Android font is not applied for button via style

Question

I created style for Button

<style name="MainButtonStyle">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/btn_main_selector</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/btn_main_text_color_selector</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">40dp</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
    <item name="android:gravity">center</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@font/bold</item>
</style>

This style applies in the AppTheme

 <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/MainButtonStyle</item>

bold.ttf file is in res/font folder

If I run an app I still see the default font. Where is the catch?

Answer 1

textAppearance allows you to define text-specific styling: font family, font color, size, etc. It is not for referencing font resource.

Just use the fontFamily attribute to set the font in xml:

<style name="MainButtonStyle">
    ...
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/bold</item>
</style>

or

<style name="MainButtonTextAppearance">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/btn_main_text_color_selector</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/bold</item>
</style>

<style name="MainButtonStyle">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/btn_main_selector</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">40dp</item>
    <item name="android:gravity">center</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@Style/MainButtonTextAppearance</item>
</style>