Change the font of tab text in android design support TabLayout

Question

I\'m trying to work on the new TabLayout from the android design library.

I want to change tab text to custom font. And,I tried to sear

Answer 1

And here is my implementation in Kotlin that also allow change font for selected and unselected tabs.

class FontTabLayout @JvmOverloads constructor(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
    @AttrRes defStyleAttr: Int = 0
) : TabLayout(context, attrs, defStyleAttr) {

    private var textSize = 14f

    private var defaultSelectedPosition = 0

    private var selectedTypeFace: Typeface? = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, R.font.muli_bold)
    private var normalTypeFace: Typeface? = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, R.font.muli_regular)

    @ColorInt private var selectedColor = 0
    @ColorInt private var normalTextColor = 0

    init {
        attrs?.let { initAttrs(it) }
        addOnTabSelectedListener()
    }

    private fun initAttrs(attrs: AttributeSet) {
        val a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.FontTabLayout)

        textSize = a.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.FontTabLayout_textSize, 14).toFloat()

        defaultSelectedPosition = a.getInteger(R.styleable.FontTabLayout_defaultSelectedPosition, 0)
        val selectedResourceId = a.getResourceId(R.styleable.FontTabLayout_selectedTypeFace, R.font.muli_bold)
        val normalResourceId = a.getResourceId(R.styleable.FontTabLayout_normalTypeFace, R.font.muli_regular)

        selectedColor = a.getColor(com.google.android.material.R.styleable.TabLayout_tabSelectedTextColor, 0)
        normalTextColor = a.getColor(R.styleable.FontTabLayout_normalTextColor, 0)

        selectedTypeFace = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, selectedResourceId)
        normalTypeFace = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, normalResourceId)

        a.recycle()
    }

    private fun addOnTabSelectedListener() {
        addOnTabSelectedListener(object : OnTabSelectedListenerAdapter() {

            override fun onTabUnselected(tab: Tab?) {
                getCustomViewFromTab(tab)?.apply {
                    setTextColor(normalTextColor)
                    typeface = normalTypeFace
                }
            }

            override fun onTabSelected(tab: Tab?) {

                getCustomViewFromTab(tab)?.apply {
                    setTextColor(selectedColor)
                    typeface = selectedTypeFace
                }
            }

            private fun getCustomViewFromTab(tab: Tab?) = tab?.customView as? AppCompatTextView

        })
    }

    override fun setupWithViewPager(viewPager: ViewPager?, autoRefresh: Boolean) {
        super.setupWithViewPager(viewPager, autoRefresh)
        addViews(viewPager)
    }

    private fun addViews(viewPager: ViewPager?) {
        for (i in 0 until tabCount) {
            val customTabView = getCustomTabView(i).apply {
                typeface = if (i == defaultSelectedPosition) selectedTypeFace else normalTypeFace
                val color = if (i == defaultSelectedPosition) selectedColor else normalTextColor
                setTextColor(color)
                text = viewPager?.adapter?.getPageTitle(i)
            }

            getTabAt(i)?.customView = customTabView
        }
    }

    private fun getCustomTabView(position: Int): AppCompatTextView {
        return AppCompatTextView(context).apply {
            gravity = Gravity.CENTER
            textSize = this@FontTabLayout.textSize
            text = position.toString()
        }
    }
}

in attrs.xml: