how to write in hindi on text view in android

Question

is it possible to write in another language font with in text view in android for example i have created

TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText("HEllo Android");

here i have wrote Hello Android in English how i can wrote it in hindi language.

i have used image its working fine

 <ImageView android:id ="@+id/header2"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"

              android:gravity="center"
              android:layout_gravity="center"
              android:paddingTop="0dip"

              android:src="@drawable/why00learn00spanish_index"
              >
   <ImageView/>

any help would appreciate.

Here is some old post which can help you [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7789827/how-can-i-show-hindi-text-in-android-tablet — Ajay, Feb 09 '12 at 11:13
of course its possible ,either u can perform localization or directly set text into it tv.setText("हेल्लो"); — Akash Malhotra, Apr 19 '13 at 07:37

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 10 '12 at 12:34

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Download the OTF hindi file and put it into assets folder. Run the code in an activity

Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/hindi.otf");
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.CustomFontText);
tv.setTypeface(tf)

edited Feb 10 '12 at 12:34

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answered Feb 09 '12 at 11:07

Nitesh Khosla

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i have tried this but its not working. @Nitesh thanks for reply any other suggetion – varun Feb 10 '12 at 10:58
@varun: I think the code given by Nitesh is correct.I have tried this for Gujarati Fonts and it's working fine.+1 for this. – Shashank_Itmaster Feb 10 '12 at 12:54
@Shashank_Itmaster : ok lets me try it with another hindi font.ttf i have downloaded it from net with it is not working let me try to download another font and check it again. thanks for reply – varun Feb 10 '12 at 13:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '13 at 07:43

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Yes of course its possible. of course its possible ,either u can perform localization or directly set text into it tv.setText("हेल्लो"); If you will images it will get blur

answered Apr 19 '13 at 07:43

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