how to set Android Typeface from xml

You could create your own TextView by overriding the TextView like this:

public class MyTextView extends TextView { public MyTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) { super(context, attrs, defStyle); setType(context); } public MyTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { super(context, attrs); setType(context); } public MyTextView(Context context) { super(context); setType(context); } private void setType(Context context){ this.setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "foo.ttf")); this.setShadowLayer(1.5f, 5, 5, getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.black_shadow)); } } 

And use it like this:

<com.your.project.package.MyTextView android:id="@+id/oppinfo_mtv_name" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:text="Player 1" /> 

You could create a custom class that extends TextView, let's say FontTextView.

Define a special string attribute for that class, let's say "font".

Then, in your FontTextView constructor based on the value of the font attribute, choose the appropriate Typeface from your assets.

See:

• Creating a View Class Google Tutorial
• Defining custom attributes SO Post

Extending TextView just for setting font looks so expensive and not good. The most clear way is to use Android Data-Binding Framework and BindingAdapter:

@BindingAdapter("bind:font") public static void setTypeface(TextView textView, int index) { Typeface myTypeface = //retrieve typeface from cache, based on some font index textView.setTypeface(myTypeface); } 

declaration in xml:

<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" app:font="@{R.attr.Proxima_Nova_Regular}" /> 

attrs.xml:

<attr name="Proxima_Nova_Regular"/> <attr name="Proxima_Nova_Black"/> <attr name="Proxima_Nova_Bold"/> 

or use resources integers same way

In your cache/creator helper determine dependencies between R.attr.Your Font and instance of typeface.