Android Support Design TabLayout: Gravity Center and Mode Scrollable

Solution 1:

Tab gravity only effects MODE_FIXED.

One possible solution is to set your layout_width to wrap_content and layout_gravity to center_horizontal:

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
    android:id="@+id/sliding_tabs"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    app:tabMode="scrollable" />

If the tabs are smaller than the screen width, the TabLayout itself will also be smaller and it will be centered because of the gravity. If the tabs are bigger than the screen width, the TabLayout will match the screen width and scrolling will activate.

Solution 2:

I made small changes of @Mario Velasco's solution on the runnable part:

TabLayout.xml

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
            android:id="@+id/tab_layout"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            app:tabGravity="fill"
            app:tabMode="scrollable"
            app:tabTextAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.Design.Tab"
            app:tabSelectedTextColor="@color/myPrimaryColor"
            app:tabIndicatorColor="@color/myPrimaryColor"
            android:overScrollMode="never"
            />

Oncreate

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
        mTabLayout = (TabLayout)findViewById(R.id.tab_layout);
        mTabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(this);
        setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);

        mTabLayout.addTab(mTabLayout.newTab().setText("Dashboard"));
        mTabLayout.addTab(mTabLayout.newTab().setText("Signature"));
        mTabLayout.addTab(mTabLayout.newTab().setText("Booking/Sampling"));
        mTabLayout.addTab(mTabLayout.newTab().setText("Calendar"));
        mTabLayout.addTab(mTabLayout.newTab().setText("Customer Detail"));

        mTabLayout.post(mTabLayout_config);
    }

    Runnable mTabLayout_config = new Runnable()
    {
        @Override
        public void run()
        {
              
           if(mTabLayout.getWidth() < MainActivity.this.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels)
            {
                mTabLayout.setTabMode(TabLayout.MODE_FIXED);
                ViewGroup.LayoutParams mParams = mTabLayout.getLayoutParams();
                mParams.width = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
                mTabLayout.setLayoutParams(mParams);

            }
            else
            {
                mTabLayout.setTabMode(TabLayout.MODE_SCROLLABLE);
            }
        }
    };