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Change the font of tab text in android design support TabLayout

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How do you change the typeface of a selected tab of a TabLayout?

You can change the font family for selected/unselected tab only programmatically. You can listen which Tab is selected and unselected with TabLayout. OnTabSelectedListener and on onTabSelected(TabLayout. Tab tab) callback you can change the Typeface for the selected Tab and on onTabUnselected(TabLayout.

How do I use TabLayout on Android?

This example demonstrates how do I create a Tab Layout in android app. Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project. Step 3 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main. xml.


If you are using TabLayout and you want to change the font you have to add a new for loop to the previous solution like this:

private void changeTabsFont() {
    ViewGroup vg = (ViewGroup) tabLayout.getChildAt(0);
        int tabsCount = vg.getChildCount();
        for (int j = 0; j < tabsCount; j++) {
            ViewGroup vgTab = (ViewGroup) vg.getChildAt(j);
            int tabChildsCount = vgTab.getChildCount();
            for (int i = 0; i < tabChildsCount; i++) {
                View tabViewChild = vgTab.getChildAt(i);
                if (tabViewChild instanceof TextView) {
                    ((TextView) tabViewChild).setTypeface(Font.getInstance().getTypeFace(), Typeface.NORMAL);
                }
        }
    }
} 

Please refer to change font style in action bar tabs using sherlock


Create your own custom style and use parent style as parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Widget.TabWidget"

And in your tab layout use this style as app:tabTextAppearance="@style/tab_text"

Example: Style:

<style name="tab_text" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Widget.TabWidget">
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/poppins_regular</item>
</style>

Example: Tab layout component:

<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
        android:id="@+id/tabLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
        app:tabTextAppearance="@style/tab_text" />

Great answer from praveen Sharma. Just a small addition: Instead of using changeTabsFont() everywhere you need TabLayout, you can simply use your own CustomTabLayout.

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.support.design.widget.TabLayout;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class CustomTabLayout extends TabLayout {
    private Typeface mTypeface;

    public CustomTabLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init();
    }

    public CustomTabLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init();
    }

    public CustomTabLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        mTypeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf");
    }

    @Override
    public void addTab(Tab tab) {
        super.addTab(tab);

        ViewGroup mainView = (ViewGroup) getChildAt(0);
        ViewGroup tabView = (ViewGroup) mainView.getChildAt(tab.getPosition());

        int tabChildCount = tabView.getChildCount();
        for (int i = 0; i < tabChildCount; i++) {
            View tabViewChild = tabView.getChildAt(i);
            if (tabViewChild instanceof TextView) {
                ((TextView) tabViewChild).setTypeface(mTypeface, Typeface.NORMAL);
            }
        }
    }

}

And one more thing. TabView is a LinearLayout with TextView inside (it can also optionally contain ImageView). So you can make the code even simpler:

@Override
public void addTab(Tab tab) {
    super.addTab(tab);

    ViewGroup mainView = (ViewGroup) getChildAt(0);
    ViewGroup tabView = (ViewGroup) mainView.getChildAt(tab.getPosition());
    View tabViewChild = tabView.getChildAt(1);
    ((TextView) tabViewChild).setTypeface(mTypeface, Typeface.NORMAL);
}

But I wouldn't recommend this way. If TabLayout implementation will change, this code can work improperly or even crash.

Another way to customise TabLayout is adding custom view to it. Here is the great example.


Create a TextView from Java Code or XML like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:textSize="15sp"
    android:textColor="@color/tabs_default_color"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>

Make sure to keep the id as it is here because the TabLayout check for this ID if you use custom textview

Then from code inflate this layout and set the custom Typeface on that textview and add this custom view to the tab

for (int i = 0; i < tabLayout.getTabCount(); i++) {
     //noinspection ConstantConditions
     TextView tv = (TextView)LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.custom_tab,null)
     tv.setTypeface(Typeface);       
     tabLayout.getTabAt(i).setCustomView(tv);
}