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reiley
reiley

Reputation: 3761

How to add a font that can be used throughout the application?

Thanks to this post, I know you can add fonts in an activity and can use it within that class. Using: 

 TextView hindiTextView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.txtbx);
 Typeface hindiFont=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/fontname.ttf");
 mytextView.setTypeface(hindiFont);

But what if I want to add a font in a single place and use it in the entire applicaiton? (Like in manifest or some property file)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1091

Answers (3)

GrIsHu
GrIsHu

Reputation: 23638

Actually there is not way to implement common custom font for whole application. Checkout HERE Which is to say: no, you can't set a font for the entire application.

But still if you want to try out ,try as below which is referenced HERE:

Common fonts class:

public final class FontsOverride {

    public static void setDefaultFont(Context context,
            String staticTypefaceFieldName, String fontAssetName) {
        final Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(),
                fontAssetName);
        replaceFont(staticTypefaceFieldName, regular);
    }

    protected static void replaceFont(String staticTypefaceFieldName,
            final Typeface newTypeface) {
        try {
            final Field StaticField = Typeface.class
                    .getDeclaredField(staticTypefaceFieldName);
            StaticField.setAccessible(true);
            StaticField.set(null, newTypeface);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

You then need to overload the few default fonts, for example:

FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(this, "DEFAULT", "MyFontAsset.ttf");
FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(this, "MONOSPACE", "MyFontAsset2.ttf");
FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(this, "SANS_SERIF", "MyFontAsset3.ttf");

Or course if you are using the same font file, you can improve on this to load it just once.

Upvotes: 1

Rahul Patil
Rahul Patil

Reputation: 2727

Create a custom class which extends TextView , add the font logic their . Instead of using android TextView in layout , use <com.mypackage.myTextView android:id="@+id/myid />

Upvotes: 0

amatellanes
amatellanes

Reputation: 3735

No, sorry. You can only add custom fonts using the code you've just written.

Upvotes: 0

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