Adding Icons to Tab while Actionbar is active - android-tabs

Question

I'm trying to get a "simple" UI done, but I'm stuck at where I want to put icons in my bottom tabs. So far I got the following code:
`public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
FragmentTabHost mTabHost = (FragmentTabHost) findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
mTabHost.setup(this, getSupportFragmentManager(), android.R.id.tabcontent);
mTabHost.addTab(
mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab1").setIndicator("AddStuff", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_add_white_24dp)),
FragmentTabAdd.class, null);
mTabHost.addTab(
mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab2").setIndicator("Favorites", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_add_white_24dp)),
FragmentTabSelectFavorites.class, null);
mTabHost.addTab(
mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab3").setIndicator("Messages", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_add_white_24dp)),
FragmentTabMessages.class, null);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}`
and I got the following as my .xml for each tab:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- When selected, use black -->
<item android:drawable="#drawable/ic_add_black_24dp"
android:state_selected="true" />
<!-- When not selected, use white-->
<item android:drawable="#drawable/ic_add_white_24dp" />
</selector>
I worked through several different tutorials, but none had an Actionbar and a Tabbar with icons. I'm happy for any tipps and suggestions.
Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

I found the answer myself after several hours of trying different things.
The way to add Icons to the bottom tab bar is to insert "null" here:
mTabHost.addTab(
mTabHost.newTabSpec("tab1").setIndicator("AddStuff", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_add_white_24dp)),
FragmentTabAdd.class, null);
null has to be written where "AddStuff" is now.
I even colored the background with an image:
mTabHost.setBackground(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_background));
Maybe this will help someone else save some time :)