Can't use fonts in my project: - "Error:Error: The file name must end with .xml"

android android-design-library android-debug android-fonts
thelearner picture thelearner · Oct 14, 2017 · Viewed 8k times · Source

I'm trying to add a font to my Android project, so I can use it via XML. Unfortunately, I'm getting this error message:

Error:Error: The file name must end with .xml

I followed every step of the official Android tutorial and somehow this error occurs and I can't fix it.

Here is this my error

Answer

AskNilesh picture AskNilesh · Oct 14, 2017

You can't add font.ttf file in Drawable folder

you need to create Assets folder in android you can create Assets folder like below image in Android studio

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than create a font folder in Assets folder and put your custom font.ttf file in this folder like below image

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