Android Typeface createFromAsset

Question

I Have a Custom View which draws text onto the Canvas. I want to change the font to a font stored in the assets folder.

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Answer 1

You can use your View's getContext() method to get the current Context, then use it to get the assets:

Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "robotobold.ttf");