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

instead of xmlns:custom="schemas.android.com/tools"; you should use: xmlns:custom="schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"; in order to use styleable attributes. I made this change and it is working now.