Custom Fonts in Android

What is Custom Fonts in Android ?

In android, you can define your own custom fonts in any text's like textViews, buttons etc...   

You just need to download the required font from the internet.

After that, place downloaded fonts in assets folder.

After putting fonts in assets folder you can access it in your java code with Typeface class.  

   

Steps : Open Google -> type download fonts.ttf or fonts.otf -> download fonts

Then right click on res -> new -> folder -> assets folder


         

 

Lets see example ::  

activity_main.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#895"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_marginTop="150dp"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:id="@+id/textViewFonts"
        android:text="Custom Font Example"
        android:textColor="#f00"
        android:textSize="32sp"
        />


</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.example.malik.blog;

import android.graphics.Typeface;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    TextView textView;

    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textViewFonts);

        Typeface typeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"GreatVibes-Regular.otf");

        textView.setTypeface(typeface);

    }

}

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.example.malik.blog">

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"

        android:supportsRtl="true"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <activity

            android:name=".MainActivity"

            android:screenOrientation="portrait">

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

    compileSdkVersion 25

    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"

    defaultConfig {

        applicationId "com.example.malik.blog"

        minSdkVersion 18

        targetSdkVersion 25

        versionCode 1

        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

    }

    buildTypes {

        release {

            minifyEnabled false

            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

        }

    }

}

dependencies {

    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {

        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'

    })

    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'

    compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'

    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'

}