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How to change fontFamily of TextView in Android

So I'd like to change the android:fontFamily in Android but I don't see any pre-defined fonts in Android. How do I select one of the pre-defined ones? I don't really need to define my own TypeFace but all I need is something different from what it shows right now.

<TextView     android:id="@+id/HeaderText"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_alignParentTop="true"     android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"     android:layout_marginTop="52dp"     android:gravity="center"     android:text="CallerBlocker"     android:textSize="40dp"     android:fontFamily="Arial"  /> 

It seems what I did up there won't really work! BTW android:fontFamily="Arial" was a stupid attempt!

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Tarik Avatar asked Aug 26 '12 07:08

Tarik


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From android 4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0, the following Roboto font families are available:

android:fontFamily="sans-serif"           // roboto regular android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"     // roboto light android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed" // roboto condensed android:fontFamily="sans-serif-black"     // roboto black android:fontFamily="sans-serif-thin"      // roboto thin (android 4.2) android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"    // roboto medium (android 5.0) 

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in combination with

android:textStyle="normal|bold|italic" 

this 16 variants are possible:

  • Roboto regular
  • Roboto italic
  • Roboto bold
  • Roboto bold italic
  • Roboto-Light
  • Roboto-Light italic
  • Roboto-Thin
  • Roboto-Thin italic
  • Roboto-Condensed
  • Roboto-Condensed italic
  • Roboto-Condensed bold
  • Roboto-Condensed bold italic
  • Roboto-Black
  • Roboto-Black italic
  • Roboto-Medium
  • Roboto-Medium italic

fonts.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>     <string name="font_family_light">sans-serif-light</string>     <string name="font_family_medium">sans-serif-medium</string>     <string name="font_family_regular">sans-serif</string>     <string name="font_family_condensed">sans-serif-condensed</string>     <string name="font_family_black">sans-serif-black</string>     <string name="font_family_thin">sans-serif-thin</string> </resources> 
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Jakob Eriksson Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 05:09

Jakob Eriksson