Make text bold in xml (android)

Android TextView – Bold Text

TextView Bold Text – To set text style of TextView to bold, you can assign textStyle attribute with “bold” in XML layout file or change the text style dynamically in Kotlin file using setTypeface() method.

In this tutorial, we will learn both the layout file approach and programmatical(dynamic) approach to change the text style of TextView to BOLD.

Change Text Style of TextView to BOLD in XML Layout File

textStyle attribute of TextView widget accepts on of these values: , or .

To change the style to bold, you have to assign textStyle with .

The syntax to use textStyle attribute is

Example Android Application – Bold Text in TextView

Let us create an Android application with Kotlin support in Android Studio and change the text style of TextView in XML layout file.

activity_main.xml

We have used a string resource, and the contents of strings.xml is

There is no need to change the MainActivity.kt file.

The default code would do.

MainActivity.kt file

Run this application,

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