Android toolbar center title and custom font

Question

I\'m trying to figure out the right way to use a custom font for the toolbar title, and center it in the toolbar (client requirement).

At the moment, i\'m using the

Answer 1

You can insert this code in your xml file

 <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
    android:elevation="4dp"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Toolbar Title"
        android:textColor="#000000"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_title" />

</androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>

Answer 2

Setting android:gravity="center" worked for me

No styling nothing. Toolbar is basically a ViewGroup all you need to do is set gravity of elements in it.

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/htab_toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:layout_gravity="top"
            android:background="@color/partial_transparent"
            android:gravity="center"
            app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

Answer 3

A very quick and easy way to set a custom font is to use a custom titleTextAppearance with a fontFamily:

Add to styles.xml:

<style name="ToolbarTitle" parent="TextAppearance.Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar.Title">
    <item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#FF202230</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/varela_round_regular</item>
</style>

In your res folder create a font folder (Ex: varela_round_regular.ttf)

Read the official guide to find out more https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml.html

Answer 4

Solution that I used for this problem:

 public static void applyFontForToolbarTitle(Activity a){
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) a.findViewById(R.id.app_bar);
        for(int i = 0; i < toolbar.getChildCount(); i++){
            View view = toolbar.getChildAt(i);
            if(view instanceof TextView){
                TextView tv = (TextView) view;
                if(tv.getText().equals(a.getTitle())){
                    tv.setTypeface(getRuneTypefaceBold(a));
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

For center gravity I think it would be necessary to change layout params to match_parent horizontally and then:

tv.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);

Answer 5

private void makeTitleCenter(String title, Toolbar toolbar) {
    if (title != null && !TextUtils.isEmpty(title.trim())) {
        final String tag = " ";
        if (getSupportActionBar() != null) {
            getSupportActionBar().setTitle(tag);
        }
        TextView titleTv = null;
        View leftBtn = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < toolbar.getChildCount(); i++) {
            View view = toolbar.getChildAt(i);
            CharSequence text = null;
            if (view instanceof TextView && (text = ((TextView) view).getText()) != null && text.equals(tag)) {
                titleTv = (TextView) view;
            } else if (view instanceof ImageButton) {
                leftBtn = view;
            }
        }
        if (titleTv != null) {
            final TextView fTitleTv = titleTv;
            final View fLeftBtn = leftBtn;
            fTitleTv.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
                @Override
                public void onGlobalLayout() {
                    fTitleTv.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
                    int leftWidgetWidth = fLeftBtn != null ? fLeftBtn.getWidth() : 0;
                    fTitleTv.setPadding(DimenUtil.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels / 2 - leftWidgetWidth - fTitleTv.getWidth() / 2, 0, 0, 0);
                    fTitleTv.requestLayout();
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

for custom font in toolbar you can override textView font in style and then every textView in your app also toolbar title font changed automatically i tested it in android studio 3.1.3

in style do it:

<style name="defaultTextViewStyle" parent="android:Widget.TextView">
        <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/your_custom_font</item>
</style>

and then in your theme use this:

<item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/defaultTextViewStyle</item>