Using custom layouts for the crouton library

Question

I've got the crouton library ( https://github.com/keyboardsurfer/Crouton ) working with the default layout for notifications. I would like to use a custom layout xml file for the notifications so I could set a different typeface to the TextView to match the rest of my application. I have extended a TextView to get the custom typeface working.

Browsing the source for the library, I found a couple of methods that will probably help me:

public static Crouton make(Activity activity, View customView, ViewGroup viewGroup) {
    return new Crouton(activity, customView, viewGroup);
}

public static Crouton make(Activity activity, View customView) {
    return new Crouton(activity, customView);
}

But I'm struggling to find good example on how to use custom layouts for crouton messages and how I would set the text/message style for them (I have defined some custom styles using Style.Builder()).

The custom layout I want to use is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/uk.co.volume.pinkmothballs"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    >

    <com.myapp.ui.views.TypefacedTextView
        android:id="@+id/crouton_text"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="14sp"
        android:gravity="center"
        />

</RelativeLayout>

Can someone point me in the right direction?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '13 at 12:10

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You can a custom Style that uses the resourceId of your text appearance via Style.Builder.setTextAppearance(...).

This takes a reference from your styles.xml and uses it within the internal TextView of the Crouton.

Then you can call Crouton.makeText or Crouton.showText with your custom Style.

answered Mar 05 '13 at 12:10

Ben Weiss

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Thanks for the answer but I don't think I can use `setTextAppearance` because I'm using non android system fonts by declaring a `Typeface` and then setting it on my custom `TextView`. What else could I try? – boz Mar 05 '13 at 12:23
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Extending the library is always a possibility. I like clean pull requests. ;-) Further, you can replace the `TextView` member of `Crouton` with your own `TypefacedTextView`. – Ben Weiss Mar 05 '13 at 12:30
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Thank you, I will probably have to go and replace a few lines of code inside the `Crouton` library and add my custom font that way. – boz Mar 05 '13 at 14:01

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