Android Typeface createFromAsset

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Caleb Bramwell picture Caleb Bramwell · Aug 26, 2013 · Viewed 66.6k times · Source

I Have a Custom View which draws text onto the Canvas. I want to change the font to a font stored in the assets folder.

I am using Android Studio so I created a folder src/main/assets and placed my ttf files in there. 

Paint txt = new Paint()
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "robotobold.ttf");
txt.setTypeface(font);

Problem is Android Studio doesn't recognize getAssets() inside my Custom View, however, it recognizes it inside my Activity. I have tried passing Typeface through from my Activity but when I do it it doesn't change the font.

Answer

Phil picture Phil · Aug 26, 2013

You can use your View's getContext() method to get the current Context, then use it to get the assets:

Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "robotobold.ttf");

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