Disable Tabs in TabLayout

Question

I have used TabLayout from the latest design support library in my app. The tabs are attached to a viewpager which loads the fragments for each tab. I want to disable all the tabs until the viewpager loads the fragment for user selected tab. I am not able to disable the tablayout or make it non-clickable. I had used setEnabled(false) and setClickable(false) but it is not working. I am able to make it invisible by using setVisiblity(View.GONE) but I want the tabs to be visible at all times.

    tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabLayout);
    tabLayout.setTabGravity(TabLayout.GRAVITY_FILL);
    tabLayout.setTabMode(TabLayout.MODE_FIXED);
    tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setIcon(R.drawable.near_me_hover).setTag(1));
    tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setIcon(R.drawable.all_hostels).setTag(2));
    tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setIcon(R.drawable.top_five).setTag(3));
    tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setIcon(R.drawable.advanced_search).setTag(4));
    tabLayout.setEnabled(false);
    tabLayout.setClickable(false);

XML

android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="@+id/tabLayout" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0.15"
android:scrollbars="horizontal"
android:splitMotionEvents="false" >

        @Override
        public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {
            switch (tab.getPosition()) {
                case 0:
                    viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.near_me_hover);
                    break;
                case 1:
                    viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.all_hostels_hover);
                    break;
                case 2:
                    viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.top_five_hover);
                    break;
                case 3:
                    viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.advanced_search_hover);
                    break;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onTabUnselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {
            switch (tab.getPosition()) {
                case 0:
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.near_me);
                    break;
                case 1:
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.all_hostels);
                    break;
                case 2:
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.top_five);
                    break;
                case 3:
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.advanced_search);

                    break;
            }

        }

        @Override
        public void onTabReselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {
        }
    });
    viewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            tabLayout.getTabAt(position).select();
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {

        }
    });

Answer 1

Another trick:

You can put another blank transparent view upon tablayout until your requirement fulfill. When you need to enable/show the tabs then just hide the blank view.