AndroidFontAwesomeStrings

String resources for the free FontAwesome icons for use with AndroidStudio.

1. First create your Font Resource Directory

   1. Right-click the res folder and go to New > Android resource directory
   2. In the Resource type list, select font, and then click OK
   3. Check this guide for more details

2. Download the FontAwesome TTF files

   • Brands Icons: fa-brands-400.ttf
   • Regular Icons: fa-regular-400.ttf
   • Solid Icons fa-brands-900.ttf

3. Add your font files in the font folder

   1. Right-click the font folder and go to Show in Explorer
   2. Move your desired TTF files to this folder

4. Create your icon dictionary:

   1. Right-click the values resources folder and go to Show in Explorer
   2. Move the XML Files to this folder:
      • XML for Brands Icons: strings_fa_brands.xml
      • XML for Regular Icons: strings_fa_regular.xml
      • XML for Solid Icons: strings_fa_solid.xml
   3. Or check the FontAwesome Cheatsheet to create your own, the XML will look like this:

   <resources>
      <string name="fa_regular_sun">&#xf185;</string>
      <string name="fa_regular_surprise">&#xf5c2;</string>
      <string name="fa_regular_thumbs_up">&#xf164;</string>
   </resources>

5. In the layout XML file, set the text and fontFamily attribute to the icon you want

   <TextView
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:text="@string/fa_regular_thumbs_up"
           android:fontFamily="@font/fa-regular-400"/>