How to add alternative font to Button text in Android?

Question

I am trying to use the Calibri font on a button in one of my Android applications, and after searching around for a bit i found out how to make your own Typeface. But when i try to set the typeface on the button it doesn't give me an error, but the application won't launch. Does anyone know how to fix that?

final Button bt4 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bt4);
final Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"CALIBRI.ttf");
bt4.setTypeface(font);

this is pretty much all the code i have used to this point.

and the log cat information

08-29 13:31:20.593: E/global(1143): Deprecated Thread methods are not supported.
08-29 13:31:20.593: E/global(1143): java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
08-29 13:31:20.593: E/global(1143):     at java.lang.VMThread.stop(VMThread.java:85)
08-29 13:31:20.593: E/global(1143):     at java.lang.Thread.stop(Thread.java:1280)
08-29 13:31:20.593: E/global(1143):     at java.lang.Thread.stop(Thread.java:1247)
08-29 13:31:20.593: E/global(1143):     at com.github.TheCad.nijmegen1.SplashScreen$1.run(SplashScreen.java:33)
08-29 13:31:21.553: D/AndroidRuntime(1143): Shutting down VM
08-29 13:31:21.553: W/dalvikvm(1143): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.github.TheCad.nijmegen1/com.github.TheCad.nijmegen1.MainActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1647)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.graphics.Typeface.<init>(Typeface.java:147)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:121)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at com.github.TheCad.nijmegen1.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:25)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)
08-29 13:31:21.583: E/AndroidRuntime(1143):     ... 11 more

Without looking into your code, nobody can suggest or help you out. — Paresh Mayani, Aug 29 '12 at 13:38
Might want to keep in mind the Calibri font included with Windows isn't licensed for redistribution. — Kevin Coppock, Aug 29 '12 at 14:04
see this SO question:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3023960/crash-when-loading-font — Stack User 5674, Aug 29 '12 at 14:05
Also, the name for the font that you pass into the `createFromAsset()` method is case-sensitive, so make sure that your font is in the root `assets/` folder, and is named `CALIBRI.ttf` and not `Calibri.ttf` or `calibri.ttf`. — Kevin Coppock, Aug 29 '12 at 14:14
I don't think that the errors caused by using `Typeface `. Did you use Thread? Please post the whole code of `MainActivity`. — wodong, Aug 29 '12 at 14:25
My internet did just die on my so i will post the code when i get it back to work — TheCad, Aug 29 '12 at 14:46

Satheesh Kumar R CyB · Answer 1 · 2012-08-29T13:53:32.207

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You have create TypeFace to do at RunTime.

Example:

Button btn=(Button)findViewById(R.id.BUTTON_ID);
Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/FONT_NAME.TTF");
btn.setTypeface(face);

Update: You have error at 25th line of mainactivity. Post that line.

edited Aug 29 '12 at 13:53

answered Aug 29 '12 at 13:44

Satheesh Kumar R CyB

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That is the line `final Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"CALIBRI.ttf");` – TheCad Aug 29 '12 at 13:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '12 at 08:02

create a folder named "font" in the assets folder and store your font "calibri.ttf" in that folder, also try saving your font name in small letters and use this code,

Button btn=(Button)findViewById(R.id.BUTTON_ID);
Typeface face= = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "font/calibri.ttf");
btn.setTypeface(face);

How to add alternative font to Button text in Android?

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