How do I make Android tabs in a tabview transparent

Android - How do I make tabs in a tabview transparent.

  Problem: 

  *How to make tabwidget tabview  transparent.

  Solution:  

 just make it android:visibility="gone"

  <TabWidget 

android:id="@android:id/tabs" 

android:visibility="gone"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content" />