Hindi text not rendered properly in android

Question

I'm working on an app where I have to show text received from a server response in a textview. The text could be in English or Hindi. In case of hindi, some of the letter are replaced by question marks (?). What is the issue here? This is how I set my text. Android version 6. Font type- Proxima Nova Alt Regular

 for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 viewHolder.lines[i].setText(poem.lines[i].lineText);
 }

Answer 1

From your question, it seems that some letters are being rendered properly while others are not. This is obviously a font compatibility issue. Please download a new font for your version of the Android, if you want to use a custom font.

However, in many of the new Android devices (especially Android 6 and later), Hindi is supported by default. So in that case, just check Settings --> Language & input of your phone. If Hindi is supported, then just change Locale of the app to Hindi and it should work.

Configuration.Locale = new Locale("hi", "IN");