How to set custom fonts in bold styles

Question

I have downloaded custom font to use on my app. I want to set style bold for that font. I have used the following code but its not working:

Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
"fonts/BRADHITC.otf");
Typeface bold = Typeface.create(tf, Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);    
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.cou_text);
tv.setTypeface(tf);

Answer 1

Neither of these answers worked for me.

Maybe they worked for others, but the way I got the bold version of a font working in my program, I did the following:

1. Copy/pasted the font .ttc - in this case AmericanTypewriter.ttc - to a folder I created in my main/assets/ directory called /fonts. So, main/assets/fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc

2. I made sure I had a TextView with an id in my xml:

   <TextView
       android:id="@+id/myTextView"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:text="This is American Bold"/>
   

3. At the top of my Activity, declared a TextView object:

   private TextView myTextView;
   

4. In the same Activity's onCreate(), inserted the following code:

   Typeface americanFont = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
           "fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc");
       Typeface americanFontBold = Typeface.create(americanFont, Typeface.BOLD);
       myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myTextView);
       myTextView.setTypeface(americanFontBold);
   

Answer 2

DEFAULT_BOLD is of type Typeface. Typeface.create() requires int.

Here is correct one

Typeface bold = Typeface.create(tf, Typeface.BOLD);  

Answer 3

Try this

tv.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);