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https://github.com/monkeymars/fonticon
Android implementation of font-based icons.
https://github.com/monkeymars/fonticon
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Android implementation of font-based icons.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/monkeymars/fonticon
- Owner: monkeymars
- Fork: true (shamanland/fonticon)
- Created: 2016-11-01T06:02:14.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-02-23T09:09:10.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2023-04-01T16:02:23.853Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Java
- Homepage: http://blog.shamanland.com/p/android-fonticon-library.html
- Size: 837 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- License: LICENSE-2.0.txt
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README
FontIcon Library
====
[](https://travis-ci.org/shamanland/fonticon)
FontIcon is simple library which use font-based icons in Android.
Links
----
- [Project page][8]
- [Example video][2]
- [JavaDoc][1]
Get demo on Google Play
----
Pros and cons
----
**Advantages**
- Single ``.ttf`` file instead of lot of bitmaps for different densities (mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi, etc.)
- Scalable vector graphics instead of raster images
- Possibility to use any color for icon in run-time
- Possibility to use any graphics effect which is available for TextView
**Disadvantages**
- Not easy to add additional icons
Gradle dependency
----
```groovy
dependencies {
compile 'com.shamanland:fonticon:0.1.9'
}
```
Usage
----
**1. Create your font with icons**
Do it yourself. Check tutorial on [fontastic.me][4] service or find other service.
**2. Prepare your font to be used in Android.**
Read this [manual][5] for details. In case of fontastic use [this util][3].
**3. Declare your FontIconDrawable in xml**
[**res/xml/ic_android.xml**][6]
```xml
```
**4. Inflate your FontIconDrawable in Java**
```java
Drawable icon = FontIconDrawable.inflate(getResources(), R.xml.ic_android);
```
**5. Use your FontIconDrawable as compound for TextView, EditText or Button (in res/layout with custom class)**
```xml
```
**6. Use your FontIconDrawable as compound for TextView (in Java-code with platform class)**
```java
Drawable icon = FontIconDrawable.inflate(getResources(), R.xml.ic_android);
TextView tv = (TextView) result.findViewById(R.id.my_textview_or_button);
tv.setCompoundDrawables(icon, null, null, null);
```
**7. Use FontIconView as single icon in your layout**
```xml
```
**8. Add glowing effect on touch for your FontIconView**
[**res/layout/f_glowing.xml**][7]
```xml
```
Tools
----
[FontIcon-Prepare][3] - prepares web fonts to be used with this library
License
--------
Copyright 2014 ShamanLand.Com
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
[1]: http://shamanland.github.io/fonticon
[2]: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bwh0SNLPmjQBbXJVd3c3S2hfVTg/preview
[3]: http://github.com/shamanland/fonticon-prepare/
[4]: http://fontastic.me/howto
[5]: http://blog.shamanland.com/2013/11/how-to-use-icon-fonts-in-android.html
[6]: http://github.com/shamanland/fonticon/blob/dev/app/src/main/res/xml/ic_android.xml
[7]: http://github.com/shamanland/fonticon/blob/dev/app/src/main/res/layout/f_glowing.xml
[8]: http://blog.shamanland.com/p/android-fonticon-library.html