In this post, We detail how to set custom font in Android O ( API level 26) and best way of do it.
- Right click the res folder and go to New -> Android resource directory. The New Resource Directory window appears and select Font in Resource Type.
- Add font files in the Font folder.The folder structure below generates
- if we preview the fonts, double-click a font file. Next, we need to create a font family
Creating a font family
- Right click the Font folder and go to New -> Font resource file. The New Resource File window appears and enter the File name.
Each font file, style, and weight attribute in the <font> element. The following XML illustrates adding font-related attributes in the font resource XML
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> | |
| <font-family xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> | |
| <font | |
| android:fontStyle="normal" | |
| android:fontWeight="400" | |
| android:font="@font/proxima_nova" /> | |
| <font | |
| android:fontStyle="normal" | |
| android:fontWeight="400" | |
| android:font="@font/proximanova_bold" /> | |
| </font-family> |
Add Font in Xml file
| <TextView | |
| android:id="@+id/textfield2" | |
| android:layout_width="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_height="wrap_content" | |
| android:fontFamily="@font/proxima_nova" /> |
Adding Fonts Programatically
getFont(int) method is used to retrieve the font programatically and provide the resource identifier of the font to retrieve and returns typeface object.
[source language=java]
Typeface typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(MainActivity.this,R.font.proxima_nova);
textView.setTypeface(typeface);
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