Cannot set typeface to floatingActionButton view

[kushal25]

Unable to set typeface to floatingActionButton view. I am trying to use fontawesome icons for each floatingActionButton. For now, i am using app:fab_icon to set the icon from the drawables folder. But, would like use fontAwesome Icons. Please show me a way.

[chalup]

There is a PR with setDrawable method for FAB. When I merge it, you'll be able to set the correct icon from code (I'm sure there are some IconFontDrawable implementations available).

[kushal25]

Did u add the setDrawable method for FAB yet?. I am using the version 1.6.0 but still haven't been able to use the iconfontdrawable implementations.

[chalup]

You should be able to use FloatingActionButton.setIconDrawable method.

[kushal25]

Yea, but that still will use the icon image from drawable's folder. What i usually do is, set any icon a font-awesome string value. and then setTypeface in the activity to get the fontAwesome icon. Isnt this possible with fab as well?

[chalup]

I think you're referring to:

public void setIcon(@DrawableRes int icon)

but there's also

public void setIconDrawable(@NonNull Drawable iconDrawable)

There are multiple libraries that allow creating Drawable from font. If you want setText + setTypeface directly on FAB class, that's not going to happen.

[kushal25]

Alright. Thanks.