How to use Font Awesome icon in android application?

Question

I want to use Font Awesome\'s icon set in my android application. I have some TextView to set those icons. I don\'t want to use any png image. My Textview is li

Answer 1

Similar code, But small change.

Use AppCompatTextView, because when you using TextView, you will get a warning like this:

This custom view should extend android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView instead

So kindly use AppCompatTextView. It will be better if you use AppCompatTextView instead of TextView:

import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

public class FontAwesome extends AppCompatTextView{

    public FontAwesome(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init();
    }

    public FontAwesome(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init();
    }

    public FontAwesome(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init();
    }

    private void init() {

        //Font name should not contain "/".
        Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(),
                "fontawesome.ttf");
        setTypeface(tf);
    }
}