set custom font through xml

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how can i set a font, whose ttf resides in my assets folder through xml? I know how to do that programmatically but how can you do that via xml? Thanks in advance.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

You cannot do it using XML directly, however you can extend TextView and set a default font.

package com.nannu;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class NanTV extends TextView{

    private Context c;
    public NanTV(Context c) {
        super(c);
        this.c = c;
        Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                "font/yourfont.ttf");
        setTypeface(tfs);

    }
    public NanTV(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        this.c = context;
        Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                "font/yourfont.ttf");
        setTypeface(tfs);
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    public NanTV(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        this.c = context;
        Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                "font/yourfont.ttf");
        setTypeface(tfs);

    }


}

And in your layout use new TextView

<com.nannu.NanTV
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Large Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" 

        />

I am posting this from my prev answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/11239305/1166537

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 13:43

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If you create your own TextView derivation, you could add an XML-attribute that the class handles the programmatical way. That way, you specify a certain font and it'll be set runtime, but you do it via XML. :)

Otherwise, there's no known way to achieve the requested behaviour.

answered Jul 13 '12 at 13:43

karllindmark

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that sounds good, can you give an example? I don't think a lot of people thought about doing this. – Vinay W Jul 13 '12 at 13:46
If you check iNan's example below, it would be along that way (just adding custom attributes & getting them via ``AttributeSet attrs``). My eclipse is broken so I can't quite help you out with the actual code right now. :( – karllindmark Jul 13 '12 at 13:53

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 13:50

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You can do this by writing your custom TextView, otherwise you will have to set it programmatically. For more details see this link

answered Jul 13 '12 at 13:50

K_Anas

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 11 '14 at 17:52

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I have created a library to solve this problem here: http://responsiveandroid.com/2012/03/15/custom-fonts-in-android-widgets.html

You extend a TextView and set the name of the typeface in the xml. There is a downloadable sample.

answered Dec 11 '14 at 17:52

browep

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 04 '17 at 06:50

You can include custom fonts under assets/fonts and then using the code from https://github.com/browep/AndroidCustomFontWidgets/

you can specify the font in your XML, e.g.

<com.github.browep.customfonts.view.FontableTextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This is in a custom font"
        app:font="MyFont-Bold.otf" />

The code supports FontableTextView and FontableButton, but it's quite easy to extend to support other widget types if you require.

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