android studio cannot find custom font file

Question

I am using a simple TextView in my activity and want to make it appear in a custom font 'Black Chancery'. I have put the blkchcry.ttf file at location app>src>main>assets>fonts>blkchcry.ttf. But, the android studio can't find that font. Here's my AboutusActivity.java code

public class AboutusActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_aboutus);

    TextView tx = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.title);
    Typeface custom_font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),  "fonts/blkchcry.ttf");
    tx.setTypeface(custom_font);
    }
}

and following is the activity_aboutus.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".AboutusActivity">

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/title"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="About Rathi Classes"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"/>

    <TextView
        android:layout_below="@+id/title"
        android:id="@+id/description"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:text="@string/about_text"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:layout_margin="10dp" />

</RelativeLayout>

and here is the logcat

Process: net.softglobe.rathiclasses, PID: 8894
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{net.softglobe.rathiclasses/net.softglobe.rathiclasses.AboutusActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Font asset not found fonts/blkchcry.ttf
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2665)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2726)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1477)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)
 Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Font asset not found fonts/blkchcry.ttf
    at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:206)
    at net.softglobe.rathiclasses.AboutusActivity.onCreate(AboutusActivity.java:17)
    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6679)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2618)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2726) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1477) 
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)

I have tried cleaning the project but it failed to resolve the problem. Please help.

wild guess here, are there special permissions on the file or something? does it work if you specify the exact file patch on the machine, rather than relative asset path? — dave, Jun 25 '18 at 13:05

Daksh Gargas · Answer 1 · 2018-06-25T13:31:54.203

Change the location your blkchcry.tttf from

app>src>main>assets>fonts>blkchcry.ttf.

to

app>src>main>res>font>blkchry.tff

And here's the fun part, you need to create a custom font file inside the same folder. Name it as my_font.xml

That's called Creating a Font Family

If you’re using multiple versions of the same font, then you may want to group them together into a font family. A font family is essentially a dedicated XML file where you define each version of the font, along with its associated style and weight attributes.

Here's a demo font file

[Update] which you can simply paste coz I updated the contents.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<font-family xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <font
        android:font="@font/blkchry"
        android:fontStyle="normal"
        android:fontWeight="400"
        app:font="@font/blkchry"
        app:fontStyle="normal"
        app:fontWeight="400"
        tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute" />

</font-family>

Because getAssets() will look for an .xml file, not .tff even though you mentioned .tff file in your code.

I have tried by moving file location from **app>src>main>assets>fonts>blkchcry.ttf** to **app>src>main>res>font>blkchry.tff** and changed the code to `TextView tx = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.title); Typeface custom_font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "font/blkchcry.ttf"); //replaced 'fonts' with 'font' tx.setTypeface(custom_font);` but not worked — , Jun 25 '18 at 13:13
I have rebuild the project, cleaned it, and put the .ttf file on both location. But unfortunately, didn't worked. App still stopping — , Jun 25 '18 at 13:29

InsaneCat · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-25T13:49:41.413

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Paste Font here like this and also make your font name in small case :-

app  > src > main > assets > fonts > blkchry.tff

set Font in java File like this :-

public class AboutusActivity extends Activity {
 Context mContext;
 Typeface fontblkchry;

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mContext = this;
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_about_us);

      fontblkchry = Typeface.createFromAsset(mContext.getAssets(), "fonts/blkchry.ttf");
      textview1.setTypeface(fontblkchry);
    }
}

edited Jun 25 '18 at 13:49

answered Jun 25 '18 at 13:11

InsaneCat

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Try this above snippet. i already using in my all project like this and it's 100% working – InsaneCat Jun 25 '18 at 13:18
@InsaneCat I have already told, `mContext` gives an error `cannot resolve symbol` – Jun 25 '18 at 13:21
Declaring global variables won't help. LOL! – Daksh Gargas Jun 25 '18 at 13:22
check spelling is it correrct "fonts" capital/small ? – InsaneCat Jun 25 '18 at 13:27
@InsaneCat what is `mContext`? It gives me an error. – Jun 25 '18 at 13:31
@Strooks42 Check Updated Answer plz – InsaneCat Jun 25 '18 at 13:49
@InsaneCat tried it, but unfortunately the log says `Font asset not found fonts/blkchcry.ttf` – Jun 25 '18 at 13:52
first clean your project may be your font file is corrupted tried another font. – InsaneCat Jun 25 '18 at 13:54
see below link:- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33888127/android-runtime-exception-font-asset-not-found – InsaneCat Jun 25 '18 at 13:54
@InsaneCat check my answer please. – Daksh Gargas Jun 25 '18 at 14:17
@InsaneCat Your answer was just right! worked for me! Maybe there is a problem in that file. I have downloaded the file from another website and it worked fine. Thanks – Jun 25 '18 at 14:49

Gobu CSG · Answer 3 · 2018-06-25T13:31:42.803

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Change your location:

from

app>src>main>assets>fonts>blkchcry.ttf.

to

app>src>main>res>font>blkchry.tff

then change your typeface:

 Typeface typeface = getResources().getFont(R.font.blkchcry); textView.setTypeface(typeface);

See more details: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml

edited Jun 25 '18 at 13:31

answered Jun 25 '18 at 13:06

Gobu CSG

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:45

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In my case, I was adding a font with Capital Letters and some symbols like -(hyphen). Try renaming the fonts. So, just make all letters small, replace hyphen with underscore _

answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:45

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