Set ttf font for TextView

Description

The following code shows how to Set ttf font for TextView.

Example



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:stretchColumns="1">
  <TableRow>
    <TextView
      android:text="sans:"
      android:layout_marginRight="4px"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
    <TextView
      android:id="@+id/sans"
      android:text="Hello, world!"
      android:typeface="sans"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
  </TableRow>
  <TableRow>
    <TextView
      android:text="serif:"
      android:layout_marginRight="4px"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
    <TextView
      android:id="@+id/serif"
      android:text="Hello, world!"
      android:typeface="serif"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
  </TableRow>
  <TableRow>
    <TextView
      android:text="monospace:"
      android:layout_marginRight="4px"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
    <TextView
      android:id="@+id/monospace"
      android:text="Hello, world!"
      android:typeface="monospace"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
  </TableRow>
  <TableRow>
    <TextView
      android:text="Custom:"
      android:layout_marginRight="4px"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
    <TextView
      android:id="@+id/custom"
      android:text="Hello, world!"
      android:textSize="20sp"
    />
  </TableRow>
</TableLayout>

Java code


import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    super.onCreate(icicle);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
    TextView tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.custom);
    Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/yourfont file.ttf");
    
    tv.setTypeface(face);
  }
}
/***
  Copyright (c) 2008-2009 CommonsWare, LLC
  
  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
  not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
  a copy of the License at
    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  limitations under the License.
*/




















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