I can't find sans-serif-medium in font family Android Studio

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votes

I am following the Typography guide and this link

How to change fontFamily of TextView in Android

It says sans-serif-medium is available on Android 4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0.

But when I try to find these font types, I can't seem to find the suggestion. Why??

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Do i have to download ttf files for this font??

My complied SDK is 24.

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androidandroid-layouttextviewandroid-typeface

1 Answers

2
votes

Do like this to use Sans Serif font.

In your styles.xml files, define style for font

<style name="roboto_regular_textview" parent="@android:style/Widget.TextView">
        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif</item>
    </style>

    <style name="roboto_medium_textview" parent="@android:style/Widget.TextView">
        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
    </style>

    <style name="roboto_light_textview" parent="@android:style/Widget.TextView">
        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
    </style>

And in layout.xml file

<TextView
                style="@style/roboto_regular_textview"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textColor="@color/black_text_color"
                android:textSize="30sp" />