Setting custom font in android application

Question

Is it possible to set a customised font for an entire android application in one shot. I mean I do not want to use setTypeFace for every textview in every activity. And not only textviews but every possible text.

make your customized textview with custom font set, and use that textview instead of default textview — rajpara
– rajpara, Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 9:27

Vladimir Ivanov · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-07 09:32:20Z

9

Just make your own TextView:

public class CustomFontTextView extends TextView {

// make every constructor call init();

  private void init() {
   setTypeFace(...);
  }

}

In xml:

<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <com.yourcompany.yourproject.views.CustomFontTextView
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:text="Test"/>
</LinearLayout>

answered Aug 7, 2012 at 9:32

Vladimir Ivanov

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John Watson Over a year ago

not only textviews but everything, say buttons, web layout etc. in short all the text in the app

John Watson Over a year ago

any solution for above comment ? i have made the necessary change in the question also.

Vladimir Ivanov Over a year ago

There is no way to change it everywhere from the application.

John Watson Over a year ago

following your answer, probably, one has to extend view class and then extend every view type used in the app

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