android set custom font to a paint

Question

I want to draw a text to a paint. How to draw it with a custom font (ex Helvetica ) and bold also? I would preffer to use a system font and not create it fr

Answer 1

If you are using Android's new Fonts in XML for your fonts, then to get the typeface used for paint you can use:

val customTypeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, R.font.myfont)

or if your min Android API >= 26

val customTypeface = resources.getFont(R.font.myfont)

Then to apply it to your paint object:

mTextPaint.typeface = customTypeface

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For more info check out https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml#fonts-in-code