Android - Using Custom Font

Question

I applied a custom font to a TextView, but it doesn\'t seems to change the typeface.

Here is my code:

    Typeface myTypeface = Typeface         


        

Answer 1

The most simple solution android supported now!

Use custom font in xml:

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:fontFamily="@font/[your font resource]"/>

look details:

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml.html

Answer 2

Provided that you placed the font in the right place and there is no error in the font file itself, your code should work like that, RATTLESNAKE.

However, it would be a lot easier if you could just define a font in your layout xml, like this:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <!-- This text view is styled with the app theme -->
    <com.innovattic.font.FontTextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This uses my font in bold italic style" />

    <!-- This text view is styled here and overrides the app theme -->
    <com.innovattic.font.FontTextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:flFont="anotherFont"
        android:textStyle="normal"
        android:text="This uses another font in normal style" />

    <!-- This text view is styled with a style and overrides the app theme -->
    <com.innovattic.font.FontTextView
        style="@style/StylishFont"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This also uses another font in normal style" />

</LinearLayout>

With the accompanying res/values/styles.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <!-- Application theme -->
    <!-- Use a different parent if you don't want Holo Light -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/MyTextViewStyle</item>
    </style>

    <!-- Style to use for ALL text views (including FontTextView) -->
    <!-- Use a different parent if you don't want Holo Light -->
    <style name="MyTextViewStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.TextView">
        <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/MyTextAppearance</item>
    </style>

    <!-- Text appearance to use for ALL text views (including FontTextView) -->
    <!-- Use a different parent if you don't want Holo Light -->
    <style name="MyTextAppearance" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo">
        <!-- Alternatively, reference this font with the name "aspergit" -->
        <!-- Note that only our own TextView's will use the font attribute -->
        <item name="flFont">someFont</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold|italic</item>
    </style>

    <!-- Alternative style, maybe for some other widget -->
    <style name="StylishFont">
        <item name="flFont">anotherFont</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
    </style>

</resources>

I created a couple of tools specifically for this purpose. Refer to this project from GitHub, or take a look at this blog post which explains the whole thing.

Answer 3

Since I was not satisfied with all the presented solutions on SO, I've come up with mine. It's based on a little trick with tags (i.e. you can't use tags in your code), I put the font path there. So when defining views, you can do either this:

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/textViewHello1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World 1"
        android:tag="fonts/Oswald-Regular.ttf"/>

or this:

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/textViewHello2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World 2"
        style="@style/OswaldTextAppearance"/>

<style name="OswaldTextAppearance">
        <item name="android:tag">fonts/Oswald-Regular.ttf</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#000000</item>
</style>

Now you can either explicitly access / setup the view as:

TextView textView = TextViewHelper.setupTextView(this, R.id.textViewHello1).setText("blah");

or just setup everything via:

TextViewHelper.setupTextViews(this, (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.parentLayout)); // parentLayout is the root view group (relative layout in my case)

And what is the magic class you ask? Mostly glued from another SO posts, with helper methods for both activity and fragments:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class TextViewHelper {
    private static final Map<String, Typeface> mFontCache = new HashMap<>();

    private static Typeface getTypeface(Context context, String fontPath) {
        Typeface typeface;
        if (mFontCache.containsKey(fontPath)) {
            typeface = mFontCache.get(fontPath);
        } else {
            typeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), fontPath);
            mFontCache.put(fontPath, typeface);
        }
        return typeface;
    }

    public static void setupTextViews(Context context, ViewGroup parent) {
        for (int i = parent.getChildCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            final View child = parent.getChildAt(i);
            if (child instanceof ViewGroup) {
                setupTextViews(context, (ViewGroup) child);
            } else {
                if (child != null) {
                    TextViewHelper.setupTextView(context, child);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static void setupTextView(Context context, View view) {
        if (view instanceof TextView) {
            if (view.getTag() != null) // also inherited from TextView's style
            {
                TextView textView = (TextView) view;
                String fontPath = (String) textView.getTag();
                Typeface typeface = getTypeface(context, fontPath);
                if (typeface != null) {
                    textView.setTypeface(typeface);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static TextView setupTextView(View rootView, int id) {
        TextView textView = (TextView) rootView.findViewById(id);
        setupTextView(rootView.getContext().getApplicationContext(), textView);
        return textView;
    }

    public static TextView setupTextView(Activity activity, int id) {
        TextView textView = (TextView) activity.findViewById(id);
        setupTextView(activity.getApplicationContext(), textView);
        return textView;
    }
}

Answer 4

The correct way of doing this as of API 26 is described in the official documentation here :

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml.html

This involves placing the ttf files in res/font folder and creating a font-family file.

Answer 5

Yes, downloadable fonts are so easy, as Dipali s said.

This is how you do it...

1. Place a TextView.
2. In the properties pane, select the fontFamily dropdown. If it isn't there, find the caret thingy (the > and click on it to expand textAppearance) under the.
3. Expand the font-family drop down.
4. In the little list, scroll all the way down till you see more fonts
5. This will open up a dialog box where you can search from Google Fonts
6. Search for the font you like with the search bar at the top
7. Select your font.
8. Select the style of the font you like (i.e. bold, normal, italic, etc)
9. In the right pane, choose the radio button that says Add font to project
10. Click okay. Now your TextView has the font you like!

BONUS: If you would like to style EVERYTHING with text in your application with chosen font, just add <item name="android:fontfamily">@font/fontnamehere</item> into your styles.xml

Answer 6

Update answer: Android 8.0 (API level 26) introduces a new feature, Fonts in XML. just use the Fonts in XML feature on devices running Android 4.1 (API level 16) and higher, use the Support Library 26.

see this link

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Old answer

There are two ways to customize fonts :

!!! my custom font in assets/fonts/iran_sans.ttf

Way 1 : Refrection Typeface.class ||| best way

call FontsOverride.setDefaultFont() in class extends Application, This code will cause all software fonts to be changed, even Toasts fonts

AppController.java

public class AppController extends Application {

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();

        //Initial Font
        FontsOverride.setDefaultFont(getApplicationContext(), "MONOSPACE", "fonts/iran_sans.ttf");

    }
}

FontsOverride.java

public class FontsOverride {

    public static void setDefaultFont(Context context, String staticTypefaceFieldName, String fontAssetName) {
        final Typeface regular = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), fontAssetName);
        replaceFont(staticTypefaceFieldName, regular);
    }

    private static void replaceFont(String staticTypefaceFieldName, final Typeface newTypeface) {
        try {
            final Field staticField = Typeface.class.getDeclaredField(staticTypefaceFieldName);
            staticField.setAccessible(true);
            staticField.set(null, newTypeface);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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Way 2: use setTypeface

for special view just call setTypeface() to change font.

CTextView.java

public class CTextView extends TextView {

    public CTextView(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init(context,null);
    }

    public CTextView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context,attrs);
    }

    public CTextView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        init(context,attrs);
    }

    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
    public CTextView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
        init(context,attrs);
    }

    public void init(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {

        if (isInEditMode())
            return;

        // use setTypeface for change font this view
        setTypeface(FontUtils.getTypeface("fonts/iran_sans.ttf"));

    }
}

FontUtils.java

public class FontUtils {

    private static Hashtable<String, Typeface> fontCache = new Hashtable<>();

    public static Typeface getTypeface(String fontName) {
        Typeface tf = fontCache.get(fontName);
        if (tf == null) {
            try {
                tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(AppController.getInstance().getApplicationContext().getAssets(), fontName);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return null;
            }
            fontCache.put(fontName, tf);
        }
        return tf;
    }

}