How to change fontFamily of TextView in Android

Question

So I\'d like to change the android:fontFamily in Android but I don\'t see any pre-defined fonts in Android. How do I select one of the pre-defined ones? I don\'

Answer 1

Here is an easier way that can work in some cases. The principle is to add a not visible TextVview in your xml layout and to get its typeFace in the java code.

The layout in the xml file:

And the java code:

myText.setTypeface(textViewSelectedDescription.getTypeface());

It has worked for me (within a TextSwitcher for example).