How to use custom font in a project written in Android Studio

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I was trying to use custom font in Android Studio as we did in Eclipse  But unfortunately could not figure out where to put the  assets  folder

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There are many ways to set custom font family on field and I am using like that below.

To add fonts as resources, perform the following steps in the Android Studio:

1) Right-click the res folder and go to New > Android resource directory. The New Resource Directory window appears.

2) In the Resource type list, select font, and then click OK.

Note: The name of the resource directory must be font.

3) Add your font files in the font folder.

Add font in desired view in your xml file:

Note: But you required the following things for that:

Android Studio above to 3.0 canary.
Your Activity extends AppCompatActivity.
Update your Gradle file like that:

    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"
    defaultConfig {        
        minSdkVersion 19
        targetSdkVersion 26
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

buildtoolsVersion above to 26 and minimum targetSdkVersion required 26

Add dependencies in build.gradle file:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta4'

gradle-wrapper.properties:

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip

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For new readers  You can use this library  Gloxey Custom Font Views  gradle dependency    dependencies             compile  io gloxey cfv custom-font-views 1 0 2          How to use   Create folder assets -  fonts  Copy your fonts into fonts folder    Use property app   font name    font name string  to apply font on view   Example      lt  --Font Names in srings xml-- gt          lt string name  aadhunik  gt aadhunik ttf lt  string gt          lt string name  kung fool  gt kungfool ttf lt  string gt          lt string name  skrova  gt skrova otf lt  string gt          lt string name  painting in the sun light  gt painting in the sun light ttf lt  string gt       lt  --Include views in layout xml-- gt          lt io gloxey cfv CFTextView        android layout width  match parent         android layout height  wrap content         android gravity  center         android text  Aadhunik         android textColor   ff00         android textSize  40sp         app font name   string aadhunik    gt           lt io gloxey cfv CFButton        android layout width  match parent         android layout height  wrap content         android text  Kung Fool         android textColor   154748         app font name   string kung fool    gt           lt io gloxey cfv CFEditText        android layout width  match parent         android layout height  wrap content         android gravity  center         android text  Hello world         android textSize  30sp         app font name   string skrova    gt           lt io gloxey cfv CFCheckBox        android layout width  wrap content         android layout height  wrap content         android layout gravity  center         android text  Painting In The Sun Light         android textSize  30sp         app font name   string painting in the sun light    gt

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put fonts in asset folder  then  apply fontfamily   your fonts

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Add your fonts to assets folder in app src main assets make a custom textview like this    class CustomLightTextView   TextView    constructor context  Context    super context       attachFont context    constructor context  Context  attrs  AttributeSet      super context  attrs       attachFont context    constructor context  Context  attrs  AttributeSet      defStyleAttr  Int    super context  attrs  defStyleAttr        attachFont context    fun attachFont context  Context        this setTypeface FontCache getInstance   getLightFont context          Add FontCache   So that you don t have to create typeface again and again like    class FontCache private constructor     val fontMap   HashMap lt String Typeface gt     companion object       private var mInstance   FontCache  null     fun getInstance   FontCache   mInstance   synchronized this           return mInstance  FontCache   also   mInstance it            fun getLightFont context  Context  Typeface       if  fontMap containsKey  light             Typeface createFromAsset context getAssets    Gotham-Book otf            fontMap put  light  Typeface createFromAsset context getAssets    Gotham-Book otf              return fontMap get  light          And you are done    P S From android O  you can directly add fonts

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Select File New Folder Assets Folder Click finish Right click on assets and create a folder called fonts Put your font file in assets   fonts Use code below to change your textView s font  TextView textView    TextView  findViewById R id textView   Typeface typeface   Typeface createFromAsset getAssets     fonts yourfont ttf    textView setTypeface typeface

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Android 8 0  API 26  introduced new features related to fonts   1  Fonts can be used as resources   2  Downloadable fonts   If you want to use external fonts in your android application  you can either include font files in apk or configure downloadable fonts   Including font files in APK   You can download font files  save them in res font filer  define font family and use font family in styles   For more details on using custom fonts as resources see http   www zoftino com android-using-custom-fonts  Configuring downloadable fonts   Define font by providing font provider details  add font provider certificate and use font in styles   For more details on downloadable fonts see http   www zoftino com downloading-fonts-android

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I could not load fonts because I had named my font file Poppins-Medium tff  renaming it to poppins medium tff worked for me  Rest of the steps remained the same   Create the font resource directory under res folder Copy and paste your tff file in that directory Then use in TextView in XML using fontFamily attribute  If above steps dont work  you can create a FontFamily of that font using this link

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First create assets folder then create fonts folder in it   Then you can set font from assets or directory like bellow    public class FontSampler extends Activity        Override     public void onCreate Bundle icicle            super onCreate icicle           setContentView R layout main            TextView tv    TextView  findViewById R id custom           Typeface face   Typeface createFromAsset getAssets     fonts HandmadeTypewriter ttf             tv setTypeface face            File font   new File Environment getExternalStorageDirectory     MgOpenCosmeticaBold ttf             if  font exists                  tv    TextView  findViewById R id file               face   Typeface createFromFile font                tv setTypeface face             else               findViewById R id filerow  setVisibility View GONE

