Remove highlight on press in tablayout

Question

How to disable this highlight on pressing the tab. I have been searching for half an hour and couldn't figure it out. I am using tablayout.

Continuo

Answer 1

just set the background color to transparent or to the background color of the tablayout. Add the following code to the parent layout.

 xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

And add the following to tablayout.

app:tabBackground="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"

This will solve your problem. Tested in Android M.

Vareck

In my xml I have Toolbar and TabLayout and ViewPager. Toolbar and Tablayout have their backgrounds set but it still highlights on press. Maybe I am doing something wrong. – Continuo

add the following code to parent layout xmlns:app="schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" and the following code to the tablayout app:tabBackground="?attr/colorPrimary" android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" Tested with the android version M and it is working. – Vareck

app:tabBackground saved the day. Thanks. – Continuo

Answer 2

Add the below line to your XML:

app:tabRippleColor="@android:color/transparent"

Kial

This should be added to the excepted answer. I was only able to remove all background highlights after also making the ripple transparent. Thanks! – Aloise

If you want to disable color when unselected tab is selected,i.e: android:state_focused="true", then this is the solution. Thank you sir for this solution! – Trainee

it's the wrong answer. The correct answer is not to hardcode this attribute – Bough