Add custom title bar using ActionBar

Question

I want to add a custom title bar in a child of FragmentActivity, I have a layout for title bar and this is how I do it.

    final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();

    actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
    actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.title_bar);

    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
    actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab0").setTabListener(this));
    actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab1").setTabListener(this));
    actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab2").setTabListener(this));

but the problem is title bar is showing below the tabs. I want the title bar above the navigation tabs.

this is my title_bar.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/titleBar"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/black" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/titleBarMenuBtn"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/menu_btn" />


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/titleBarLocation"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/titleBarMenuBtn"
        android:text="Location"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:textSize="16dip" />


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/titleBarUpdateDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/titleBarMenuBtn"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/titleBarLocation"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:text="Updated: 30/Jul/2013"
        android:textColor="@color/white" />

</RelativeLayout>

I saw this post but my tabs are showing above title bar.

Thanks

Answer 1

Showing the tabs above your custom layout is the intended default behaviour. Though there are ways to override this. I found to post with possible solutions: #1 and #2

Further more the sherlock actionbar seems to behave the same way.