Android Question FontAwesome

[achapman]

Hi everyone, I'm loving the new FontAwesome and Material font support in the IDE

A few quick questions:

1) In the B4J Tutorial, it suggests you can click an icon and then paste in the IDE to get something like: Chr(0xF17B)

However in B4A, when I paste, that doesn't work. How do I get the CHR code reference in B4A?

2) When creating a button in code (not in the designer), how do I set the Typeface to "FontAwesome"? I'm trying to do something like:

    Dim MyTypeFace As Typeface
    MyTypeFace.LoadFromAssets("FontAwesome")
  
    Dim Btn As Button
    Btn.Initialize("MyButton_Clicked")
    Btn.Typeface = MyTypeFace
    Btn.Text = Chr(0xF17B)

However the Typeface cannot be loaded, and the IDE gives no option for Typeface.FontAwesome or similar.

Thanks in advance!
Andrew.

 

[Erel]

However in B4A, when I paste, that doesn't work. How do I get the CHR code reference in B4A?

1. Make sure to open the icon picker from the code editor. Last item in the context menu:

2. Add an invisible label named lblFontAwesome with the designer and set its font to FontAwesome.

Btn.Typeface = lblFontAwesome.Typeface

 

[achapman]

Lovely, thank you so much!

 

[Dave O]

@Erel , for creating views in code that use FA or Material Icons font, it would be great to be able to do this using the OP's syntax (that is, without the workaround you described above). Is that planned?

Thanks!

 

[Erel]

The reason that this workaround is required is that the font files are only added when you actually use them in the designer.

I find the workaround to be simple enough that it is not really worth making it more complicate...

 

[Ferdari]

What if i don't use LoadLayout?, i generate my layout programmatically but i cannot set the typeface to FontAwesome on the typeface list,

i used your workaround:

2. Add an invisible label named lblFontAwesome with the designer and set its font to FontAwesome.

An error ask me to initialize the Label(as i used a label) because im not using the Layout

fontAwLbl.Initialize("faw")

Then i set the typeface to fontAwLbl typeface

lv1.SingleLineLayout.Label.Typeface=fontAwLbl.Typeface

and used the char i want:

lv1.AddSingleLine2(Chr(0xF0E7)&" 9 Reglas de Superviviencia", pageList.Get(0))

But its not working, i can only see Block and my text

How do i set the required font in a CODING way?

i know i can use external files or libraries, but b4a already has it, i want to do natively

 

[DonManfred]

How do i set the required font in a CODING way?

Using the CSBuilder

Something like this

Dim cs As CSBuilder
'Using the same builder multiple times. Note that it is initialized each time.
'Note that we vertically align the material icon character.
lv1.AddSingleLine2(cs.Initialize.Typeface(Typeface.FONTAWESOME).VerticalAlign(5dip).Append(Chr(0xE531)).Append(" 9 Reglas de Superviviencia").PopAll, pageList.Get(0))

 

[Erel]

@Ferdari You should never post in old threads. Typeface.FONTAWESOME / MATERIALICONS were added since this thread was created.

 

[Ferdari]

@Ferdari You should never post in old threads. Typeface.FONTAWESOME / MATERIALICONS were added since this thread was created.

Sorry Erel but i did not found another thread

 

[Erel]

You don't need to find any thread. You need to start a new thread in the questions forum.

 

[JhoeyBoy]

I have downloaded the FontAwesome Library, see image, were i put this files to use this in designer layout.

thanks

 

[mangojack]

You should have started a new thread for this question ..

What Version B4A do you have ?

Starting from v6.50 FontAwesome and MaterialIcons are integrated into the IDE.

Read this thread for usage ... https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-fontawesome-material-icons-fonts.72908/#content