how to set custom font to one of the TextView's in ListView item?

Question

I have code like:

SpecialAdapter adapter = new SpecialAdapter(
                                this, 
                                list, 
                                R.layout.list_display_item, 
                                from, 
                                to );

        myTextListView.setAdapter(adapter); 

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public class SpecialAdapter extends SimpleAdapter
 {
        public SpecialAdapter(Context context, List<HashMap<String, 
String>> items, int resource, String[] from, int[] to) {
            super(context, items, resource, from, to);
        }

        @Override

        public View getView(
int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
 {
          View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
                }
    }

and list_display_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/myDisplayItemLinearLayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/arabicTextView"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="right|center_vertical"
            android:lineSpacingMultiplier="3"
            android:text="Arabic"
            android:textSize="30dp"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/translationTextView"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="English" 
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:textSize="30dp"/>

    </LinearLayout>

I just want to set my own arabic font to android:id="@+id/arabicTextView" and english font to android:id="@+id/translationTextView".

In getView() function of SpecialAdapter class i get View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent) and view.getId() is actually the id of linearlayout android:id="@+id/myDisplayItemLinearLayout"

I just want to get inner textviews of this linearLayout to set seperate fonts to each using typeface here... how can i get these textViews there??

Is it correct way to set my fonts here or it should be done in someother way???? please help me..

see if you get any info from here..http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2376250/custom-fonts-and-xml-layouts-android — Shashank Kadne, Feb 10 '12 at 14:39
100% worked! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2376250/custom-fonts-and-xml-layouts-android — Tahir Jilani, Feb 10 '12 at 15:18

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '12 at 14:53

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Use the findViewById method of View and the setTypeface method of TextView

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
    View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);

    //assuming you've put your arabic font file in your assets directory
    ((TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.arabicTextView)).setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(view.getContext().getAssets(), "yourarabicfont.otf"));

    //assuming you've put some custom english font in your assets directory
    ((TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.translationTextView)).setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(view.getContext().getAssets(), "yourenglishfont.otf"));

    return view;
}

answered Feb 10 '12 at 14:53

Sam Dozor

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So how does this work when working with Fragments? getContext comes back null – TheLettuceMaster Oct 19 '12 at 17:48
use getActivity() if are inside a Fragment so you get the Activity's context. Or you can do getActivity.getApplicationContext() if you need to access resources. – Martin Marconcini Aug 16 '13 at 19:40
be careful with getActivity() from within a Fragment, it may return null if the Fragment isn't currently attached. I prefer to use view.getContext(), assuming I have a view object. – Sam Dozor Aug 16 '13 at 19:59

how to set custom font to one of the TextView's in ListView item?

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