class)));
        bar.addTab(bar.newTab()
                .setText("Apps")
                .setTabListener(new TabListener<LoaderCustom.AppListFragment>(
                        this, "apps", LoaderCustom.AppListFragment.class)));
        bar.addTab(bar.newTab()
                .setText("Throttle")
                .setTabListener(new TabListener<LoaderThrottle.ThrottledLoaderListFragment>(
                        this, "throttle", LoaderThrottle.ThrottledLoaderListFragment.class)));

        if (savedInstanceState != null) {
            bar.setSelectedNavigationItem(savedInstanceState.getInt("tab", 0));
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        outState.putInt("tab", getActionBar().getSelectedNavigationIndex());
    }

    public static class TabListener<T extends Fragment> implements ActionBar.TabListener {
        private final Activity mActivity;
        private final String mTag;
        private final Class<T> mClass;
        private final Bundle mArgs;
        private Fragment mFragment;

        public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz) {
            this(activity, tag, clz, null);
        }

        public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz, Bundle args) {
            mActivity = activity;
            mTag = tag;
            mClass = clz;
            mArgs = args;

            // Check to see if we already have a fragment for this tab, probably
            // from a previously saved state.  If so, deactivate it, because our
            // initial state is that a tab isn't shown.
            mFragment = mActivity.getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(mTag);
            if (mFragment != null && !mFragment.isDetached()) {
                FragmentTransaction ft = mActivity.getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
                ft.detach(mFragment);
                ft.commit();
            }
        }

        public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
            if (mFragment == null) {
                mFragment = Fragment.instantiate(mActivity, mClass.getName(), mArgs);
                ft.add(android.R.id.content, mFragment, mTag);
            } else {
                ft.attach(mFragment);
            }
        }

        public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
            if (mFragment != null) {
                ft.detach(mFragment);
            }
        }

        public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
            Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Reselected!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

Very often tabs will be used to switch between Android.App.Fragment objects. Here is a typical implementation of such tabs:

[Android Documentation]

Requirements

Namespace: Android.App
Assembly: Mono.Android (in Mono.Android.dll)
Assembly Versions: 0.0.0.0
Since: Added in API level 11