It is possible to change the befault 4 tabs interface of your SC app
by editing app.xml file of your app, to a minimum 2 tabs and maximum 5 tabs
interface. (Note: supported on iPhone, Android platforms)
To add the 5th tab:
1. On Edit Pages
create a new page with the name "tab5.html"
This will add necessary <page id="" /> tag to app.xml.
<page id="tab5.html" type="html" transition="" slidepageid="" slidetransition="slide" hasreviews="no" hassend="no" hasfields="no" topad="no" bottomad="no" topadtype="none" bottomadtype="none" dynamicdata="false" jsonurl="" hasreviewhtmlkey="no" />
2. In the app.xml file
add the following tag
1<template tabsnumber="5" />
where "5" (or 2,3,4,5) is the number of tabs to be displayed in your app.
3. In the app.xml file
add <prop id="" >...</props> tags to specify text and icon for tab5.
<prop id="tab5text" title="Tab5 Text">5th tab</prop>
<prop id="tab5icon" title="Tab5 Icon">95-equalizer.png</prop>
On Design Properties page
it will be possible to edit tab text and select preferred icon.
Preview the new interface of your app via Seattle Clouds previewer app
(Note: the web simulator displays the 4 tabs interface only).
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To remove tabs:
In the app.xml file edit the tag
<template tabsnumber="2" />
where "2" (or 3) is the number of tabs to be displayed in your app.
Preview the new interface of your app via Seattle Clouds previewer app
or
(Note: The web simulator displays the 4 tabs interface only).
