I need to install Tamil font in to my Android device. is it possible to install new Unicode font in to the android device?
You can embed your own fonts in your own applications for their own use. You cannot add fonts to an existing device, except as part of a custom firmware build, or possibly by rooting the device.
Yes it is possible but as Tamil is not supported as Unicode support is not there in Android.
You will have to make changes as system level and then flash your new system image.
Thanks,
Shaista
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As I understand it, it is not possible to set a custom font as a system font in standard Android devices that have not been rooted. However, I hear that it is possible to do on devices from certain manufacturers, like Samsung. So I would like to know how to install a bundled font from my app as a system font if the user has a Samsung phone. Or even if I can't install it directly, how do I make the font available for the user to go into settings to choose it? This is apparently possible since such functionality is provided by iFont and other apps.
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I am not asking how to use use a custom font in my own app.
I am not asking how to set a custom system font generally in Android.
How to install custom font in android device
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How to Change Mobile fonts mean install custom fonts, to system
I am asking specifically how to do it on a Samsung device.
I have a requirement to display kannada text in GCM alerts sent to an android app.
I followed these tutorials Install Read / Write Indian Language Fonts on Android and
How to Write & Read in Indian Regional Language Fonts on Android.
Just to brief, I did following:
Rooted Android Device
Installed ES File Explorer (Free download from Android Market)
Downloaded DroidSansFallback.ttf Indic TrueType Font and Save it in SD Card
Open ES File Explorer – In settings, Enable Root Explorer and Mount
System as RW
Copy the file from SD Card root and Paste it to /System/Fonts
(Overwrite if necessary)
Reboot
But I ended up displaying Kannada text like this:
Whereas, I have sent ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ Thank you! from my back end server. How to display kannada exactly same as it was sent from the back end.
Which Android version is it?
Versions before 4 don't have proper Kannada rendering support even if you supply a font, so it shows the matras separately from the consonants.
Where are you showing this text? It may work if you try to show it in the web browser, because web browsers have their own rendering engines. Try both the stock WebKit browser and Mozilla's Firefox for Android. Depending on your device and Android version, it may or may not work.
If it works in WebKit and you need it in an app, try integrating WebKit in your app instead of using regular text display.
Another thing you can try is to render your text as an image on the server and show the user that image. It won't be perfect, but it will be readable. (That's the technique that the Opera Mini Android browser uses, last time I checked.)
And hey, kudos for trying to make it work in Kannada!
The simpler method to read Kannada on web is by using Opera Mini application which is of course available in the Playstore.
Download Opera Mini
Type "about:config" in the URL
Enable bitmap fonts for complex scripts I mean make it YES
Now you can easily read Kannada script!
You can't type or Read Kannada regular message or Whatsapp messages though. But having a primitive Android phone which is not Rooted this is the best you can get I guess!
I intend to show Marathi language/Hindi language when I run my app on Android emulator. Can you suggest how this may be done?
I searched the internet and found solutions such as rooting. But rooting is for Android phones and not Android emulators.
Please suggest. It is critically important.
You dont need to root ur phone for support the Hindi or marathi.
I already used Marathi font in my app
Check below link it will help for you Link
I have implemented language localization to an Android application.
My questions are:
I can't seem to test if the localization works, as Android doesn't seem to support Thai natively. Is this the case?
If a Thai font pack was installed on a phone using my App, would the "Locale.getDefault()...... code detect that font pack the same as any other natively supported language and act appropriately.
No similar questions that I can see answer my question.
Cheers
I just tried this on my stock HTC Sensation and Thai language works and has the fonts to display it properly. Try using a program called "morelocale2" (I have no affiliation with this app) in the Android Market. It will allow you to set your phone's language to any of the Android supported languages. It makes testing localization much easier.
How do i change the android´s system font configuration?
O know that it´s a kind of low level configuration, but i´m not sure where it is located.
The idea is to make an option to set the default size, for those with vision disabilities.
I need something changeable, not hard coded.
Additional Information:
-I will generate a build of the System, so would be no problem changing any system file, class, or anything necessary.
-SDK 2.2 - Froyo - API Level 8
While this is indeed a low-level config change, it isn't really that simple. First, you need to have a rooted device with BusyBox installed. XDA developers made an app (search Type Fresh in the market) that changes the default font for you. I don't believe there's an easy way to do it manually, and AFAIK it's impossible without root and busybox.