Using custom font in android TextView using xml

Question

I have added a custom font file to my assets/fonts folder. How do I use it from my XML?

I can use it from code as follows:

TextView text =          


        

Answer 1

Create your customed TextView belong to the font you want to use. In this class, I use a static mTypeface field to cache the Typeface (for better performance)

public class HeliVnTextView extends TextView {

/*
 * Caches typefaces based on their file path and name, so that they don't have to be created every time when they are referenced.
 */
private static Typeface mTypeface;

public HeliVnTextView(final Context context) {
    this(context, null);
}

public HeliVnTextView(final Context context, final AttributeSet attrs) {
    this(context, attrs, 0);
}

public HeliVnTextView(final Context context, final AttributeSet attrs, final int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);

     if (mTypeface == null) {
         mTypeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "HelveticaiDesignVnLt.ttf");
     }
     setTypeface(mTypeface);
}

}

In xml file:

In java class:

HeliVnTextView title = new HeliVnTextView(getActivity());
title.setText(issue.getName());