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

Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
        "fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf");
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.CustomFontText);
tv.setTypeface(tf);