TabLayout tab style

Question

I use new TabLayout from com.android.support:design library. I want to change background of the selected/unselected tabs. I look at sources and found only tabBackground attribute that change all tabs colour and does not control selected tab colour.

How can I control selected/unselected tab background?

Answer 1

Define:

    <style name="AppTabLayout" parent="Widget.Design.TabLayout">
        <item name="tabMaxWidth">@dimen/tab_max_width</item>
        <item name="tabIndicatorColor">?attr/colorAccent</item>
        <item name="tabIndicatorHeight">4dp</item>
        <item name="tabPaddingStart">6dp</item>
        <item name="tabPaddingEnd">6dp</item>
        <item name="tabBackground">?attr/selectableItemBackground</item>
        <item name="tabTextAppearance">@style/AppTabTextAppearance</item>
        <item name="tabSelectedTextColor">@color/range</item>
    </style>

    <!-- for text -->
    <style name="AppTabTextAppearance" parent="TextAppearance.Design.Tab">
        <item name="android:textSize">12sp</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/orange</item>
        <item name="textAllCaps">false</item>
    </style>

Apply:

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
    style="@style/AppTabLayout"
    app:tabTextAppearance="@style/AppTabTextAppearance"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    .... />