Changing the font of the application title in android

Question

I have a typeface, I want to change the font of the action-bar title in android. Is there a way to set title typeface like that?

this.setTitle(myTitle.toUpperCase()); 
this.setTypefaceofTitle(tf);

this is not a copy question, those methods on this link (How to Set a Custom Font in the ActionBar Title?) are not working. When I try them, eclipse gives that error : java.lang.noSuchMethodError

Do you mean to change the title on the app in `ActionBar`? – Andy Res Jul 31 '13 at 09:20 — Andy Res, Jul 31 '13 at 09:20
yes, I am editing the question. – anilbey Jul 31 '13 at 09:21 — anilbey, Jul 31 '13 at 09:21

Karthikeyan · Answer 1 · 2015-07-24T10:35:08.100

Try this,

    int actionBarTitle = Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier("action_bar_title", "id", "android");
TextView actionBarTitleView = (TextView) getWindow().findViewById(actionBarTitle);
Typeface robotoBoldCondensedItalic = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Roboto-BoldCondensedItalic.ttf");
if(actionBarTitleView != null){
    actionBarTitleView.setTypeface(robotoBoldCondensedItalic);
}

If it's toolbar means try like as below.

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="@color/action_color”
app:theme="@style/ToolBarTheme" >


 <TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Title"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:id="@+id/title_txt” />


</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Then just add any style via programmatically using below comment.

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
TextView mTitle = (TextView) toolbar.findViewById(R.id.title);

OR

Change using style. Need one info click here.

Good solution. Once you have the TextView you can style it any way you like. — PeteH, Mar 17 '14 at 06:33
Neat solution, now you have complete control over the text and how it appears. — Vahid Amiri, Nov 15 '16 at 11:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

I found this answer from headsvk that helped me. Doing some adjustments I only needed to do this:

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
...
TextView myTitle = (TextView) toolbar.getChildAt(0);
myTitle.setTypeface(font);

Doing some tests on my app I found that the title TextView was the first child of the toolbar, so now that I have it I can set changes to it.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/8748802/1943671 you can do like in this answer.

After setting your custom view to the Action Bar like in the link, just give the TextView the typeface:

Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/yourfont.ttf");
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.customTitle);
tv.setTypeface(tf);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Jul 31 '13 at 09:27

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how can I find the id of my action-bar title? Obviously, it is not customTitle. – anilbey Jul 31 '13 at 09:29
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and those answers in that page: "http://stackoverflow.com/a/8748802/1943671 " does not work. – anilbey Jul 31 '13 at 09:30

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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You can do that by creating a custom view and inflating that custom view in the ActionBar.
This custom view will contain a TextView that you'll get a reference to, and then be able to set a typeface.

See an example here: How to Set a Custom Font in the ActionBar Title?

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answered Jul 31 '13 at 09:25

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I've already tried it before posting my question. Those solutions on that page are not working :( – anilbey Jul 31 '13 at 09:27
Better is to post your code. Perhaps someone could figure out why it is not working. – Andy Res Jul 31 '13 at 09:43
But, my codes are not related with that topic. All I want to do is that, `setTitleTypeface(myTypeface);` – anilbey Jul 31 '13 at 09:50

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

It is not supported.But you can create custom view for your action bar. How to Set a Custom Font in the ActionBar Title?

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {


    //getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
    this.getActionBar().setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
    this.getActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
    Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/architectsdaughter.ttf");


    LayoutInflater inflator = (LayoutInflater)this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View v = inflator.inflate(R.layout.xml_master_footer, null);


    this.getActionBar().setCustomView(v);

    ((TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.title)).setText(this.getTitle());
    ((TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.title)).setTypeface(tf);


    //assign the view to the actionbar

    return true;
}

and in your menifest

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="11"
    android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

those methods on this link (How to Set a Custom Font in the ActionBar Title?) are not working. When I try them, eclipse gives that error : java.lang.noSuchMethodError — anilbey, Jul 31 '13 at 09:52

Changing the font of the application title in android

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