How to set custom font for a whole application in Android?
Write a class
public class MyApp extends Application{
// Put the onCreate code as you obtained from the post link you reffered
}
now next thing is in AndroidManifest.xml for the application tag give name for your application class. In this case it is MyApp
<application
android:name=".MyApp"
...
>
...
</application>
So whenever the App is opened , onCreate method of MyApp class would be invoked , and the font would be set.
Update
Put font file under assets/fonts/your_font_file.ttf
Put this line under onCreate method of your application class(MyApp)
TypefaceUtil.overrideFont(getApplicationContext(), "SERIF", "fonts/your_font_file.ttf");
Source File for TypefaceUtil
public class TypefaceUtil {
/**
* Using reflection to override default typeface
* NOTICE: DO NOT FORGET TO SET TYPEFACE FOR APP THEME AS DEFAULT TYPEFACE WHICH WILL BE OVERRIDDEN
*
* @param context to work with assets
* @param defaultFontNameToOverride for example "monospace"
* @param customFontFileNameInAssets file name of the font from assets
*/
public static void overrideFont(Context context, String defaultFontNameToOverride, String customFontFileNameInAssets) {
final Typeface customFontTypeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), customFontFileNameInAssets);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
Map<String, Typeface> newMap = new HashMap<String, Typeface>();
newMap.put("serif", customFontTypeface);
try {
final Field staticField = Typeface.class
.getDeclaredField("sSystemFontMap");
staticField.setAccessible(true);
staticField.set(null, newMap);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
try {
final Field defaultFontTypefaceField = Typeface.class.getDeclaredField(defaultFontNameToOverride);
defaultFontTypefaceField.setAccessible(true);
defaultFontTypefaceField.set(null, customFontTypeface);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TypefaceUtil.class.getSimpleName(), "Can not set custom font " + customFontFileNameInAssets + " instead of " + defaultFontNameToOverride);
}
}
}
}
Now update your style.xml file
put the below line your style which is included for your activity in manifest file
<item name="android:typeface">serif</item>
Hope this helps
Android - How to set a custom font for whole app
EDIT Sept 2014:
For anyone still seeing this old terrible answer, the real, good answer is here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/16883281/1154026
OLD:
Your best bet would be this:
Customize Android Fonts
So
TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "yourfont.ttf");
text.setTypeface(font);
With your .ttf in the root of the "assets" folder.
How to set default font family for entire Android app
The answer is yes.
Global Roboto light for TextView
and Button
classes:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
<item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/RobotoTextViewStyle</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/RobotoButtonStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="RobotoTextViewStyle" parent="android:Widget.TextView">
<item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
</style>
<style name="RobotoButtonStyle" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Button">
<item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
</style>
Just select the style you want from list themes.xml, then create your custom style based on the original one. At the end, apply the style as the theme of the application.
<application
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
</application>
It will work only with built-in fonts like Roboto, but that was the question. For custom fonts (loaded from assets for example) this method will not work.
EDIT 08/13/15
If you're using AppCompat themes, remember to remove android:
prefix. For example:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/RobotoTextViewStyle</item>
<item name="buttonStyle">@style/RobotoButtonStyle</item>
</style>
Note the buttonStyle
doesn't contain android:
prefix, but textViewStyle
must contain it.
Android: Want to set custom fonts for whole application not runtime
EDIT: So it's been a while, and I'd like to add what I think is the best way to do this, and through XML no less!
