Font awesome text is not solid in Android












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I am trying to show hand pointer icon which is https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=regular
I want to show it solidly(white background) like this one https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=solid .

But here I have a problem that both of them has the same unicode which is f25a.



//This is the FontAwesomeTextView I Created
FontAwesomeTextView fingerPointer = new FontAwesomeTextView(MyApplication.getStaticContext());
fingerPointer.setText(MyApplication.getStaticContext().getString(R.string.finger_pointer));
fingerPointer.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(MyApplication.getStaticContext(), R.color.colorWhite));

fingerPointer.setShadowLayer(2,2,2,R.color.colorOrange);
fingerPointer.setTextSize(30f);
fingerPointer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
this.fingerPointer = fingerPointer;

//This is the hand pointer text that I am using
<string name="finger_pointer" translatable="false"></string>


As you can see icon i send in link has the same unicode in string.xml.



This is my FontAwesomeTextView which is pretty simple class that loads fontawesome typeface and set it.



public class FontAwesomeTextView extends AppCompatTextView {


public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}

private void init() {
Typeface typeface = FontCache.get(FontCache.FONT_AWESOME,getContext());
setTypeface(typeface);
}

}









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  • I'm not familiar with AppCompatTextViews, but a quick and dirty test with Font Awesome 5 Free shows that the open hand is in the font with weight=400, while the solid hand is in the font with weight=900. Does that help?

    – Mr Lister
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:00











  • AppCompatTextView is native component from Android Library. So that there is no weight attribute in it, or at least that weight does not refer to your reference

    – Abdullah Tellioglu
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:03
















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I am trying to show hand pointer icon which is https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=regular
I want to show it solidly(white background) like this one https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=solid .

But here I have a problem that both of them has the same unicode which is f25a.



//This is the FontAwesomeTextView I Created
FontAwesomeTextView fingerPointer = new FontAwesomeTextView(MyApplication.getStaticContext());
fingerPointer.setText(MyApplication.getStaticContext().getString(R.string.finger_pointer));
fingerPointer.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(MyApplication.getStaticContext(), R.color.colorWhite));

fingerPointer.setShadowLayer(2,2,2,R.color.colorOrange);
fingerPointer.setTextSize(30f);
fingerPointer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
this.fingerPointer = fingerPointer;

//This is the hand pointer text that I am using
<string name="finger_pointer" translatable="false"></string>


As you can see icon i send in link has the same unicode in string.xml.



This is my FontAwesomeTextView which is pretty simple class that loads fontawesome typeface and set it.



public class FontAwesomeTextView extends AppCompatTextView {


public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}

private void init() {
Typeface typeface = FontCache.get(FontCache.FONT_AWESOME,getContext());
setTypeface(typeface);
}

}









share|improve this question























  • I'm not familiar with AppCompatTextViews, but a quick and dirty test with Font Awesome 5 Free shows that the open hand is in the font with weight=400, while the solid hand is in the font with weight=900. Does that help?

    – Mr Lister
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:00











  • AppCompatTextView is native component from Android Library. So that there is no weight attribute in it, or at least that weight does not refer to your reference

    – Abdullah Tellioglu
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:03














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I am trying to show hand pointer icon which is https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=regular
I want to show it solidly(white background) like this one https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=solid .

But here I have a problem that both of them has the same unicode which is f25a.



//This is the FontAwesomeTextView I Created
FontAwesomeTextView fingerPointer = new FontAwesomeTextView(MyApplication.getStaticContext());
fingerPointer.setText(MyApplication.getStaticContext().getString(R.string.finger_pointer));
fingerPointer.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(MyApplication.getStaticContext(), R.color.colorWhite));

fingerPointer.setShadowLayer(2,2,2,R.color.colorOrange);
fingerPointer.setTextSize(30f);
fingerPointer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
this.fingerPointer = fingerPointer;

//This is the hand pointer text that I am using
<string name="finger_pointer" translatable="false"></string>


As you can see icon i send in link has the same unicode in string.xml.



This is my FontAwesomeTextView which is pretty simple class that loads fontawesome typeface and set it.



public class FontAwesomeTextView extends AppCompatTextView {


public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}

private void init() {
Typeface typeface = FontCache.get(FontCache.FONT_AWESOME,getContext());
setTypeface(typeface);
}

}









share|improve this question














I am trying to show hand pointer icon which is https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=regular
I want to show it solidly(white background) like this one https://fontawesome.com/icons/hand-pointer?style=solid .

But here I have a problem that both of them has the same unicode which is f25a.



//This is the FontAwesomeTextView I Created
FontAwesomeTextView fingerPointer = new FontAwesomeTextView(MyApplication.getStaticContext());
fingerPointer.setText(MyApplication.getStaticContext().getString(R.string.finger_pointer));
fingerPointer.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(MyApplication.getStaticContext(), R.color.colorWhite));

fingerPointer.setShadowLayer(2,2,2,R.color.colorOrange);
fingerPointer.setTextSize(30f);
fingerPointer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
this.fingerPointer = fingerPointer;

//This is the hand pointer text that I am using
<string name="finger_pointer" translatable="false"></string>


As you can see icon i send in link has the same unicode in string.xml.



This is my FontAwesomeTextView which is pretty simple class that loads fontawesome typeface and set it.



public class FontAwesomeTextView extends AppCompatTextView {


public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}

public FontAwesomeTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}

private void init() {
Typeface typeface = FontCache.get(FontCache.FONT_AWESOME,getContext());
setTypeface(typeface);
}

}






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  • I'm not familiar with AppCompatTextViews, but a quick and dirty test with Font Awesome 5 Free shows that the open hand is in the font with weight=400, while the solid hand is in the font with weight=900. Does that help?

    – Mr Lister
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:00











  • AppCompatTextView is native component from Android Library. So that there is no weight attribute in it, or at least that weight does not refer to your reference

    – Abdullah Tellioglu
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:03



















  • I'm not familiar with AppCompatTextViews, but a quick and dirty test with Font Awesome 5 Free shows that the open hand is in the font with weight=400, while the solid hand is in the font with weight=900. Does that help?

    – Mr Lister
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:00











  • AppCompatTextView is native component from Android Library. So that there is no weight attribute in it, or at least that weight does not refer to your reference

    – Abdullah Tellioglu
    Nov 22 '18 at 21:03

















I'm not familiar with AppCompatTextViews, but a quick and dirty test with Font Awesome 5 Free shows that the open hand is in the font with weight=400, while the solid hand is in the font with weight=900. Does that help?

– Mr Lister
Nov 22 '18 at 21:00





I'm not familiar with AppCompatTextViews, but a quick and dirty test with Font Awesome 5 Free shows that the open hand is in the font with weight=400, while the solid hand is in the font with weight=900. Does that help?

– Mr Lister
Nov 22 '18 at 21:00













AppCompatTextView is native component from Android Library. So that there is no weight attribute in it, or at least that weight does not refer to your reference

– Abdullah Tellioglu
Nov 22 '18 at 21:03





AppCompatTextView is native component from Android Library. So that there is no weight attribute in it, or at least that weight does not refer to your reference

– Abdullah Tellioglu
Nov 22 '18 at 21:03












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