set custom font through xml

Question

how can i set a font, whose ttf resides in my assets folder through xml? I know how to do that programmatically but how can you do that via xml? Thanks in adva

Answer 1

I have created a library to solve this problem here: http://responsiveandroid.com/2012/03/15/custom-fonts-in-android-widgets.html

You extend a TextView and set the name of the typeface in the xml. There is a downloadable sample.