How to display telugu font in android

Question

I want to display Telugu font in android In 4.0 and above devices Telugu font will support automatically but I have problem in 4.0 below devices.I have used following code but Telugu is not rendering properly.

   Typeface tf= Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(), "fonts/gautami.ttf");
   TextView telugu=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.telugu);
   telugu.setTypeface(tf);
   telugu.setText("హైదరాబాద్");

Please help me on this. Thanks in advance.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '14 at 09:26

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remove /font to solve your problem

You can use a subfolder called fonts but it must go in the assets folder not the res folder.

assets/res

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TextView telugu = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.telugu);
Typeface Typefacetf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "gautami.ttf");
telugu.setTypeface(Typefacetf);
telugu.setText("హైదరాబాద్");

answered May 02 '14 at 09:26

Jaykumar Patel

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why you are using external library if android provide natively. – Kishan Dhamat May 02 '14 at 09:30
but giving Hard coded value on TextView is not good android so just define it in string.xml and your work is done. – Kishan Dhamat May 02 '14 at 09:34
OP's main problem is write `/font` so remove this to solve this problem. – Jaykumar Patel May 02 '14 at 09:40
Typeface tf= Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(), "fonts/gautami.ttf"); clearly says that its in assets/fonts/gautami.ttf. – Kishan Dhamat May 02 '14 at 09:48
Hi same problem text is not rendering properly if I used above code in android below 4.0 devices. – hcp May 02 '14 at 10:07
are you removing `fonts/` ? – Jaykumar Patel May 02 '14 at 10:16
@hcp i think your font format ttf is not valid file. download telungu ttf file from another website. and try again. give me response – Jaykumar Patel May 02 '14 at 11:10
@user1153551 I have tried lot of TTFs but nothing is working perfectly.Please can you suggest any TTF. – hcp May 13 '14 at 11:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Just define your font in string.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="text_your_name">హైదరాబాద్</string>
</resources>

because in that encoding is utf-8 is there so it will render properly.

now for setting that text you can use this:

telugu.setText(getResources().getString(R.string.text_your_name));

EDIT:

Now see answer over here it may help you out :: stackoverflow they having same problem like you.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered May 02 '14 at 09:22

Kishan Dhamat

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Hi same problem text is not rendering properly if I used above code in android below 4.0 devices. – hcp May 02 '14 at 10:08
I have tested it in 2.2 emulator. It is not working properly.I will check it in 2.3.3 emulator and let you know. – hcp May 02 '14 at 10:19
no just check it in a real device so you will get exact problem. – Kishan Dhamat May 02 '14 at 10:21
Hi I have tested it in real device still problem exists.Device version 2.3.5. – hcp May 02 '14 at 10:35

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 31 '16 at 07:23

Write a item inside string.xml inside values folder

<string name="your_text">హైదరాబాద్</string>

Then keep your font file in assets folder

Then create custom typeface in java code using font from assets folder

Typeface custom_type_face = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "gautami.ttf");

Use this to your TextView

TextView telugu = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.telugu);
telugu.setTypeface(custom_type_face);

Set Text from strings.xml folder

telugu.setText(getResources().getString(R.string.your_text));

How to display telugu font in android

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