How to change the font on the TextView?

Question

How to change the font in a TextView, as default it\'s shown up as Arial? How to change it to Helvetica?

Answer 1

First download the .ttf file of the font you need (arial.ttf). Place it in the assets folder. (Inside assets folder create new folder named fonts and place it inside it.) Use the following code to apply the font to your TextView:

Typeface type = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/arial.ttf"); 
textView.setTypeface(type);