An android library to display FontAwesome Icons in any View or a MenuItem
A library to display FontAwesome Icons in any View or a MenuItem
Add the following code snippet to module/build.gradle
dependencies {
compile 'com.lmntrx.livin.library.droidawesome:droid-awesome:1.1.9'
}
<dependency>
<groupId>com.lmntrx.livin.library.droidawesome</groupId>
<artifactId>droid-awesome</artifactId>
<version>1.1.9</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="android_icon_font_awesome"></string> //http://fontawesome.io/cheatsheet/
<string name="not_allowed_font_awesome"></string>
<string name="fa_settings_gears"></string>
</resources>
<!-- Icons do not render in android studio render sandbox. Run project in an emulator to see changes -->
<com.lmntrx.livin.library.droidawesome.DroidAwesomeAutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="65sp"
android:textColor="#0f0"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="@string/android_icon_font_awesome"/>
<com.lmntrx.livin.library.droidawesome.DroidAwesomeImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:text="@string/not_allowed_font_awesome"
app:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
app:textSize="38sp"/>
DroidAwesomeTextView textView = new DroidAwesomeTextView(context);
textView.setText(getString(R.string.your_icon_string));
Or
//TextView, EditText, Button, etc.
TextView textView = new TextView(context);
textView.setText(
new DroidAwesome.StringBuilder(this)
.icon(getString(R.string.android_icon_font_awesome)) //icon
.build()
);
//Imageview, ImageButton, FloatingActionButton, etc.
Imageview imageView = new Imageview(context);
imageView.setImageDrawable(
new DroidAwesome.DrawableBuilder(this)
.color(R.color.colorPrimaryDark) //colorRes
.size(75f) //dimension float (sp)
.icon(getString(R.string.fa_settings_gears)) //icon
.build()
);
<!--XML-->
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="com.lmntrx.livin.droidawesome.MainActivity">
<item
android:id="@+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="@string/action_settings"
/>
</menu>
//Java
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
MenuItem menuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_settings);
menuItem.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);
menuItem.setIcon(
new DroidAwesome.DrawableBuilder(this)
.icon(getString(R.string.fa_settings_gears)) //icon
.color(R.color.colorAccent) //colorRes
.size(25f) //dimension float (sp)
.build()
);
return true;
}
Icon designed by Aswin CJ
Copyright 2016 DroidAwesome - Livin Mathew
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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