Change tabs text color in TabLayout to different colors programmatically

set tab text color this way :

tabLayout.setTabTextColors(ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this, R.color.tab_selector));
tabLayout.setSelectedTabIndicatorColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.indicator));

Try this and let me know if this works for you:

tabLayout.addOnTabSelectedListener(new TabLayout.OnTabSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {
            viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
            if (tab.getPosition() == 0) {
                tabLayout.getTabAt(0).getIcon().setAlpha(255);
                tabLayout.getTabAt(1).getIcon().setAlpha(100);
                tabLayout.getTabAt(2).getIcon().setAlpha(100);
            } else if (tab.getPosition() == 1) {
                tabLayout.getTabAt(0).getIcon().setAlpha(100);
                tabLayout.getTabAt(1).getIcon().setAlpha(255);
                tabLayout.getTabAt(2).getIcon().setAlpha(100);

            } else if (tab.getPosition() == 2) {
                tabLayout.getTabAt(0).getIcon().setAlpha(100);
                tabLayout.getTabAt(1).getIcon().setAlpha(100);
                tabLayout.getTabAt(2).getIcon().setAlpha(255);

            }
        }

@Surya Prakash Kushawah your way is better.

Create a style in style.xml and call in xml layout like below

 <style name="MyCustomTabLayout" parent="Widget.Design.TabLayout">

        <item name="tabIndicatorColor">@color/colorAccent</item>
        <item name="tabIndicatorHeight">2dp</item>
        <item name="tabTextAppearance">@style/MyCustomTabTextAppearance</item>
        <item name="tabSelectedTextColor">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

    <style name="MyCustomTabTextAppearance" parent="TextAppearance.Design.Tab">
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/title_text_size</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/secondaryText</item>
        <item name="textAllCaps">false</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
    </style>

Call here

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
                android:id="@+id/tab_layout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                app:tabTextColor="@android:color/white"
                app:tabMode="scrollable"
      **style="@style/MyCustomTabLayout"**
                app:tabGravity="fill" />