Android – custom fonts crash app

Question

I'm trying to change font of a TextView to a custom one. Have read this other question and tried instructions as outlined here. The font in question is Roboto Thin, downloaded straight from Android Design and is in ttf.

The code at the main activity class is as follows:

TextView txt  = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.hometext);                  
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "Roboto-Thin.ttf");       
txt.setTypeface(font);

// "hometext" is the TextView I wish to change font of.

App does not crash when the above 3 lines are commented, which I hope isolates the problem.

Other etc info:

Android 4.1.2 (API 16)
testing on Android 4.4

EDIT:

Also tried "fonts/Roboto-Thin.ttf" and "assets/fonts/Roboto-Thin.ttf", both don't work.

01-17 22:38:29.086: D/AndroidRuntime(17774): Shutting down VM
01-17 22:38:29.086: W/dalvikvm(17774): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x415f4ba8)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774): Process: sp.com, PID: 17774
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{sp.com/sp.com.POSServices}: java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.graphics.Typeface.<init>(Typeface.java:175)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:149)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at sp.com.POSServices.onCreate(POSServices.java:18)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
01-17 22:38:29.106: E/AndroidRuntime(17774):    ... 11 more

You might be messing up with location of folder where you have stored typeface. Have a look — Bipin Bhandari
@bipin yes, tried various combinations, including "fonts/xx" and "assets/fonts/xx". Included update as edit in main Q. — DarkReaper
possible duplicate of "Native typeface cannot be made" only for some people — Aerial

Bipin Bhandari Bipin Bhandari · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-17T14:57:53

Ok there is a bug in android! This should work!

public class Typefaces {
    private static final String TAG = "Typefaces";

    private static final Hashtable<String, Typeface> cache = new Hashtable<String, Typeface>();

        public static Typeface get(Context c, String assetPath) {
            synchronized (cache) {
                if (!cache.containsKey(assetPath)) {
                    try {
                        Typeface t = Typeface.createFromAsset(c.getAssets(),
                                assetPath);
                        cache.put(assetPath, t);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        Log.e(TAG, "Could not get typeface '" + assetPath
                                + "' because " + e.getMessage());
                        return null;
                    }
                }
                return cache.get(assetPath);
            }
        }
    }

Now just call Typefaces.get(this,"address of font here") I referred from here. Good luck!

Android – custom fonts crash app

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