What is the equivalent of “android:fontFamily=”sans-serif-light" in Java code?

Question

My question is quite simple:

In every of my textview, I am currently using the attribute

android:fontFamily=\"sans-serif-light\"

Answer 1

Android 4.1 (API Level 16) and Support Library 26 and higher

If you are using res -> font folder, you can use like this

  val typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(Context, R.font.YOUR_FONT)
  TextView.setTypeface(typeface)