Change the font of an Mvx.MvxGridView?

Question

I'm trying to use FontAwesome with Xamarin.Android and MvvmCross. I have a Mvx.MvxGridView that data binds to an item source that returns the unicode value for FontAwesome. The Mvx.MvxGridView uses an item template (local:MvxItemTemplate) for the template of each grid block. How can I change the Mvx.MvxGridView or MvxItemTemplate font?

Answer 1

You will need to set the font in your adapter. It will look something like this.

public override void OnBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position)
{
            var item = _menuItems[position];
            var holder = viewHolder as MenuItemAdapterViewHolder;
            holder.icon.SetTypeFace(Typeface.CreateFromAsset(Application.Context.Assets, "<Insert file path here>"), TypefaceStyle.Normal);
            holder.icon.Text = item.IconFont;
}