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Yes, I also wanted this feature.
If we want to view custom font, the device need to be rooted.
I don't like to root my device because of security reason and others instability.

@Zinmyotu
I think the current best solution for this problem is this:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2711858/is-it-possible-to-set-font-for-entire-application/16883281#16883281

..which is hilarious, because it's basically a hack. We're using android components as they're not supposed to (since we're accessing final fields here).

The other choice we have is using custom textviews, buttons, whatever you need in all your app. This is even worse as the whole idea of styles is lost.

Support for custom fonts is really needed in android asap in my opinion.

really terrible support for custom fonts in android. there's gotta be a better, standard way that the team should work on immediately!

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There should be a facility to apply font for entire app using theme or by using some other code.

+1 for me, +n for every other mobile app designer out there!

Custom font is one of important thing in application development. Yes it must be resolved as soon as possible.

facing same issue.......

We need something better than using reflection;

Yes this is ridiculous.

I basically subclass ever text rendering view, to implement my own custom fonts.

Please implement some simple solution.

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#13 Was searching this for hours.
Please Implement

+1 for me, +n for every other mobile app designer out there!

yes please add better support for font.

I've released a new library that adds support for a fonts.xml-like configuration, able to support a family of fonts in a single Typeface (same way the system works): https://github.com/MeetMe/font-compat
It works seamlessly in Lollipop and newer, but requires some style tweaks (a combination of typeface, fontFamily, and textStyle attribute values) for it to work on KitKat and older.

Custom font is one of important thing in application development. Yes it must be resolved as soon as possible.

PLease implement

This is a major pain. I'm trying to port my app from iPhone, where it's trivial to set the font for all my UI elements at once. Please improve support for app-wide custom fonts!

Facing same issue.. Changing fonts is very irritating

It is really difficult adjusting fonts for the app in Android as compared to iOS Something better is really needed to make apps better

I am almost driven crazy for this font thing.
There are several options, calligraphy library  and reflection. But somehow they did not work...

Hopefully you will support any more easier method to support changing the app fonts. Thank you.

Facing the same issue. Please give us a good solution.

yes, it's a pain....

Please implement it soon... we don't want to follow hacks :(

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Agreed! Setting custom fonts on entire application style is exhausting and a bit too much dirty work, just to apply simple font to a View.

"Be together. Not the same." So if we shouldn't be the same please let us choose our own fonts!

i also want this feature

Please stop the "me too" comments. If you want the feature too, just star the issue otherwise 100-odd people who have stared the issue get pointless emails.

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it's the worst issue ever. OMG there are devices running marshmallow (API Level 23) and this issue isn't resolved yet!
Do you believe 23 ?
Come on Google

Thanks, it does the job ;)

While I can appreciate any technical resistance to this, people need it, and they are doing it regardless, the dirty way. Please give us a clean way to do this :)

I need customized font feature for android development

Please add this feature.. I really need it

Author here again - PLEASE stop with the 'me too' emails - just star the issue to show your support

Every comment here e-mails EVERY person who has starred the issue - that's 229 e-mails (at current count) you are generating.

(and apologies for yet another e-mail)

me too :)
(btw, would be very great to specify which XMLs you want to add the font -> like: layout xml, manifest or style.xml)

For AppWide I would definitely prefer within the Manifest.

yes i need this so much

i cant believe why we dont have this feature yet, why making life harder google?
What is the disadvantage of letting this happen?

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Android should use many good practices employed by Windows which ease the process of software UI development. Especially, changing font in Android is very problematic. The ideal form is to setup/change the font in the XML file layout. Unfortunately, sometimes Google likes being different by making life harder.

Facing the same issue, commom google, fix it

please add custom font feature

if you are not going to add it, at least explain why

Guys please make android more beautiful by adding support for custom fonts. We are expecting this happen soon.

PLease implement

Good news guys!! They finally added custom font support.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/03/first-preview-of-android-o.html

Thank you guys!!!

Closing as per the comment #50.