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

From android 4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0, the following Roboto font families are available:

android:fontFamily="sans-serif"           // roboto regular
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"     // roboto light
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed" // roboto condensed
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"     // roboto black
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-thin"      // roboto thin (android 4.2)
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"    // roboto medium (android 5.0)

in combination with

android:textStyle="normal|bold|italic"

this 16 variants are possible:

• Roboto regular
• Roboto italic
• Roboto bold
• Roboto bold italic
• Roboto-Light
• Roboto-Light italic
• Roboto-Thin
• Roboto-Thin italic
• Roboto-Condensed
• Roboto-Condensed italic
• Roboto-Condensed bold
• Roboto-Condensed bold italic
• Roboto-Black
• Roboto-Black italic
• Roboto-Medium
• Roboto-Medium italic

fonts.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="font_family_light">sans-serif-light</string>
    <string name="font_family_medium">sans-serif-medium</string>
    <string name="font_family_regular">sans-serif</string>
    <string name="font_family_condensed">sans-serif-condensed</string>
    <string name="font_family_black">sans-serif-black</string>
    <string name="font_family_thin">sans-serif-thin</string>
</resources>

Answer 2

I think I am too late but maybe this solution helpful for others. For using custom font place your font file in your font directory.

textView.setTypeface(ResourcesCompat.getFont(this, R.font.lato));

Answer 3

If you want to use a TextView in so many places with same font family, extend the TextView class and set your font like this:-

public class ProximaNovaTextView extends TextView {

    public ProximaNovaTextView(Context context) {
        super(context);

        applyCustomFont(context);
    }

    public ProximaNovaTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);

        applyCustomFont(context);
    }

    public ProximaNovaTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
       super(context, attrs, defStyle);

       applyCustomFont(context);
    } 

    private void applyCustomFont(Context context) {
        Typeface customFont = FontCache.getTypeface("proximanova_regular.otf", context);
        setTypeface(customFont);
    }
}

And then use this custom class in xml for the TextView like this:-

   <com.myapp.customview.ProximaNovaTextView
        android:id="@+id/feed_list_item_name_tv"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="14sp"
        />

Answer 4

This is the way to set the font programmatically:

TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.appname);
Typeface face = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/epimodem.ttf");
tv.setTypeface(face);

put the font file in your assets folder. In my case I created a subdirectory called fonts.

EDIT: If you wonder where is your assets folder see this question

Answer 5

Kotlin Code - Textview to set custom font from Resource Folder

Set custom font from res -> font -> avenir_next_regular.ttf

textView!!.typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context!!, R.font.avenir_next_regular)

Answer 6

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 -

<TextView 
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fontFamily="@font/your_font"/>

Programatically -

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