How to use a custom typeface in a widget?

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What is needed is to render the font onto a canvas, and then pass it on to a bitmap and assign that to an ImageView. Like so:

public Bitmap buildUpdate(String time) 
{
    Bitmap myBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(160, 84, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_4444);
    Canvas myCanvas = new Canvas(myBitmap);
    Paint paint = new Paint();
    Typeface clock = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(),"Clockopia.ttf");
    paint.setAntiAlias(true);
    paint.setSubpixelText(true);
    paint.setTypeface(clock);
    paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
    paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
    paint.setTextSize(65);
    paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
    myCanvas.drawText(time, 80, 60, paint);
    return myBitmap;
}

That’s the part doing the font to image thingie, and this is how to use it:

String time = (String) DateFormat.format(mTimeFormat, mCalendar);
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.TimeView, buildUpdate(time));

As you might notice, this code just shows the current time in the imageview, but it can easily be adjusted to whatever needs.

Edit:

ARGB_4444 is deprecated for ARGB_8888 as stated in the documentation

This field was deprecated in API level 13. Because of the poor quality of this configuration, it is advised to use ARGB_8888 instead.

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