API 25 support

[MrHamidKhan]

App crashes immediately on API 25 (Android 7.1.1). Why not make the latest implementation the default one for API greater than 24, as suggested earlier?

[devfrey]

When will the fix be available from Gradle?

[RickBoyerDev]

Is this library dead? Seems like a critical problem to leave unresolved.

Anyone have a solution besides not using the library? Overall, it seems like a great solution, but this problem really makes it a deal-breaker.

[RickBoyerDev]

Well, looks like it doesn't matter anymore. Google finally added font resources to Android O / 8.0:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/font-resource.html

And even better, they back-ported it to the Support Library so it supports API version 14 and higher:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/fonts-in-xml.html. (I've already verified it on Android 5 and Android 7!)

[jhansche]

@nightskydev yup, that's why I've been dragging my feet on updating this :)
I'd suggest migrating to the official support library for this if you can.

Once I get time to start testing it, I'll put together a migration guide. It may require updating your play services dependency, especially if you intend to use downloadable fonts.

[RickBoyerDev]

Thanks @jhansche. I didn't realize this was in Android O until today when I was looking for a new solution. Fortunately, migrating is pretty easy thanks to how closely you followed the Google standard. I already have everything set up and tested on Android 5 and Android 7, but I'm not using downloadable fonts.

[RickBoyerDev]

FYI - I had to move to the Android Studio 3 Beta and Build Tools 3.+ beta to successfully compile the font resources. So if you get compile errors that the font files (ttf, otf, etc) aren't XML files, that's probably why.