I am setting up my PagerTabStrip by setting up AppThemes in styles.xml, the code below is how I do it in my applications.
<style name="_AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/mActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#FFFFFF</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/ActionBarTextStyle</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">@style/ActionBarTabStyle</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTextStyle" parent="AppBaseTheme">
<item name="android:textColor">#FF8800</item>
<item name="android:drawablePadding">10dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">10dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">10dp</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTabStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.TabView">
<item name="android:background">@drawable/tab_indicator_ab_example</item>
<item name="android:drawablePadding">10dp</item>
</style>
<style name="mActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#FF8800</item>
<item name="android:icon">@android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>
<item name="android:drawablePadding">10dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">10dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">10dp</item>
</style>
Hope this helps you. =)
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