FontawesomeLib

FontawesomeLib is a library that makes it easy to use Fontawesome on Android.

It is based on Fontawesome 5

1. Easily get the typeface and text of fontawesome by name of cheatsheet.
2. Easily apply icons to Button, TextView.

Supported version

Fontawesome	This library
5.13.0	1.0.2
5.10.1	1.0.1
5.8.1	1.0.0
5.8.1	0.0.1

Sample Screenshot

SampleApp	Icon List	Draw to Button, ImageView

Code Example

// Initialize
FontawesomeLib.getInstance().init(getAssets(), "fonts/fa-solid-900.ttf", "fonts/fa-regular-400.ttf", "fonts/fa-brands-400.ttf");

// To get fontawesome icon text
String text = FontawesomeLib.getInstance().getText(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID, "adjust");
// -> text is 0xf042

// To get typeface
Typeface tf = FontawesomeLib.getInstance().getTypeface(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID);

// To apply the fontawesome icon to a TextView or Button
FontawesomeLib.getInstance().setIcon(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID, "adjust", buttonTest);
FontawesomeLib.getInstance().setIcon(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID, "atlas", textViewTest);

// Initialize
FontawesomeLib.getInstance().init(assets, "fonts/fa-solid-900.ttf", "fonts/fa-regular-400.ttf", "fonts/fa-brands-400.ttf")

// To get fontawesome icon text
val text = FontawesomeLib.getInstance().getText(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID, "adjust")
// -> text is 0xf042

// To get typeface
val tf = FontawesomeLib.getInstance().getTypeface(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID)

// To apply the fontawesome icon to a TextView or Button
FontawesomeLib.getInstance().setIcon(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID, "adjust", buttonTest)
FontawesomeLib.getInstance().setIcon(FontawesomeLib.FontType.TYPE_SOLID, "atlas", textViewTest)

Sample

FontawesomeLib Sample

Installation

1. Go to fontawesome and download "Free for Web".
2. Copy webfonts/*.ttf to Android Project's /src/main/assets/fonts folder.
3. Add to build.gradle.

implementation 'com.yypbd.fontawesomelib:fontawesomelib:1.x.x'

4. View the sample app or code example.

Reference

Fontawesome Cheatsheet

fontawesome Download

TextDrawable used in SampleApp

License

MIT License.