Why findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost) returns null?
<p>This is an example from <strong>ActionBarSherlock</strong> samples, I completely follow this sample, but findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost) returns null, and my application breaks with NullPointerException. Does anyone know solution of this problem?</p>

<pre><code>@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.main_fragment_tabs);
    mTabHost = (TabHost)findViewById(android.R.id.tabhost);
    mTabHost.setup();

    mTabManager = new TabManager(this, mTabHost, R.id.realtabcontent);

    mTabManager.addTab(mTabHost.newTabSpec("vote").setIndicator("Vote"), VoteActivity.class, null);


    if (savedInstanceState != null) {
        mTabHost.setCurrentTabByTag(savedInstanceState.getString("tab"));
    }
}

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    outState.putString("tab", mTabHost.getCurrentTabTag());
}

/**
 * This is a helper class that implements a generic mechanism for
 * associating fragments with the tabs in a tab host. It relies on a trick.
 * Normally a tab host has a simple API for supplying a View or Intent that
 * each tab will show. This is not sufficient for switching between
 * fragments. So instead we make the content part of the tab host 0dp high
 * (it is not shown) and the TabManager supplies its own dummy view to show
 * as the tab content. It listens to changes in tabs, and takes care of
 * switch to the correct fragment shown in a separate content area whenever
 * the selected tab changes.
 */
public static class TabManager implements TabHost.OnTabChangeListener {
    private final FragmentActivity mActivity;
    private final TabHost mTabHost;
    private final int mContainerId;
    private final HashMap&lt;String, TabInfo&gt; mTabs = new HashMap&lt;String, TabInfo&gt;();
    TabInfo mLastTab;

    static final class TabInfo {
        private final String tag;
        private final Class&lt;?&gt; clss;
        private final Bundle args;
        private Fragment fragment;

        TabInfo(String _tag, Class&lt;?&gt; _class, Bundle _args) {
            tag = _tag;
            clss = _class;
            args = _args;
        }
    }

    static class DummyTabFactory implements TabHost.TabContentFactory {
        private final Context mContext;

        public DummyTabFactory(Context context) {
            mContext = context;
        }

        @Override
        public View createTabContent(String tag) {
            View v = new View(mContext);
            v.setMinimumWidth(0);
            v.setMinimumHeight(0);
            return v;
        }
    }

    public TabManager(FragmentActivity activity, TabHost tabHost,
            int containerId) {
        mActivity = activity;
        mTabHost = tabHost;
        mContainerId = containerId;
        mTabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(this);
    }

    public void addTab(TabHost.TabSpec tabSpec, Class&lt;?&gt; clss, Bundle args) {
        tabSpec.setContent(new DummyTabFactory(mActivity));
        String tag = tabSpec.getTag();

        TabInfo info = new TabInfo(tag, clss, args);

        // Check to see if we already have a fragment for this tab, probably
        // from a previously saved state. If so, deactivate it, because our
        // initial state is that a tab isn't shown.
        info.fragment = mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentByTag(tag);
        if (info.fragment != null &amp;&amp; !info.fragment.isDetached()) {
            FragmentTransaction ft = mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager()
                    .beginTransaction();
            ft.detach(info.fragment);
            ft.commit();
        }

        mTabs.put(tag, info);
        mTabHost.addTab(tabSpec);
    }

    @Override
    public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
        TabInfo newTab = mTabs.get(tabId);
        if (mLastTab != newTab) {
            FragmentTransaction ft = mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager()
                    .beginTransaction();
            if (mLastTab != null) {
                if (mLastTab.fragment != null) {
                    ft.detach(mLastTab.fragment);
                }
            }
            if (newTab != null) {
                if (newTab.fragment == null) {
                    newTab.fragment = Fragment.instantiate(mActivity,
                            newTab.clss.getName(), newTab.args);
                    ft.add(mContainerId, newTab.fragment, newTab.tag);
                } else {
                    ft.attach(newTab.fragment);
                }
            }

            mLastTab = newTab;
            ft.commit();
            mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager()
                    .executePendingTransactions();
        }
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p><strong>main_fragment_tabs.xml</strong></p>

<pre><code>&lt;TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@android:id/tabhost"&gt;

    &lt;LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical" &gt;

        &lt;TabWidget
            android:id="@android:id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0"
            android:orientation="horizontal" /&gt;

        &lt;FrameLayout
            android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="0" /&gt;

        &lt;FrameLayout
            android:id="@+id/realtabcontent"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1" /&gt;
    &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;

&lt;/TabHost&gt;
</code></pre>
