A tab has a tab indicator, content, and a tag that is used to keep track of it. This builder helps choose among these options. For the tab indicator, your choices are: 1) set a label 2) set a label and an icon For the tab content, your choices are: 1) the id of a View 2) a TabContentFactory that creates the View content. 3) an Intent that launches an android.app.Activity.
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This builder helps choose among these options. For the tab indicator, your choices are: 1) set a label 2) set a label and an icon For the tab content, your choices are: 1) the id of a [View](../view/View.html#) 2) a [TabContentFactory](/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TabHost.TabContentFactory) that creates the [View](../view/View.html#) content. 3) an [Intent](../content/Intent.html#) that launches an [android.app.Activity](../app/Activity.html#).\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| Public methods ||\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| open [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html) | [getTag](#getTag())`()` Returns the tag for this tab specification. |\n| open [TabHost.TabSpec](#)! | [setContent](#setContent(android.content.Intent))`(`intent:` `[Intent](../content/Intent.html#)!`)` Specify an intent to use to launch an activity as the tab content. |\n| open [TabHost.TabSpec](#)! | [setContent](#setContent(android.widget.TabHost.TabContentFactory))`(`contentFactory:` `[TabHost.TabContentFactory](/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TabHost.TabContentFactory)!`)` Specify a [android.widget.TabHost.TabContentFactory](/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TabHost.TabContentFactory) to use to create the content of the tab. |\n| open [TabHost.TabSpec](#)! | [setContent](#setContent(kotlin.Int))`(`viewId:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Specify the id of the view that should be used as the content of the tab. |\n| open [TabHost.TabSpec](#)! | [setIndicator](#setIndicator(android.view.View))`(`view:` `[View](../view/View.html#)!`)` Specify a view as the tab indicator. |\n| open [TabHost.TabSpec](#)! | [setIndicator](#setIndicator(kotlin.CharSequence))`(`label:` `[CharSequence](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/index.html)!`)` Specify a label as the tab indicator. |\n| open [TabHost.TabSpec](#)! | [setIndicator](#setIndicator(kotlin.CharSequence,%20android.graphics.drawable.Drawable))`(`label:` `[CharSequence](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/index.html)!`, `icon:` `[Drawable](../graphics/drawable/Drawable.html#)!`)` Specify a label and icon as the tab indicator. |\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### getTag\n\nAdded in [API level 4](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \nDeprecated in [API level 30](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun getTag(): String\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nReturns the tag for this tab specification.\n\n| Return ||\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html) | the tag for this tab specification This value cannot be `null`. |\n\n### setContent\n\nAdded in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun setContent(intent: Intent!): TabHost.TabSpec!\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nSpecify an intent to use to launch an activity as the tab content. \n\n### setContent\n\nAdded in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun setContent(contentFactory: TabHost.TabContentFactory!): TabHost.TabSpec!\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nSpecify a [android.widget.TabHost.TabContentFactory](/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TabHost.TabContentFactory) to use to create the content of the tab. \n\n### setContent\n\nAdded in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun setContent(viewId: Int): TabHost.TabSpec!\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nSpecify the id of the view that should be used as the content of the tab. \n\n### setIndicator\n\nAdded in [API level 4](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \nDeprecated in [API level 30](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun setIndicator(view: View!): TabHost.TabSpec!\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nSpecify a view as the tab indicator. \n\n### setIndicator\n\nAdded in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun setIndicator(label: CharSequence!): TabHost.TabSpec!\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nSpecify a label as the tab indicator. \n\n### setIndicator\n\nAdded in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nopen fun setIndicator(\n label: CharSequence!, \n icon: Drawable!\n): TabHost.TabSpec!\n```\n\n**Deprecated:** *Deprecated in Java.*\n\nSpecify a label and icon as the tab indicator."]]
