Android - How to change bottom navigation bar text's font family

Question

I have created a bottom bar navigation in my android page. But now I want to apply the custom font-family in bottom navigation texts.

This is the bottom navigation code in .xml file:

<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:id="@+id/bottomNavView_Bar"
            android:background="@drawable/white_grey_border_top"
            app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation_menu">
</android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView>

Also, code in bottom_navigation_menu.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/ic_newsfeed"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_camera"
        android:title="NEWSFEED"
        />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/ic_explorer"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_home_black_24dp"
            android:title="EXPLORER"
            />
        <item
            android:id="@+id/ic_notify"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_notifications_black_24dp"
            android:title="NOTIFY"
            />
        <item
            android:id="@+id/ic_more"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard_black_24dp"
            android:title="MORE"
            />

</menu>

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

add the font file in the res/font/ folder to bundle fonts as resources

then

You can change it using style resources. In your styles.xml:

<style name="Widget.BottomNavigationView" 
    parent="Widget.Design.BottomNavigationView">
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/your_font</item>
</style>

Then apply it as a theme in your view:

<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
    ...
    android:theme="@style/Widget.BottomNavigationView"
/>

Just checked on my app, it works fine.

reference: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml.html#fonts-in-code