set a custom font for a button text in Xamarin Android

Question

I have a button and I want to set a custom font to the text but I have trouble doing that.

The code is the following :

In .xml file :

<Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        style="@style/ButtonStyle"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        tools:text="Sample Text"/>

and in styles.xml

<style name="ButtonStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless">
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/button_text_size</item>
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/button_background</item>
        <item name="android:textAppearanceButton">@style/ButtonTextStyle</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">?android:textColorPrimaryInverse</item>
    </style>

<style name="ButtonTextStyle" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat">
        <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/my_custom_font</item>
    </style>

@ZUNJAE the font is not set using the above code. I updated the description — MihaiBC
– MihaiBC, Commented Mar 5, 2019 at 8:32
@MihaiBC if you change the font in the code-behind, will it work? Try calling setTypeface on your button — lawiluk
– lawiluk, Commented Mar 5, 2019 at 9:04
You can post the solution as answer so that more people can see it. — Lucas Zhang
– Lucas Zhang, Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 1:30

MihaiBC · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-06 07:18:06Z

1

Instead of of creating a different style fontFamily should be used in the button style and the code should look like this.

<style name="ButtonStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless">
    <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/button_text_size</item>
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/button_background</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/my_custom_font</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">?android:textColorPrimaryInverse</item>
</style>

answered Mar 6, 2019 at 7:18

MihaiBC

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