Anyone Know What This Error Mean For Android Tabs?

I am trying to try out the tutorial online and wanted to put the tab to the layout xml. I have change the extends from Activity to TabActivity. In the design view of the layout xml

Solution 1:

Known bug http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13092

A user suggested to switch build target to 1.6 and the issue goes away. Obviously a temporary fix.

Solution 2:

You need a layout like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/tabhost"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:padding="5dp">
        <TabWidget
            android:id="@android:id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:padding="5dp" />
    </LinearLayout>
</TabHost>

See the Tab Layout tutorial for more info.

Solution 3:

Do you have a TabWidget with id android:id/tabs as the error message tells you you need?

Solution 4:

Switch to android Target 3.0 or 3.1. You can find that drop down list on the top right side

Solution 5:

I had the same issue. The workaround is detailed in this link:

Comment 63 by blundell...@gmail.com, May 5, 2011

As stated above Quick Fix: Just change the API Target (top left of XML graphical view) to 3.0 and you can see it