So first, you're going to want to make a new class that overrides whatever View you want to customize. (e.g. want a Button with a custom typeface? Extend Button
). Let's make an example:
public class CustomButton extends Button {
private final static int ROBOTO = 0;
private final static int ROBOTO_CONDENSED = 1;
public CustomButton(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public CustomButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
parseAttributes(context, attrs); //I'll explain this method later
}
public CustomButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
parseAttributes(context, attrs);
}
}
Now, if you don't have one, add an XML document under res/values/attrs.xml
, and add:
<resources>
<!-- Define the values for the attribute -->
<attr name="typeface" format="enum">
<enum name="roboto" value="0"/>
<enum name="robotoCondensed" value="1"/>
</attr>
<!-- Tell Android that the class "CustomButton" can be styled,
and which attributes it supports -->
<declare-styleable name="CustomButton">
<attr name="typeface"/>
</declare-styleable>
</resources>
Okay, so with that out of the way, let's get back to the parseAttributes()
method from earlier:
private void parseAttributes(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
TypedArray values = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.CustomButton);
//The value 0 is a default, but shouldn't ever be used since the attr is an enum
int typeface = values.getInt(R.styleable.CustomButton_typeface, 0);
switch(typeface) {
case ROBOTO: default:
//You can instantiate your typeface anywhere, I would suggest as a
//singleton somewhere to avoid unnecessary copies
setTypeface(roboto);
break;
case ROBOTO_CONDENSED:
setTypeface(robotoCondensed);
break;
}
values.recycle();
}
Now you're all set. You can add more attributes for about anything (you could add another one for typefaceStyle -- bold, italic, etc.) but now let's see how to use it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.yourpackage.name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<com.yourpackage.name.CustomButton
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Click Me!"
custom:typeface="roboto" />
</LinearLayout>
The xmlns:custom
line can really be anything, but the convention is what's shown above. What matters is that it is unique, and that's why the package name is used. Now you just use the custom:
prefix for your attributes, and the android:
prefix for android attributes.
One last thing: if you want to use this in a style (res/values/styles.xml
), you should not add the xmlns:custom
line. Just reference the name of the attribute with no prefix:
<style name="MyStyle>
<item name="typeface">roboto</item>
</style>
(PREVIOUS ANSWER)
Using a custom typeface in Android
This should help. Basically, there's no way to do this in XML, and as far as I can tell, no easier way to do it in code. You could always have a setLayoutFont() method that creates the typeface once, then runs setTypeface() for each. You'd just have to update it each time you add a new item to a layout. Something like below:
public void setLayoutFont() {
Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(
getBaseContext().getAssets(), "fonts/BPreplay.otf");
TextView tv1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv1);
tv1.setTypeface(tf);
TextView tv2 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv2);
tv2.setTypeface(tf);
TextView tv3 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv3);
tv3.setTypeface(tf);
}
EDIT: So I just got around to implementing something like this myself, and how I ended up doing it was making a function such as this:
public static void setLayoutFont(Typeface tf, TextView...params) {
for (TextView tv : params) {
tv.setTypeface(tf);
}
}
Then, just use this method from onCreate(), and pass all the TextViews you want to update:
Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/BPreplay.otf");
//find views by id...
setLayoutFont(tf, tv1, tv2, tv3, tv4, tv5);
EDIT 9/5/12:
So since this is still getting views and votes, I'd like to add a much better and more complete method:
Typeface mFont = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/BPreplay.otf");
ViewGroup root = (ViewGroup)findViewById(R.id.myrootlayout);
setFont(root, mFont);
/*
* Sets the font on all TextViews in the ViewGroup. Searches
* recursively for all inner ViewGroups as well. Just add a
* check for any other views you want to set as well (EditText,
* etc.)
*/
public void setFont(ViewGroup group, Typeface font) {
int count = group.getChildCount();
View v;
for(int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
v = group.getChildAt(i);
if(v instanceof TextView || v instanceof Button /*etc.*/)
((TextView)v).setTypeface(font);
else if(v instanceof ViewGroup)
setFont((ViewGroup)v, font);
}
}
If you pass it the root of your layout, it will recursively check for TextView
or Button
views (or any others you add to that if statement) within that layout, and set the font without you having to specify them by ID. This of course is assuming you want to set the font to every view.
Applying custom font to the whole Android Application?
The best way is still to put your .ttf
or .otf
font file in the assets folder. Then derive a custom TextView
class and fix its' font once and for all so that you don't have to call setTypeface()
everywhere.
That is all.
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