How To Use Custom and SDK Fonts in Android ?

When we design a layout the default font may not fit well for all the layouts and widgets. In Android SDK the number of fonts included is limited to 3, which are Droid sans , Droid Sans Mono and Droid Serif. Switching between these fonts are very easy as you can change to any of these Droid fonts using both XML and Java. But, to use a custom font in Android you have to set via java code.


In this post i am included the simple steps to change font in android. The methods included to use default and custom fonts.

How To Use Available SDK fonts in Android?

Method 1 [ Using XML ]

1. Use android:typeface property in your view ie. Button,EditText,TextView etc. Where you can select any of the system font available in the SDK ie. Droid sans , Droid Sans Mono and Droid Serif.

<textview xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:textSize="20sp"
 android:typeface="serif"
/ >

Method 2 [ Using Java ]

Call setTypeFace() method on the Views object eg TextView , EditText , Button, etc.

TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextViewId);
textView.setTypeface(Typeface.SERIF);

How To Use Custom fonts in Android?

Method [ Using Java ]
This also use the setTypeFace() method but need some additional steps.

1. Create a folder named fonts in assets folder and copy all fonts it to it. ( You can use any folder instead of fonts )



2. In Activity Java file Create TypeFace object and load font face from asset.

Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "PATH_TO_FONT");

3. Finally set the created TypeFace to the view.

textView.setTypeface(typeface_object);

Here is the example code:

TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextViewId);
// Loading font from assets
Typeface tfIron=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Iron.ttf");
// applying to the view
textView.setTypeface(tfIron);

That's it...