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How to use the custom font inside the entire app. This example is for how to use custom font for all textviews inside the app.
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| // add fonts inside the *assets/fonts* folder | |
| // create a class named customTextView.java | |
| public class customTextView extends TextView { | |
| private static final String SCHEMA = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; | |
| public customTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) { | |
| super(context, attrs, defStyle); | |
| getStyle(attrs, context); | |
| } | |
| public customTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { | |
| super(context, attrs); | |
| getStyle(attrs, context); | |
| } | |
| public customTextView(Context context) { | |
| super(context); | |
| getStyle(null, context); | |
| } | |
| // get the style of the textview and apply the font accordingly. | |
| private void getStyle(AttributeSet attr, Context context){ | |
| int textStyle = 0; | |
| Typeface tf = null; | |
| if(attr!=null){ | |
| textStyle = attr.getAttributeIntValue(SCHEMA, "textStyle", 0); | |
| } | |
| switch (textStyle) { | |
| case Typeface.NORMAL: | |
| // textstyle normal case and set the normal custom font. | |
| tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/normal.ttf"); | |
| break; | |
| case Typeface.BOLD: | |
| // textstyle bold case and set the bold custom font. | |
| tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/bold.ttf"); | |
| break; | |
| case Typeface.ITALIC: | |
| // textstyle italic case and set the italic custom font. | |
| tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/italic.ttf"); | |
| break; | |
| case Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC: | |
| // textstyle bold_italic case and set the bold_italic custom font. | |
| tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/bold_italic.ttf"); | |
| break; | |
| default: | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| // method to set the typeface | |
| setTypeface(tf); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| //**************XML CODE**************** | |
| 1. Normal font | |
| <com.example.test.customTextView | |
| android:id="@+id/hj1" | |
| android:layout_width="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_height="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_below="@+id/hj2" | |
| android:text="Custom normal" /> | |
| 2. Bold font | |
| <com.example.test.customTextView | |
| android:id="@+id/hj" | |
| android:layout_width="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_height="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_below="@+id/hj1" | |
| android:text="custom bold" | |
| android:textStyle="bold" /> | |
| 3. Bold_Italic font | |
| <com.example.test.customTextView | |
| android:id="@+id/hj" | |
| android:layout_width="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_height="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_below="@+id/hj1" | |
| android:text="custom bold" | |
| android:textStyle="bold|italic" /> | |
| 4. italic font | |
| <com.example.test.customTextView | |
| android:id="@+id/hj" | |
| android:layout_width="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_height="wrap_content" | |
| android:layout_below="@+id/hj1" | |
| android:text="custom bold" | |
| android:textStyle="italic" /> |
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