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With Support Library 26 0  and Android O  fonts can be loaded from resource easily with    Typeface typeface   ResourcesCompat getFont Context context  int fontResourceId     Docs for the method   More info can be found here

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Update 2021  Create a folder named font inside the res folder and copy your font   lt TextView         android layout width  quot match parent quot          android layout height  quot wrap content quot          android fontFamily  quot  font abc font quot    gt   For programmatic use  textView setTypeface ResourcesCompat getFont context  R font abc font

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Now there are so many ways to apply font one of easiest way is like this  1  Right-click the res folder     go to New   Android resource directory   2  From Resource type list  select font  and then click OK   3  Put your font files in the font folder

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I want to add my answer for Android-O and Android Studio 2 4  Create folder called font under res folder  Download the various fonts you wanted to add to your project example Google fonts  Inside your xml user font family example    lt TextView     android fontFamily  quot  font indie flower quot      android layout width  quot wrap content quot      android layout height  quot wrap content quot      android padding  quot 10dp quot      android text  quot  string sample text quot    gt     3 If you want it to be in programmatic way use following code Typeface typeface   getResources   getFont R font indie flower   textView setTypeface typeface    for more information follow the link to my blog post Font styles for Android with Android Studio 2 4

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As per new feature available in Android O  font resources in XML is avilable as new feature   To add fonts as resources  perform the following steps in the Android Studio   1  Right-click the res folder and go to New   Android resource directory  The New Resource Directory window appears   2  In the Resource type list  select font  and then click OK   Note  The name of the resource directory must be font   3  Add your font files in the font folder   You can access the font resources with the help of a new resource type  font  For example  to access a font resource  use  font myfont  or R font myfont   eg  Typeface typeface   getResources   getFont R font myfont   textView setTypeface typeface

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Create folder assets in Project -  app  or your app name  -  src -  main -  right click -  New -  Directory  Then create a new directory inside assets called  fonts     To assign the font to the textView   TextView textView    TextView  findViewById R id your textView    final Typeface font   Typeface createFromAsset context getAssets     fonts your font name      your font name includes font extension

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Hello here we have a better way to apply fonts on EditTexts and TextViews on android at once and apply it in whole project   First of All you need to make fonts folder  Here are Steps   1  Go to the  project folder  Then app src main  2  Create folders named  assets fonts  into the main folder   3  Put your fonts into the fonts folder  Here I Have  MavenPro-Regular ttf   Here are the Steps for applying custom fonts on EditText and using this approach you can apply fonts on every input   1   Create a Class MyEditText  your preferred name       2   which extends EditText   3   Apply your font  Here is code Example   public class MyEditText extends EditText        public MyEditText Context context  AttributeSet attrs  int defStyle            super context  attrs  defStyle           init               public MyEditText Context context  AttributeSet attrs            super context  attrs           init               public MyEditText Context context            super context           init               private void init             if   isInEditMode                  Typeface tf   Typeface createFromAsset getContext   getAssets     fonts MavenPro-Regular ttf                setTypeface tf                        And in Here is the code how to use it   MyEditText editText    MyEditText  findViewById R id editText    editText setText  Hello      Or in Your xml File      lt MyEditText     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android gravity  center      android textColor   fff      android textSize  16dp      android id    id editText        gt

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1st add font ttf file on font Folder  Then Add this line in onCreate method      Typeface typeface   ResourcesCompat getFont getApplicationContext    R font myfont       mytextView setTypeface typeface     And here is my xml               lt TextView             android id    id idtext1              android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android layout marginTop  7dp              android gravity  center              android text  My Text              android textColor   000              android textSize  10sp            gt

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You can use easy  amp  simple EasyFonts third party library to set variety of custom font to your TextView  By using this library you should not have to worry about downloading and adding fonts into the assets fonts folder  Also about Typeface object creation  You will be free from creating asset folder too   Simply   TextView myTextView    TextView findViewById R id myTextView   myTextView setTypeface EasyFonts robotoThin this      There are many type of fonts provided by this library

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If you are very new to Android like I am this can be a little tricky  Make sure you call   TextView myTextView    TextView  findViewById R id textView   Typeface typeface Typeface createFromAsset getAssets     fonts your font ttf    myTextView setTypeface typeface     method within a method such as onCreate

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I think instead of downloading  ttf file we can use Google fonts  It s very easy to implements  only you have to follow these steps  step 1  Open layout xml of your project and the select font family of text view in attributes  for reference screen shot is attached        step 2  The in font family select More fonts   option if your font is not there  then you will see a new window will open  there you can type your required font  amp  select the desired font from that list i e  Regular  Bold  Italic etc   as shown in below image    step 3  Then you will observe a font folder will be auto generated in  res folder having your selected fonts xml file      Then you can directly use this font family in xml as         android fontFamily   font josefin sans bold    or pro grammatically you can achieve this by using     Typeface typeface   ResourcesCompat getFont this  R font app font     fontText setTypeface typeface

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