how can i set a font, whose ttf resides in my assets folder through xml? I know how to do that programmatically but how can you do that via xml? Thanks in advance.
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You cannot do it using XML directly, however you can extend TextView and set a default font.
package com.nannu; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Typeface; import android.util.AttributeSet; import android.widget.TextView; public class NanTV extends TextView{ private Context c; public NanTV(Context c) { super(c); this.c = c; Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(), "font/yourfont.ttf"); setTypeface(tfs); } public NanTV(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) { super(context, attrs, defStyle); this.c = context; Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(), "font/yourfont.ttf"); setTypeface(tfs); // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub } public NanTV(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { super(context, attrs); this.c = context; Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(), "font/yourfont.ttf"); setTypeface(tfs); } } And in your layout use new TextView
<com.nannu.NanTV android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Large Text" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> I am posting this from my prev answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/11239305/1166537
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If you create your own TextView derivation, you could add an XML-attribute that the class handles the programmatical way. That way, you specify a certain font and it'll be set runtime, but you do it via XML. :)
Otherwise, there's no known way to achieve the requested behaviour.
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Vinay W
that sounds good, can you give an example? I don't think a lot of people thought about doing this.
karllindmark
If you check iNan's example below, it would be along that way (just adding custom attributes & getting them via
AttributeSet attrs). My eclipse is broken so I can't quite help you out with the actual code right now. :(
I have created a library to solve this problem here: http://responsiveandroid.com/2012/03/15/custom-fonts-in-android-widgets.html
You extend a TextView and set the name of the typeface in the xml. There is a downloadable sample.
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you can specify the font in your XML, e.g.
<com.github.browep.customfonts.view.FontableTextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="This is in a custom font" app:font="MyFont-Bold.otf" /> The code supports FontableTextView and FontableButton, but it's quite easy to extend to support other widget types if you require.
