Yes, it would be good to have a font picker. Hard to use otherwise. TypeFace has a create method with this signature: "create(String familyName, int style)". It says "familyName" is the name of a font family. That seems like a font picker to me, at least in source code. Am I misunderstanding it?
On Dec 4, 3:50 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Sorry, at this point applications can't add new system fonts, they can only > use custom fonts in their own app. > > We don't even have a font picker, which I think would be the thing to do > before allowing new fonts to be added. :) > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Eric <rellimc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Can new system fonts be added to Android? Can applications refer to > > them? > > > Several threads have addressed this, but I can't find a complete > > answer. > > > The only method I have found to change system fonts is with "adb > > push". If I use adb to install a new font can an app use it? Or does > > Android only allow the "Droid" fonts it is shipped with? > > > Is there a user friendly way to install a system font? (no adb, no > > hacking disk images). Can an app install a system font? > > > I'm writing an app that needs foreign language support which is not > > currently part of Android. I'm especially interested in Koine (New > > Testament) Greek. Modern Greek is kind of supported, but Koine has a > > lot more diacritical marks (for example: Εν ἀρχῆ ἦν ὁ λόγος will not > > display correctly in Android). I can include a font with my > > application. However this limits it's use to only my app. Adding a > > good unicode font can add several 100k to my app, which makes it many > > times bigger than entire rest of the app. This is a waste, especially > > if more than one app wants to use the font. (Is there a way to share > > fonts across apps without using a system font?) In the case of trying > > to use an Android phone in a foreign language a system-wide font is an > > absolute necessity. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
