android custom font for tabs

Question

I would like to have a custom font for my tabs. Here's what I have tried:

<style name="CustomTabWidgetText" 
parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Widget.TabWidget">
  <item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
  <item name="android:typeface">@assets/fonts/heartbre</item>
  <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
</style>

But I got an error in <item name="android:typeface">@assets/fonts/heartbre</item>.

Has anybody here tried customizing the font of tabs?

i think there is no way to use custom font from xml file . u will need to use `Typeface.createFromAsset` to use ur own font for application — ρяσѕρєя K, Mar 08 '13 at 12:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '13 at 12:50

The only (currently) available way to set Fonts is to do it programatically:

TextView tv= (TextView)findViewById(R.id.custom);
Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/heartbre.ttf");
tv.setTypeface(face);

However, I hope there will be a xml-way to do it some day!

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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You can only define custom fonts by code or through styleable attributes in a custom object extending TexView like here

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Mar 08 '13 at 12:51

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '13 at 12:54

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No possibility to add manually from XML (as far as I know!). You have to do it within your code:

Typeface typeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/heartbre.ttf");
textView.setTypeface(typeface, Typeface.BOLD);

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Please refer to this question setting custom font for sherlock action bar tab android and check my answer. So far the solution I posted there is the best working one in all cases. Hope it will help.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered May 15 '13 at 13:30

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