iOS Question Fontawesome in label

[Chris Guanzon]

How to make the text in label become a fontawesome in runtime? I've tried these two codes

label1.Font = Font.CreateFontAwesome(12)
label1.Font = Font.CreateNew2("FontAwesome", 12)

but neither of them is working.

 

[Erel]

Prefer B4XView over the native types. Simpler to work with and cross platform.

lbl.Font = xui.CreateFontAwesome(12)

 

[Semen Matusovskiy]

All variants should work. Meanwhile it's possible to imagine a million reasons, why the text is invisible. For example
1) incorrect parameters in ParentPanel.AddView (Label1, ...)
2) Label1.TextColor is the same as background color
3) Label1.Text includes incorrect symbols etc.

 

[Chris Guanzon]

@Erel @Semen Matusovskiy

I want to show the fontawesome in label inside the customlistview, below is my code

Sub CreateMenuList (MenuIcon As String, MenuName As String, Width As Int, Height As Int) As Panel
    Dim p As Panel
    p.Initialize("")
    p.SetLayoutAnimated(0, 0.1, 0, 0, Width, Height)
    p.LoadLayout("menu_item")

    Controls.SetGradient(lblMenuIcon, Variables.LabelGradientColor1, Variables.LabelGradientColor2)

    lblMenuIcon.Font = XUI.CreateFontAwesome(12)
    lblMenuIcon.Text = MenuIcon
    lblMenuName.Text = MenuName
    Return p
End Sub

private sub CreateMenuListItems
    CustomListView1.Add(CreateMenuList(Chr(0xF029), "Menu1", CustomListView1.AsView.Width, 60dip), 0)
End sub

what could be the problem?

 

[Erel]

Why aren't you setting the font with the designer?

 

[Chris Guanzon]

Why aren't you setting the font with the designer?

It is set as fontawesome in the designer. but this is what I got ("") in the log()

 

[Erel]

It is set as fontawesome in the designer. but this is what I got ("") in the log()

The logs shouldn't matter. The logs font is not FontAwesome so it won't show the character correctly.

 

[Chris Guanzon]

The logs shouldn't matter. The logs font is not FontAwesome so it won't show the character correctly.

Here's the sample.

 

[Erel]

The problem is related to the gradient. Put the label inside a panel and add the gradient to the panel.

 

[Chris Guanzon]

Thank you sir @Erel