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Camilo.Orozco
Camilo.Orozco

Reputation: 287

Apply New Font to application Android

i'm try apply new font in my applcation android and can call from style.xml

eg. my font is in assets/thaoma.ttf

style.xml

<style name="text_black_color_bold" >
        <item name="android:textColor">#3E3E3E</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:typeface"></item> /* call new font here */
    </style>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 407

Answers (2)

mohamed ayed
mohamed ayed

Reputation: 658

If you want to set this custom font to the entire app, and I think that's your case, create an assets directory and put your customefont.ttf file inside that directory.

After that, you need this lib compile it in your grade file

complie'me.anwarshahriar:calligrapher:1.0'

and use it in the onCreate method in the main activity

Calligrapher calligrapher = new Calligrapher(this);
calligrapher.setFont(this, "yourCustomFontHere.ttf", true);

This is the most elegant super fast way to do that.

Upvotes: 0

DeeV
DeeV

Reputation: 36045

You can't include it from xml. You have to do it through code like so:

final TextView myTextView = getTextView();
final AssetManager assets = ctx.getAssets();
final Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(assets, "thamoa.ttf");
setTypeface(font);

One nifty trick is to extend TextView and auto-apply the font at runtime.

public class CustomTextView extends TextView {

    public CustomTextView(Context ctx) {
        super(ctx);
        setupText(ctx);
    }

    public CustomTextView(Context ctx, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(ctx, attrs);
        setupText(ctx);
    }

    public CustomTextView(Context ctx, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(ctx, attrs, defStyle);
        setupText(ctx);
    }

    private void setupText(Context ctx) {
        // check if in edit mode and return. Fonts can't be applied when viewing from editor
        if(isInEditMode()) {
           return;
        }

        final AssetManager assets = ctx.getAssets();
        final TypeFace font = Typeface.createFromAsset(assets, "thamoa.ttf");
        setTypeface(font);
    }
}

Then you can use it the same way, but refer to it like so in xml:

<package.containing.class.CustomTextView
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   <!-- whatever attributes that would normally apply here -->
 />

Upvotes: 1

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