How to add external fonts to android application

Question

I was looking for some stylish fonts for my android application  but the problem is how can i make my android application supportable for external fonts   Thank you

User · Accepted Answer

You need to create fonts folder under assets folder in your project and put your TTF into it. Then in your Activity onCreate()

TextView myTextView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textBox);
Typeface typeFace=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/mytruetypefont.ttf");
myTextView.setTypeface(typeFace);

Please note that not all TTF will work. While I was experimenting, it worked just for a subset (on Windows the ones whose name is written in small caps).

User · Answer

Create a folder named fonts in the assets folder and add the snippet from the below link   Typeface tf   Typeface createFromAsset getApplicationContext   getAssets    fonts fontname ttf    textview setTypeface tf

User · Answer

To implement you need use Typeface go through with sample below  Typeface typeface   Typeface createFromAsset getAssets     fonts Roboto Roboto-Regular ttf    for  View view   allViews       if  view instanceof TextView              TextView textView    TextView  view        textView setTypeface typeface

User · Answer

The easiest way to accomplish this is to package the desired font s    with your application  To do this  simply create an assets  folder in   the project root  and put your fonts  in TrueType  or TTF  form  in   the assets  You might  for example  create assets fonts  and put your   TTF files in there       Then  you need to tell your widgets to use that font  Unfortunately    you can no longer use layout XML for this  since the XML does not know   about any fonts you may have tucked away as an application asset    Instead  you need to make the change in Java code  by calling   Typeface createFromAsset getAssets       fonts HandmadeTypewriter ttf        then taking the created Typeface object and passing it to your   TextView via setTypeface      For more reference here is the tutorial where I got this   http   www androidguys com 2008 08 18 fun-with-fonts

User · Answer

I recommend this approach it very nice with adding name of custom font in typeface to styles xml and putting your set of fonts into assets folder

User · Answer

You can use the custom TextView for whole app with custom font here is an example for that  public class MyTextView extends TextView       Typeface normalTypeface   Typeface createFromAsset getContext   getAssets    Constants FONT REGULAR      Typeface boldTypeface   Typeface createFromAsset getContext   getAssets     Constants FONT BOLD       public MyTextView Context context  AttributeSet attrs  int defStyle           super context  attrs  defStyle            public MyTextView Context context  AttributeSet attrs           super context  attrs            public MyTextView Context context           super context            public void setTypeface Typeface tf  int style           if  style    Typeface BOLD               super setTypeface boldTypeface    -1              else              super setTypeface normalTypeface    -1

User · Answer

One more point in addition to the above answers  When using a font inside a fragment  the typeface instantiation should be done in the onAttach method   override   as given below    Override public void onAttach Activity activity       super onAttach activity       Typeface tf   Typeface createFromAsset getApplicationContext   getAssets    fonts fontname ttf        Reason   There is a short span of time before a fragment is attached to an activity  If CreateFromAsset method is called before attaching fragment to an activity an error occurs

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