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 advance.

Answer 1

You cannot do it using XML directly, however you can extend TextView and set a default font.

package com.nannu;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class NanTV extends TextView{

    private Context c;
    public NanTV(Context c) {
        super(c);
        this.c = c;
        Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                "font/yourfont.ttf");
        setTypeface(tfs);

    }
    public NanTV(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        this.c = context;
        Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                "font/yourfont.ttf");
        setTypeface(tfs);
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    public NanTV(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        this.c = context;
        Typeface tfs = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                "font/yourfont.ttf");
        setTypeface(tfs);

    }


}

And in your layout use new TextView

<com.nannu.NanTV
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Large Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" 

        />

I am posting this from my prev answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/11239305/1166537