Android Set Font in xml and Java

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In SDK Android provides three Droid fonts. Which are Droid sans , Droid Sans Mono and Droid Serif . We can set these system fonts to your android control either in XML or in Java Code.


1. Setting Font in XML layout.
Use android:typeface property in your control to set the system fonts. see the code below.

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<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:id="@+id/rowTextView"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:padding="10dp"
 android:textSize="18dp"
 android:typeface="serif"
/ >
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In the above example.. i am used a TextView control to set the font serif


2. Setting Font using Java code.

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TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextView1);
textView.setTypeface(Typeface.SERIF);
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In the above code setTypeface() method is used to set the TextView font to serif.

2:43 AM by sabeersas · 0

Android EditText Hint ( Default Text )

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Placing a label on any side of EditText is not practical every time , so the best way to let users know what to type in the field ? is by setting a default text in the EditText.

In Android if we set the default text using EditText.setText(""); function , then we should write some more code for best function.

So the solution is you can simply set the hint in the XML file. just check the code below.

 <EditText  
     android:id="@+id/editTextTitle"  
     android:layout_width="match_parent"  
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"   
     android:hint="@string/defTitle">  
     </EditText>  

In the above code hint property sets the text.

 android:hint="@string/defTitle"  

5:38 AM by sabeersas · 0