How to properly set line height for Android?

Question

I am a UX architect working with a team of Android developers that are mostly junior. We are having issues properly setting line height in Android.

We are using the

Answer 1

Here's React Native's solution: add a span that adjusts the line height https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLineHeightSpan.java

My design colleagues use line height excessively and its a pain that it never looks right after rending in-app.

I'll be planning on making a custom TextView class that takes an arg by XML and will post it here after.