How to change font of listView in Android?

Question

following is a code snippet from an app of android where I want to change the font of my listView items. But it doesn't affect:

ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);

Typeface tf= Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/JAMEEL.TTF"); 

Paint paint = new Paint(tf);
lv.setPaint(paint);

Please tell me how to change the font of listview items.

you should to define a custom adapter, and inside that put a textview and finally set typeface for that textview — Farrokh, Sep 27 '18 at 08:57
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18734273/how-to-set-custom-font-for-android-listview — Gowthaman M, Sep 27 '18 at 08:59
https://stackoverflow.com/a/42976600/6478047 , use this method to change font of textview list item — Manohar, Sep 27 '18 at 09:02
@TehminaBatool, listview is a viewgroup that contains views you need, such as textview or etc, depends on your design, if you need more search for `listview custom adapter` — Farrokh, Sep 27 '18 at 09:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '18 at 08:56

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Use setTypeFace():

Typeface type = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/JAMEEL.TTF"); 
textView.setTypeFace(type); //listview - textview anything

You can also try using Calligraphy library which is easier to set fonts for the whole app.

answered Sep 27 '18 at 08:56

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i am using listview, not textview... these methods are not available for listview – Tehmina Batool Sep 27 '18 at 09:04
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You'll need to override a method in the `ListView` Adapter: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13403769/4409113 But that wasn't my point since you didn't use `setTypeFace()`. Also, it's better to use `RecyclerView` nowadays. – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Sep 27 '18 at 09:06
thanks. how to use calligraphy library for listview. is there any specific tutorial? – Tehmina Batool Sep 27 '18 at 09:17
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Just add the [dependency](https://github.com/InflationX/Calligraphy#dependency) and follow the [installation](https://github.com/InflationX/Calligraphy#installation). It actually explained everything you need :) – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Sep 27 '18 at 09:19

How to change font of listView in Android?

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