android - TabLayout not filling width when tabMode set to 'scrollable'

Question

I have added TabLayout (from support library v22.2.1) to my Fragment as:

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
        android:id="@+id/tabs"
        style="@style/MyColorAccentTabLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:tabMode="scrollable"/>

The issue is that when the Fragment's orientation is landscape (before or after the initial creation of the fragment), the TabLayout doesn't match the width of the Fragment (yes the parent has its width set to match_parent as well).

When screen width is small (i.e not all tabs can be shown at same time):

When screen width is big enough to show all tabs (see the blank space at the right):

If I change tabMode to fixed, width is filled but tabs are too small. Is there any proper solution out there?

Answer 1

Instead of creating custom TabLayout and hacking around or creating more layouts which acts as wrapper around TabLayout only for background. Try this,

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
    android:id="@+id/tabs"
    style="@style/MyColorAccentTabLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    <!-- Instead of setting app:tabBackground -->
    android:background="@color/colorAccent"
    app:tabGravity="fill"
    app:tabMode="scrollable"/>

This will set background to behind tabLayout instead of setting background behind every tab.