How to set a typeface to menu items in overflow menu on toolbar

Question

I want to change the default typeface of the items of the overflow menu and set a custom typeface.

I tried adding a Factory to the LayoutInflater and within the onCreateView() method I changed the TextView's typeface. But it didn't work. Here is the code(Inside onCreateOptionsMenu),

getLayoutInflater().cloneInContext(this).setFactory(new LayoutInflater.Factory() {
        @Override
        public View onCreateView(String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {

            if (name.contains("com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView")) {
                try {
                    LayoutInflater li = LayoutInflater.from(context);
                    final View view = li.createView(name, null, attrs);
                    new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            ((TextView) view).setTypeface("custom_typeface");
                        }
                    });
                    return view;

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return null;
        }
    });

Actually when I debug the code, it never reached inside onCreateView().

So how to fix this?

Thanks.

well, it should be obvious ... you cloned it and set factory ... but never use it ... — Selvin, Feb 22 '16 at 10:59
read documentation of cloneInContext - it creates copy ... and ... with minimal logical thinking you should know that you never use this copy — Selvin, Feb 22 '16 at 11:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

This is how I solved this issue,

step 1: create a global Factory variable and initialized in onCreate() like below,

  mFactory = new LayoutInflater.Factory() {
        @Override
        public View onCreateView(String name, final Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
                try {
                    LayoutInflater li = LayoutInflater.from(context);
                    final View view = li.createView(name, null, attrs);

                    new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.title)).setTypeface("custom_typeface");
                        }
                    });

                    return view;

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            return null;
        }
    };

Step 2: override the onCreateView() method in AppCompatActivity. remember there are 2 oncreate() methods with different signatures.

public View onCreateView (String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs) - for pre HONEYCOMB apps

public View onCreateView (View parent, String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs) - added in API 11.

The implementation of onCreateView is like below,

@Override
public View onCreateView(View parent, String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {

    if(name.contains("android.support.v7.view.menu.ListMenuItemView")) {
        LayoutInflater li = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        View view = null;
        try {
            view = li.createView(name, null, attrs);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        if (view != null) {
            if(mFactory != null) {
                view = mFactory.onCreateView(name,context,attrs);
            }
            return view;
        }
    }
    return super.onCreateView(name, context, attrs);
}

Note:

(1) I used android.support.v7.view.menu.ListMenuItemView instead of com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView since I am using the AppCompat support library.

(2) Since I have already initialized a Factory object in onCreate(), I removed the code segment(posted in my question) from onCreateOptionsMenu(). So it contains only this part,

 getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu); 
 return true;

References :

How to set a font for the Options menu?

Android Menu item font using LayoutInflaterCompat.setFactory

How to set a typeface to menu items in overflow menu on toolbar

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