How to make a custom TextView?

Question

I'm trying to make a custom text view that has the font set from a given path. Please provide me any example and how I can make that with less code:

<TextView
   android:id="@+id/textView2"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="@string/accountInfoText"
   android:textColor="#727272"
   android:textSize="18dp" />

Answer 1

import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Typeface; import android.util.AttributeSet; import android.widget.TextView;  public class FontTextView extends TextView {       public FontTextView(Context context) {       super(context);       Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "Helvetica_Neue.ttf");        this.setTypeface(face);      }      public FontTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {         super(context, attrs);      Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "Helvetica_Neue.ttf");    this.setTypeface(face);      }      public FontTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {         super(context, attrs, defStyle);      Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "Helvetica_Neue.ttf");    this.setTypeface(face);      }      protected void onDraw (Canvas canvas) {         super.onDraw(canvas);                      }  } 

and in xml:

<com.util.FontTextView                     android:id="@+id/textView2"                     android:layout_width="wrap_content"                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"                     android:text="@string/accountInfoText"                     android:textColor="#727272"                     android:textSize="18dp" /> 

Answer 2

Create a Custom View for Textview.

1. Make the entry in the attrs.xml file and give an option to select Font as a list in custom TextView.

   ....

2. Create the enum entry with a list of fonts and assign unique values

3. Make entries of all fonts in strings.xml

   Roboto-Bold Roboto-Medium Roboto-Light Roboto-Regular Roboto-Thin Roboto-Italic

4. Create an asset folder and copy all the necessary font you want to put in the font folder

5. Create a class extending TextView

   import android.content.Context; import android.content.res.TypedArray; import android.graphics.Typeface; import android.util.AttributeSet; import android.widget.TextView;  /** * Created by ANKIT  */ public class CustomFontTextView extends TextView {  String customFont;  public CustomFontTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {     super(context, attrs);     style(context, attrs); }  public CustomFontTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {     super(context, attrs, defStyle);     style(context, attrs);  }  private void style(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {      TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,             R.styleable.CustomFontTextView);     int cf = a.getInteger(R.styleable.CustomFontTextView_fontName, 0);     int fontName = 0;     switch (cf)     {         case 1:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Bold;             break;         case 2:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Italic;             break;         case 3:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Light;             break;         case 4:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Medium;             break;         case 5:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Regular;             break;         case 6:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Thin;             break;         default:             fontName = R.string.Roboto_Regular;             break;     }      customFont = getResources().getString(fontName);      Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(),             "font/" + customFont + ".ttf");     setTypeface(tf);     a.recycle(); } } 

You can use this custom class this way. .. use your packageName.ClassName

 <ankit.com.customui.CustomFontTextView   android:layout_width="match_parent"   android:text="Hello World Ankit"   android:textSize="16sp"   app:fontName="Roboto_Medium"   android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> 

add below styleable in res/values/attrs.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>     <declare-styleable name="CustomFontTextView">         <attr name="fontName" format="string" />     </declare-styleable> </resources>