Android textFontWeight api level less than 28

Question

I have a style resource for textView

<style name="AppText.Note.Medium">
    <item name="android:textFontWeight" tools:targetApi="p">500</item>
</style>

But it works on API level 28 or higher. Is there any way to use it on API level 23? Or maybe there is some alternative?

https://stackoverflow.com/a/55693021/5416954 check this answer. — TysonSubba, Apr 22 '20 at 09:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '20 at 09:14

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Support font family on API lower than 26 use

  <item name="fontWeight">500</item>

answered Apr 22 '20 at 09:14

Dinesh

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Attribute fontWeight is only used in API level 26 and higher (current min is 21) – FreePhoenix888 Apr 08 '22 at 16:26
@FreePhoenix Use `app:fontWeight="500"` instead of `android:fontWeight="500"` – Dinesh Apr 11 '22 at 05:47
@Dinesh nothing changes when you set it, only `android:textFontWeight` makes effect but it's for API 28+ – user924 Aug 10 '22 at 10:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '22 at 06:40

This works on All api level

<?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">
    <font
        app:font="@font/sdfglay_bold"
        app:fontWeight="700"/>
    <font
        app:font="@font/sdfglay_light"
        app:fontWeight="300"/>
    <font
        app:font="@font/sdfglay_regular"
        app:fontWeight="400"/>
    <font
        app:font="@font/sdfglay_medium"
        app:fontWeight="500"/>
    <font
        app:font="@font/sdfglay_semibold"
        app:fontWeight="600"/>

instaed of this font familily

<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
        android:id="@+id/postDesc"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:fontFamily="@font/sdfglay_light"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginRight="90dp"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:paddingVertical="8dp"/>

Use the font with spcifed weight diriectly

        android:fontFamily="@font/sdfglay_light"

Android textFontWeight api level less than 28

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