Not able to change the tabbar related colors
See original GitHub issueI’m using 0.6.69-preview version of MBB
Somehow it looks like it ignores for there is no color change in my GUI, please help as I am trying to change the colors of tabbar.
using Android.Content;
using Google.Android.Material.Tabs;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android;
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(SomeApp.AppShell), typeof(SomeApp.Droid.MyShellRenderer))]
namespace SomeApp.Droid
{
public class MyShellRenderer : ShellRenderer
{
public MyShellRenderer(Context context) : base(context)
{
}
protected override IShellTabLayoutAppearanceTracker CreateTabLayoutAppearanceTracker(ShellSection shellSection)
{
return new MyShellTabLayoutAppearanceTracker(this);
}
}
public class MyShellTabLayoutAppearanceTracker : ShellTabLayoutAppearanceTracker
{
public MyShellTabLayoutAppearanceTracker(IShellContext context) : base(context)
{
}
public override void SetAppearance(TabLayout tabLayout, ShellAppearance appearance)
{
tabLayout.SetBackgroundColor(Android.Graphics.Color.ParseColor("#002000"));
}
protected override void SetColors(TabLayout tabLayout, Color foreground, Color background, Color title, Color unselected)
{
base.SetColors(tabLayout, Color.Black, Color.White, Color.Black, Color.Gray);
tabLayout.SetSelectedTabIndicatorColor(Color.Red.ToAndroid());
}
}
}
AppShell.razor
<Shell BackgroundColor="XF.Color.Black">
<TabBar Title="Some Title" >
<Tab Title="Articles" Icon="@(new XF.FileImageSource { File="blog.png" })">
<ShellContent>
<SomeApp.WebUI.Pages.ArticlesList />
</ShellContent>
</Tab>
....
</Tab>
</Shell>
Tabbar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/sliding_tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:tabIndicatorColor="@android:color/white"
app:tabGravity="fill"
app:tabMode="fixed" />
Colors.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="launcher_background">#000000</color>
<color name="colorPrimary">#000000</color>
<color name="colorPrimaryDark">#000000</color>
<color name="colorAccent">#000000</color>
<color name="splash_background">#000000</color>
</resources>
Styles.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<resources>
<style name="MainTheme" parent="MainTheme.Base">
<item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splash_logo</item>
<item name ="android:colorBackground">#000000</item>
</style>
<!-- Base theme applied no matter what API -->
<style name="MainTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!--If you are using revision 22.1 please use just windowNoTitle. Without android:-->
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<!--We will be using the toolbar so no need to show ActionBar-->
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<!-- Set theme colors from https://aka.ms/material-colors -->
<!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#000000</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#000000</item>
<!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated
which is used to tint widgets -->
<item name="colorAccent">#000000</item>
<!-- You can also set colorControlNormal, colorControlActivated
colorControlHighlight and colorSwitchThumbNormal. -->
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/black</item>
<item name="android:datePickerDialogTheme">@style/AppCompatDialogStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="AppCompatDialogStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
<item name="colorAccent">#000000</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
</style>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="MyTheme.Base">
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.Splash" parent ="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/logofive</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBar">true</item>
<item name="android:color">@color/splash_background</item>
</style>
</resources>
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I was able to make changes to navbar colors using ShellProperties:
Thank you once again @Eilon for your time.
Thank you @Eilon I will try and let you know. Thanks again.