how to use external font in expandable listview?? (Android Studio)

Question

hi i'm trying to change the font of the parent text (the subjects) in my expandable list view by using an external font. i've already placed my font in assets>fonts. context is red in my code here

subjects_adapter.java

    public View getGroupView(int parent, boolean isExpanded, View convertView, ViewGroup parentView) {
    String group_title = (String) getGroup(parent);
    if (convertView == null){
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) ctx.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.parent_layout, parentView, false);
    }
    TextView parent_text_view = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.parent_text);
    Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "PLAYBILL.ttf");
    parent_text_view.setTypeface(regular, Typeface.NORMAL);
    parent_text_view.setText(group_title);

    return convertView;
}

Possible duplicate of [How to use custom font in Android Studio](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27588965/how-to-use-custom-font-in-android-studio) — daemmie, Nov 29 '15 at 06:37
i tried this and placed the code after onCreate in MainActivity.java but it doesn't work — litthether, Nov 29 '15 at 06:44

dileep · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-29T07:36:47.190

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    Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(ctx.getAssets(),
            "fontname.ttf");
    parent_text_view.setTypeface(regular, Typeface.NORMAL);

Place in your groupview after initialization of parent_text_view

Hope it works fine

edited Nov 29 '15 at 07:36

answered Nov 29 '15 at 06:39

dileep

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font extention that is by default wat is ur font name – dileep Nov 29 '15 at 06:41
playbill.tff i edited my question by the way, i tried the code but it's with an error – litthether Nov 29 '15 at 06:59
have u replaced parent_text_view.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD); with parent_text_view.setTypeface(regular, Typeface.NORMAL); – dileep Nov 29 '15 at 07:01
yes i have, but context in Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "PLAYBILL.ttf"); then shows in red – litthether Nov 29 '15 at 07:07
name should be in small letters not the capital it will throw error edit file name in assert folder as playbill.ttf and in the code too – dileep Nov 29 '15 at 07:09
i changed it to small letters but the word context is still in red – litthether Nov 29 '15 at 07:13
whr is it showing in parameter or the whole line I worked on the same it is not showing any error – dileep Nov 29 '15 at 07:20
the parameter only. it says cannot find symbol variable context. here's a screenshot: http://puu.sh/lCBaN/b6b5540e0b.png – litthether Nov 29 '15 at 07:29
where do i place ctx.getAssets()? i don't have it yet – litthether Nov 29 '15 at 07:37
in place of context.getAssets() – dileep Nov 29 '15 at 07:38
Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(ctx.getAssets(), "playbill.ttf"); – dileep Nov 29 '15 at 07:38

how to use external font in expandable listview?? (Android Studio)

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