How to change fontFamily of TextView in Android

Question

So I'd like to change the android:fontFamily in Android but I don't see any pre-defined fonts in Android. How do I select one of the pre-defined ones? I don't really need to define my own TypeFace but all I need is something different from what it shows right now.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/HeaderText"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="52dp"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:text="CallerBlocker"
    android:textSize="40dp"
    android:fontFamily="Arial"
 />

It seems what I did up there won't really work! BTW android:fontFamily="Arial" was a stupid attempt!

Answer 1

If you want to use a TextView in so many places with same font family, extend the TextView class and set your font like this:-

public class ProximaNovaTextView extends TextView {

    public ProximaNovaTextView(Context context) {
        super(context);

        applyCustomFont(context);
    }

    public ProximaNovaTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);

        applyCustomFont(context);
    }

    public ProximaNovaTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
       super(context, attrs, defStyle);

       applyCustomFont(context);
    } 

    private void applyCustomFont(Context context) {
        Typeface customFont = FontCache.getTypeface("proximanova_regular.otf", context);
        setTypeface(customFont);
    }
}

And then use this custom class in xml for the TextView like this:-

   <com.myapp.customview.ProximaNovaTextView
        android:id="@+id/feed_list_item_name_tv"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="14sp"
        />

Answer 2

I made a small library named Foundry that you can use to apply custom typefaces through XML layouts and styles.