How to Set a Custom Font in the ActionBar Title?

Question

How (if possible) could I set a custom font in a ActionBar title text(only - not the tab text) with a font in my assets folder? I don\'t want to use the android:logo option.

Answer 1

    ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    TextView tv = new TextView(getApplicationContext());
    Typeface typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(this, R.font.monotype_corsiva);
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, // Width of TextView
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT); // Height of TextView
    tv.setLayoutParams(lp);
    tv.setText("Your Text"); // ActionBar title text
    tv.setTextSize(25);
    tv.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
    tv.setTypeface(typeface, typeface.ITALIC);
    actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
    actionBar.setCustomView(tv);

Answer 2

It's an ugly hack but you can do it like this (since action_bar_title is hidden) :

    try {
        Integer titleId = (Integer) Class.forName("com.android.internal.R$id")
                .getField("action_bar_title").get(null);
        TextView title = (TextView) getWindow().findViewById(titleId);
        // check for null and manipulate the title as see fit
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Failed to obtain action bar title reference");
    }

This code is for post-GINGERBREAD devices but this can be easily extended to work with actionbar Sherlock as well

P.S. Based on @pjv comment there's a better way to find action bar title id

final int titleId = 
    Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier("action_bar_title", "id", "android");

Answer 3

The Calligraphy library let's you set a custom font through the app theme, which would also apply to the action bar.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/AppTheme.Widget.TextView</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.Widget"/>

<style name="AppTheme.Widget.TextView" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Light.TextView">
   <item name="fontPath">fonts/Roboto-ThinItalic.ttf</item>
</style>

All it takes to activate Calligraphy is attaching it to your Activity context:

@Override
protected void attachBaseContext(Context newBase) {
    super.attachBaseContext(new CalligraphyContextWrapper(newBase));
}

The default custom attribute is fontPath, but you may provide your own custom attribute for the path by initializing it in your Application class with CalligraphyConfig.Builder. Usage of android:fontFamily has been discouraged.

Answer 4

TRY THIS

public void findAndSetFont(){
        getActionBar().setTitle("SOME TEST TEXT");
        scanForTextViewWithText(this,"SOME TEST TEXT",new SearchTextViewInterface(){

            @Override
            public void found(TextView title) {

            } 
        });
    }

public static void scanForTextViewWithText(Activity activity,String searchText, SearchTextViewInterface searchTextViewInterface){
    if(activity == null|| searchText == null || searchTextViewInterface == null)
        return;
    View view = activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content).getRootView();
    searchForTextViewWithTitle(view, searchText, searchTextViewInterface);
}

private static void searchForTextViewWithTitle(View view, String searchText, SearchTextViewInterface searchTextViewInterface)
{
    if (view instanceof ViewGroup)
    {
        ViewGroup g = (ViewGroup) view;
        int count = g.getChildCount();
        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
            searchForTextViewWithTitle(g.getChildAt(i), searchText, searchTextViewInterface);
    }
    else if (view instanceof TextView)
    {
        TextView textView = (TextView) view;
        if(textView.getText().toString().equals(searchText))
            if(searchTextViewInterface!=null)
                searchTextViewInterface.found(textView);
    }
}
public interface SearchTextViewInterface {
    void found(TextView title);
}

Answer 5

Try using This

TextView headerText= new TextView(getApplicationContext());
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
headerText.setLayoutParams(lp);
headerText.setText("Welcome!");
headerText.setTextSize(20);
headerText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));
Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/wesfy_regular.ttf");
headerText.setTypeface(tf);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(headerText);

Answer 6

From Android Support Library v26 + Android Studio 3.0 onwards, this process has become easy as a flick!!

Follow these steps to change the font of Toolbar Title:

1. Read Downloadable Fonts & select any font from the list (my recommendation) or load a custom font to res > font as per Fonts in XML

2. In res > values > styles, paste the following (use your imagination here!)

   <style name="TitleBarTextAppearance" parent="android:TextAppearance">
       <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/your_desired_font</item>
       <item name="android:textSize">23sp</item>
       <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
       <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/white</item>
   </style>
   

3. Insert a new line in your Toolbar properties app:titleTextAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.TabsFont" as shown below

   <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
       android:id="@+id/toolbar"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
       android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
       app:titleTextAppearance="@style/TitleBarTextAppearance"
       app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"/>
   

4. Enjoy Custom Actionbar Title font styling!!