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Tomasz Madeyski
Tomasz Madeyski

Reputation: 10890

Use custom font in style attribute

What I want to achieve is adding style attribute to my axml file with custom font loaded from Asset.

I know I can load built-in fontface like this (style.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <style name="CodeFont" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium">
    <item name="android:typeface">monospace</item>
  </style>
</resources>

And use it (Main.axml):

<TextView
        style="@style/CodeFont"
        local:MvxBind="Text Hello" />

I know that I can also create MyCustomTextView extending TextView and setting font by SetTypeface method, but I would like to use custom font in style attribute.

So something like:

 <resources>
    <style name="CodeFont" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium">
      <item name="android:typeface">MyCustomFontLoadedFromAsset</item>
    </style>
 </resources>

Is it possible (and how to do it)?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 16631

Answers (5)

AlvaroSantisteban
AlvaroSantisteban

Reputation: 5336

I know this is an old question, but nowadays you can do exactly that with the fontFamily attribute (see the docs):

<style name="customfontstyle" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Small">
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/yourcustomfont</item>
</style>

Obviously you need to have previously defined that fontFamily. To do so, please see the docs.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<font-family xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <font
        app:fontStyle="normal"
        app:fontWeight="400"
        app:font="@font/yourcustomfont_regular" />
    <font
        app:fontStyle="italic"
        app:fontWeight="400"
        app:font="@font/yourcustomfont_italic" />
</font-family>

Upvotes: 0

Ajith V M
Ajith V M

Reputation: 1

public class MyApplication extends Application {

    private Typeface normalFont;
    private Typeface boldFont;

    ...

    /**
     * Fonts
     */
    public void setTypeface(TextView textView) {
        if(textView != null) {
            if(textView.getTypeface() != null && textView.getTypeface().isBold()) {
                textView.setTypeface(getBoldFont());
            } else {
                textView.setTypeface(getNormalFont());
            }
        }
    }

    private Typeface getNormalFont() {
        if(normalFont == null) {
            normalFont = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/my_font.ttf");
        }
        return this.normalFont;
    }

    private Typeface getBoldFont() {
        if(boldFont == null) {
            boldFont = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/my_font_bold.ttf");
        }
        return this.boldFont;
    }
}

Upvotes: -1

Ajith V M
Ajith V M

Reputation: 1

info1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(),
            "fonts/KeepCalm-Medium.ttf");
info1.setTypeface(font);
info1.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));

Upvotes: -4

Ajith V M
Ajith V M

Reputation: 1

String fontPath = "PT_Sans-Narrow-Web-Regular.ttf";

holder.desc = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.msgdesc);
// Loading Font Face
Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(
        row.getContext().getAssets(), fontPath);

// Applying font
holder.desc.setTypeface(tf);

Upvotes: -3

Ben Pearson
Ben Pearson

Reputation: 7752

There isn't a way to do it straight out of the box. There's a library called Calligraphy that will let you do it. It will work on API 7+

I've also seen a trick using reflection to override serif/sans so that you can define those in your styles.xml: Is it possible to set a custom font for entire of application?, though I would recommend the first approach.

Upvotes: 9

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