Custom font for ActionBarSherlock tabs

Question

I want to set font for the \"Video\" and \"Image\" tabs in ActionBarSherlock. I have used the following code to do so. Its showing accurately in ICS but not in

Answer 1

First create following custom TypefaceSpan class in your project.Bit changed version of Custom TypefaceSpan to enable to use both .otf and .ttf fonts.

import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.support.v4.util.LruCache;
import android.text.TextPaint;
import android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan;

public class TypefaceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan{

    /*Cache to save loaded fonts*/
    private static LruCache typeFaceCache= new LruCache(12);
    private Typeface mTypeface;
    public TypefaceSpan(Context context,String typeFaceName)
    {
        StringTokenizer tokens=new StringTokenizer(typeFaceName,".");
        String fontName=tokens.nextToken();
        mTypeface=typeFaceCache.get(fontName);

        if(mTypeface==null)
        {
            mTypeface=Constants.getFont(context, typeFaceName);
            //cache the loaded font
            typeFaceCache.put(fontName, mTypeface);
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void updateMeasureState(TextPaint p) {
        p.setTypeface(mTypeface);
    }

    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(TextPaint tp) {
        tp.setTypeface(mTypeface);
    }

}

Now apply code like this:(I used this on one of my Bangla apps successfully)

        SpannableString mstKnwTitle=new SpannableString(getString(R.string.e_mustknow_tab));
        SpannableString cntctsTitle=new SpannableString(getString(R.string.e_number_tab));


        TypefaceSpan span=new TypefaceSpan(this, "solaimanlipi.ttf");

        mstKnwTitle.setSpan(span, 0, mstKnwTitle.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);     
        cntctsTitle.setSpan(span, 0, mstKnwTitle.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

        Tab tab= actionBar.newTab();
        tab.setText(mstKnwTitle);
        tab.setTabListener(tabListener);

        actionBar.addTab(tab);


        tab= actionBar.newTab();
        tab.setText(cntctsTitle);
        tab.setTabListener(tabListener);

        actionBar.addTab(tab);

Original inspiration of my answer was:Styling the Android Action Bar title using a custom typeface