Custom TabWidget Android Tab Indicator

Okay, so i am making an android app that has tabs, now my problem is that the tab widget isn't uniform across the diffrent android versions or devices. I want to make it to be the same on any android this is my tab activity

import android.app.TabActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TabHost;
import android.widget.TabHost.TabSpec;

public class Cook extends TabActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.cook_layout);

  TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();

    // Tab for Snacks
    TabSpec snackspec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Snacks");
    // setting Title and Icon for the Tab
    snackspec.setIndicator("Snacks", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.cook_icon_tab_snacks));
    Intent snacksIntent = new Intent(this, Cook_tab_snacks.class);
    snackspec.setContent(snacksIntent);



    // Tab for Mains
    TabSpec mainspec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Mains");
    mainspec.setIndicator("Mains", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.cook_icon_tab_snacks));
    Intent mainsIntent = new Intent(this, Cook_tab_mains.class);
    mainspec.setContent(mainsIntent);

    // Tab for Desserts
    TabSpec dessertspec = tabHost.newTabSpec("Desserts");
    dessertspec.setIndicator("Desserts", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.cook_icon_tab_snacks));
    Intent dessertsIntent = new Intent(this, Cook_tab_desserts.class);
    dessertspec.setContent(dessertsIntent);


    // Adding all TabSpec to TabHost
    tabHost.addTab(snackspec); // Adding snacks tab
    tabHost.addTab(mainspec); // Adding mains tab
    tabHost.addTab(dessertspec); // Adding desserts tab
}

}

I also have my XML layout :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@android:id/tabhost"   
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"

>

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >

    <TabWidget
        android:id="@android:id/tabs"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
        android:background="@drawable/gradient_bg"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

I made a new indicator xml which is like the main android tab indicator v4 I followed and searched alot of blogs , i couldn't find my answer ... I really want to make the android tabs uniform across all android versions and to make the colors nice , since orange and yellow dont really fit with the color theme in my app Help please!!!! I cant seem to find a way to fix it... Cheers