Custom Fonts in Android: java.lang.RuntimeException

Question

I am trying to use a custom font within a TextView of an Android Studio application, but am getting the following error:

It's a null pointer exception; in the below code, txt is null for some reason:

Java:

    TextView txt;

    txt.setText("A");


    txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);
    Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Grundschrift.ttf");
    txt.setTypeface(font);

XML:

android:id="@+id/custom_font"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="A"

Thanks!

For future, please copy the log and paste here, rather than taking a screenshot. — Atif Farrukh, Mar 01 '16 at 03:54
Possible duplicate of [What is a Null Pointer Exception, and how do I fix it?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/218384/what-is-a-null-pointer-exception-and-how-do-i-fix-it) — Dhinakaran Thennarasu, Mar 01 '16 at 04:15

Inducesmile · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01T06:11:07.743

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With this part of your,

TextView txt;
txt.setText("A");

implies that you are calling a method setText() in a null object. To use this method, you have to first initialize the TextView.

so change this

TextView txt;
txt.setText("A");

txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Grundschrift.ttf");
txt.setTypeface(font);

to

TextView txt; 
txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Grundschrift.ttf");
txt.setTypeface(font);
txt.setText("A");

edited Mar 01 '16 at 06:11

answered Mar 01 '16 at 03:37

Inducesmile

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Nolly found the mistake. – Mr Robot Mar 01 '16 at 03:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '16 at 03:45

The line: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke the method 'void android.widget.TextView.setText(java.lang.CharSequence)... makes me assume that the ploblem is you call txt.setText("A"); before casting txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);.

Instead you should do like this:

TextView txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);
txt.setText("A");
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Grundschrift.ttf");
txt.setTypeface(font);

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 27 '16 at 15:26

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Try to change your code like the below code:

...
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(),  "fonts/Grundschrift.ttf");
...

View's getContext() method to get the current context.

edited Dec 27 '16 at 15:26

Krish Munot

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answered Mar 01 '16 at 04:10

pRaNaY

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 01 '16 at 04:32

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You are using txt before initializing, so this one causes a null pointer exception.

Before accessing any variable or object you have to initialize it properly.

like txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.custom_font);

txt.setText or something

answered Mar 01 '16 at 04:32

Kiran Rajam

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Custom Fonts in Android: java.lang.RuntimeException

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