How to change fontFamily of TextView in Android

Question

So I\'d like to change the android:fontFamily in Android but I don\'t see any pre-defined fonts in Android. How do I select one of the pre-defined ones? I don\'

Answer 1

One simple way is by adding the desired font in the project.

Go to File->New->New Resource Directory Select font

This will create a new directory, font, in your resources.

Download your font (.ttf). I use https://fonts.google.com for the same

Add that to your fonts folder then use them in the XML or programmatically.

XML -

Programatically -

 Typeface typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(this, R.font.your_font);
 textView.setTypeface(typeface);