TextView isBold always returns NORMAL

Question

I am setting Typeface of a textview like this

textView.setTypeface(tf_roboto_medium, Typeface.BOLD);

When I check the style using this command, it is evaluated true.

if (textView.getTypeface().getStyle() == Typeface.NORMAL) {
// always here
}
else {
// never here
}

[EDIT] Here is my xml content for the TextView

<TextView
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:text="Train"
                android:textColor="#777777"
                android:gravity="bottom|center"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:id="@+id/txt_train"
                android:layout_gravity="left"
                android:layout_weight="15"
                android:textSize="32px"
                android:onClick="onTrainClick"
                android:clickable="true" />

What am I doing wrong?

PS : I have read other posts asking for the same thing. None of them seems to work for me. Thus the quesiton

Mark · Answer 1 · 2014-12-21T14:43:36.883

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Try one of these this:

if (textView.getTypeface().isBold()) {
if ((textView.getTypeface().getStyle() & Typeface.BOLD) > 0) {

From what I see there is a bit mask used for font styles. Normal == 0 so there can be problems with 0 & 0

edited Dec 21 '14 at 14:43

answered Dec 21 '14 at 14:23

Mark

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1. isBold() - same behavior. says "not bold" always. 2. this is compilation error. – user2731584 Dec 21 '14 at 14:29
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yeap I forgot about > 0 :) It still shouldn't make a difference because it's the implementation of isBold(). I don't have more ideas, maybe there is something wrong about the font... – Mark Dec 21 '14 at 14:45
Thanks Mark for the comment. I tried everything that was available in stackoverflow questions. Nothing seem to work. I will disable the font and check once. – user2731584 Dec 21 '14 at 15:03

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '14 at 14:47

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You can do a string:

<string name="train"><b>Train</b></string>

And then set:

android:text="@string/train"

answered Dec 21 '14 at 14:47

Ido Naveh

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