RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
android, fonts
Solution
One problem that's overlooked (by Android Studio users) is that the "assets/" folder is NOT on the same level as "src/". It is INSIDE "src/main/"
Because I didn't see this earlier, I spent two hours last night, and an hour this morning just trying to change the font in my navigation drawer.
I believe this is the same reason why pixlUI and calligraphy libraries did not work for me.
Problem
I'm trying to use a custom font on elements of a listview. So in my ListViewAdapter constructor I have: ``` private Context context; private List<Project> projects; private Typeface tf; public ListViewAdapter(Context context, int resource, List<Project> projects) { super(context, resource, projects); this.context = context; this.projects = projects; tf = getTypefaceForListItems(); } public Typeface getTypefaceForListItems() { return Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf"); } ``` In getView method I apply this typeface to a textview. The problem is that I get a Runtime exception: native typeface cannot be made and I don't understand what seems to be the problem. Here's the stacktrace: ``` java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made at android.graphics.Typeface.<init>(Typeface.java:175) at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:149) at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListAdapter.getTypefaceForListItems(ProjectListAdapter.java:41) at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListAdapter.<init>(ProjectListAdapter.java:25) at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListActivity$GetProjectsAsyncTask.onPostExecute(ProjectListActivity.java:154) at com.maxcode.clientcheck.ProjectListActivity$GetProjectsAsyncTask.onPostExecute(ProjectListActivity.java:91) at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631) at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177) at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) ``` Also I wanted to mention that all my fonts are in src/main/assests/fonts folder.