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.

Answer 1

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).

Answer 2

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*/);        }    } }