How to add a font that can be used throughout the application?

Question

Thanks to this post, I know you can add fonts in an activity and can use it within that class. Using:

 TextView hindiTextView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.txtbx);
 Typeface hindiFont=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/fontname.ttf");
 mytextView.setTypeface(hindiFont);

But what if I want to add a font in a single place and use it in the entire applicaiton? (Like in manifest or some property file)

No by default android does not have such way for custom fonts. You can write a utility class and put the code related to get custom typeface from there. — Pankaj Kumar, Oct 11 '13 at 06:31
And if you are planning to use custom fonts and you can design your custom components then http://vision-apps.blogspot.in/2012/02/android-better-way-to-apply-custom-font.html should be best start. — Pankaj Kumar, Oct 11 '13 at 06:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

Actually there is not way to implement common custom font for whole application. Checkout HERE Which is to say: no, you can't set a font for the entire application.

But still if you want to try out ,try as below which is referenced HERE:

Common fonts class:

public final class FontsOverride {

    public static void setDefaultFont(Context context,
            String staticTypefaceFieldName, String fontAssetName) {
        final Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(),
                fontAssetName);
        replaceFont(staticTypefaceFieldName, regular);
    }

    protected static void replaceFont(String staticTypefaceFieldName,
            final Typeface newTypeface) {
        try {
            final Field StaticField = Typeface.class
                    .getDeclaredField(staticTypefaceFieldName);
            StaticField.setAccessible(true);
            StaticField.set(null, newTypeface);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

You then need to overload the few default fonts, for example:

FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(this, "DEFAULT", "MyFontAsset.ttf");
FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(this, "MONOSPACE", "MyFontAsset2.ttf");
FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(this, "SANS_SERIF", "MyFontAsset3.ttf");

Or course if you are using the same font file, you can improve on this to load it just once.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 06:33

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No, sorry. You can only add custom fonts using the code you've just written.

answered Oct 11 '13 at 06:33

amatellanes

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 06:33

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Create a custom class which extends TextView , add the font logic their . Instead of using android TextView in layout , use <com.mypackage.myTextView android:id="@+id/myid />

answered Oct 11 '13 at 06:33

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How to add a font that can be used throughout the application?

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