How to make text glow?

Question

Can we apply glowing effect to any text like shown below:

Updated: Please also tell me what things i need to create something like this:

Do i need a Special font for this?

Answer 1

How about setting a blue shadow for the textview by using android:shadowColor and setting android:shadowDx and android:shadowDy to zero, with a pretty big android:shadowRadius?

Answer 2

<TextView     android:id="@+id/glowingText"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:padding="5dp"     android:shadowColor="#cf1d1d"     android:shadowDx="0.0"     android:shadowDy="0.0"     android:shadowRadius="8"     android:text="Radioactive"     android:textColor="#cf1d1d"     android:textSize="20sp" /> 

i recommend to add a padding, because the shadow/glow effect increases the needed space.

For custom fonts create a folder with the name "fonts" in your assets folder. Then put your .ttf files inside it. You can convert .otf files online there are lots of websites.

Put this in your Class

Typeface myFont = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/yourCustomFont.ttf"); 

and this is how you set the font to your textview

yourTextView.setTypeface(myFont); 

i have tested the glow effect and it works with custom fonts too. Keep in mind that you maybe have to decrease the size of your text because custom fonts are for some reason bigger. I used the half of the sp size that i normally would use.