added in version 26.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:support-compat:28.0.0-alpha1
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FontsContractCompat

public class FontsContractCompat
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.v4.provider.FontsContractCompat

Utility class to deal with Font ContentProviders.

Summary

Nested classes

class FontsContractCompat.Columns

Defines the constants used in a response from a Font Provider. 

class FontsContractCompat.FontFamilyResult

Object returned from fetchFonts(Context, CancellationSignal, FontRequest). 

class FontsContractCompat.FontInfo

Object represent a font entry in the family returned from fetchFonts(Context, CancellationSignal, FontRequest). 

class FontsContractCompat.FontRequestCallback

Interface used to receive asynchronously fetched typefaces. 

Public methods

static Typeface buildTypeface(Context context, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal, FontInfo[] fonts)

Build a Typeface from an array of FontsContractCompat.FontInfo Results that are marked as not ready will be skipped.

static FontsContractCompat.FontFamilyResult fetchFonts(Context context, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal, FontRequest request)

Fetch fonts given a font request.

static void requestFont(Context context, FontRequest request, FontsContractCompat.FontRequestCallback callback, Handler handler)

Create a typeface object given a font request.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Public methods

buildTypeface

added in version 26.1.0
 Typeface buildTypeface (Context context, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal, FontInfo[] fonts)

Build a Typeface from an array of FontsContractCompat.FontInfo Results that are marked as not ready will be skipped.

Parameters
context Context: A Context that will be used to fetch the font contents.
cancellationSignal CancellationSignal: A signal to cancel the operation in progress, or null if none. If the operation is canceled, then OperationCanceledException will be thrown.
fonts FontInfo: An array of FontsContractCompat.FontInfo to be used to create a Typeface.
Returns
Typeface A Typeface object. Returns null if typeface creation fails.

fetchFonts

added in version 26.1.0
 FontsContractCompat.FontFamilyResult fetchFonts (Context context, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal, FontRequest request)

Fetch fonts given a font request.

Parameters
context Context: A Context to be used for fetching fonts.
cancellationSignal CancellationSignal: A signal to cancel the operation in progress, or null if none. If the operation is canceled, then OperationCanceledException will be thrown when the query is executed.
request FontRequest: A FontRequest object that identifies the provider and query for the request.
Returns
FontsContractCompat.FontFamilyResult FontsContractCompat.FontFamilyResult
Throws
If requested package or authority was not found in the system.
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

requestFont

added in version 26.1.0
 void requestFont (Context context, FontRequest request, FontsContractCompat.FontRequestCallback callback, Handler handler)

Create a typeface object given a font request. The font will be asynchronously fetched, therefore the result is delivered to the given callback. See FontRequest. Only one of the methods in callback will be invoked, depending on whether the request succeeds or fails. These calls will happen on the caller thread.

Parameters
context Context: A context to be used for fetching from font provider.
request FontRequest: A FontRequest object that identifies the provider and query for the request. May not be null.
callback FontsContractCompat.FontRequestCallback: A callback that will be triggered when results are obtained. May not be null.
handler Handler: A handler to be processed the font fetching.