Creating Custom Text View to apply Custom Font

Creating custom text view in android is a breeze.You just have to follow few very simple steps.


Step 1:Create a attributes  file (say attrs.xml) in res/values folder.This is how android lets you define attributes for your custom view

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <declare-styleable name="CustomFont">
        <attr name="font_name" format="string"/>
    </declare-styleable>
</resources>

Step 2: Create a class by extending the TextView.Fetch the custom font name & set the typeface.

public class CustomFont extends TextView {
    public CustomFont(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public CustomFont(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context,attrs);
    }

    public CustomFont(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        init(context,attrs);
    }

    private void init(Context context,AttributeSet attrs){
       TypedArray attributes=context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,R.styleable.CustomFont);
       if(attributes!=null){
           String fontName=attributes.getString(R.styleable.CustomFont_font_name);
           if(fontName!=null){
               Typeface tf=Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(),fontName);
               setTypeface(tf);
           }
       }
        attributes.recycle();
    }

}

Step 3:Add your custom text view in the layout.Specify the font name (.ttf file).In my case ,font is placed in assets folder.Hence,the path would be:"YOUR_FONTNAME.ttf"

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <escape.rajeevkr.studio.com.lollypoptest.CustomFont
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Custom Font"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:textSize="25sp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/white"
        custom:font_name="customfont.ttf"
        />

</RelativeLayout>


And That's it.You are done creating your Custom Text View.It would look something like this.

Happy Coding,
-Rajeev