diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
index 63a569076..a73793ba3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView
 import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
 import androidx.activity.viewModels
+import androidx.annotation.StringRes
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegate
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
@@ -182,31 +183,31 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging {
             }
         }
 
-    data class TabInfo(val text: String, val icon: Int, val content: Fragment)
+    data class TabInfo(@StringRes val textResId: Int, val icon: Int, val content: Fragment)
 
     private val tabInfos = arrayOf(
         TabInfo(
-            "Messages",
+            R.string.main_tab_messages,
             R.drawable.ic_twotone_message_24,
             ContactsFragment()
         ),
         TabInfo(
-            "Users",
+            R.string.main_tab_users,
             R.drawable.ic_twotone_people_24,
             UsersFragment()
         ),
         TabInfo(
-            "Map",
+            R.string.main_tab_map,
             R.drawable.ic_twotone_map_24,
             MapFragment()
         ),
         TabInfo(
-            "Channel",
+            R.string.main_tab_channel,
             R.drawable.ic_twotone_contactless_24,
             ChannelFragment()
         ),
         TabInfo(
-            "Settings",
+            R.string.main_tab_settings,
             R.drawable.ic_twotone_settings_applications_24,
             SettingsFragment()
         )
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging {
             false // Gestures for screen switching doesn't work so good with the map view
         // pager.offscreenPageLimit = 0 // Don't keep any offscreen pages around, because we want to make sure our bluetooth scanning stops
         TabLayoutMediator(binding.tabLayout, binding.pager, false, false) { tab, position ->
-            // tab.text = tabInfos[position].text // I think it looks better with icons only
             tab.icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, tabInfos[position].icon)
+            tab.contentDescription = ContextCompat.getString(this, tabInfos[position].textResId)
         }.attach()
 
         binding.tabLayout.addOnTabSelectedListener(object : TabLayout.OnTabSelectedListener {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 0f9107723..36d8f31b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
     <string name="sample_coords" translatable="false">55.332244 34.442211</string>
     <string name="sample_message" translatable="false">hey I found the cache, it is over here next to the big tiger. I\'m kinda scared.</string>
 
+    <string name="main_tab_messages">Messages</string>
+    <string name="main_tab_users">Users</string>
+    <string name="main_tab_map">Map</string>
+    <string name="main_tab_channel">Channel</string>
+    <string name="main_tab_settings">Settings</string>
+
     <string name="unknown_node_short_name" translatable="false">\???</string>
     <string name="node_filter_placeholder">Filter</string>
     <string name="desc_node_filter_clear">clear node filter</string>