RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made

Question

I'm trying to use a custom font on elements of a listview. So in my ListViewAdapter constructor I have:

private Context context;
private List<Project> projects;
private Typeface tf;
public ListViewAdapter(Context context, int resource, List<Project> projects) {
    super(context, resource, projects);
    this.context = context;
    this.projects = projects;
    tf = getTypefaceForListItems();
}

public Typeface getTypefaceForListItems()
{
    return Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf");
}

In getView method I apply this typeface to a textview. The problem is that I get a Runtime exception: native typeface cannot be made and I don't understand what seems to be the problem.

Here's the stacktrace:

java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
            at android.graphics.Typeface.<init>(Typeface.java:175)
            at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:149)
            at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListAdapter.getTypefaceForListItems(ProjectListAdapter.java:41)
            at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListAdapter.<init>(ProjectListAdapter.java:25)
            at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListActivity$GetProjectsAsyncTask.onPostExecute(ProjectListActivity.java:154)
            at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListActivity$GetProjectsAsyncTask.onPostExecute(ProjectListActivity.java:91)
            at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631)
            at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Also I wanted to mention that all my fonts are in src/main/assests/fonts folder.

Answer 1

One problem that's overlooked (by Android Studio users) is that the "assets/" folder is NOT on the same level as "src/". It is INSIDE "src/main/"

Because I didn't see this earlier, I spent two hours last night, and an hour this morning just trying to change the font in my navigation drawer.

I believe this is the same reason why pixlUI and calligraphy libraries did not work for me.