Font size of TextView in Android application changes on changing font size from native settings

Question

I want to specify my own text size in my application, but I am having a problem doing this.

When I change the font size in the device settings, the font size of my

Answer 1

The easiest to do so is simply to use something like the following:

android:textSize="32sp"

If you'd like to know more about the textSize property, you can check the Android developer documentation.

Answer 2

simple way to prevent the whole app from getting effected by system font size is to updateConfiguration using a base activity.

//in base activity add this code.
public  void adjustFontScale( Configuration configuration) {

    configuration.fontScale = (float) 1.0;
    DisplayMetrics metrics = getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
    WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
    wm.getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
    metrics.scaledDensity = configuration.fontScale * metrics.density;
    getBaseContext().getResources().updateConfiguration(configuration, metrics);

}

@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    adjustFontScale( getResources().getConfiguration());
}