any answer on this subject because it's a pain .......
Le mercredi 26 janvier 2011 18:35:23 UTC+1, Eric a écrit : > > Hello, > > I have been searching the APIs for a way, ANY way, to define a custom > (developer installed) font on a style, but it does not appear this is > possible. It appears you have to resort to using: > > Typeface.createFromAsset() > > to load a font file stored in your assets directory, and then > programmatically set that font on every single text view you want it > used on, with 'setTypeface'. This is not an acceptable solution for > our application, which is very complex, and we just want to define a > single theme using our custom font that can easily be applied on an > application, or at the very least, an activity wide level. > > I discovered another possible way to set the typeface through the use > of SpannableString. It seems you can use SpannableStringBuilder to > build a String that has styles defined over its contents. However, of > the two types of Spans that allow you to style the text, StyleSpan and > TypefaceSpace, neither of them allow you to specify a CUSTOM font. > StyleSpan lets you pick a "style", but the choices are limited to > 'bold, italic, etc (which is font-independent). TypefaceSpan does > allow you to specify a typeface 'family' name, however, as far as I > know, a USER installed custom font is unknown to the > Typeface.create(String family) method, and therefore, the system will > not be able to find my custom font. *IF* TypefaceSpan had a > constructor that took a Typeface, I might be able to use that, but it > doesn't. > > It looks like I might have to resort to writing my own Typeface span, > or somehow write custom code that plugs into the Android Style/Theme > system to allow me to apply a custom typeface to my application. > > Any advice would be appreciated! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
