Create text words in different sizes on android.

On every android application you can insert multiple type of text like headings on web pages. These text are basically in three types Large text, Medium text and Small text. You can also set custom text size according to app requirement. So here is the complete step by step tutorial for How to add large medium small text in android app.

How to add large medium small text in android app.

Code for MainActivity.java file.

package com.android_examples.com.largemediumsmalltext;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
 // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
 getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
 return true;
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
 // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
 // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
 // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
 int id = item.getItemId();
 if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
 return true;
 }
 return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 }
}

Code for activity_main.xml layout file.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 tools:context="com.android_examples.com.largemediumsmalltext.MainActivity" >

 <TextView
 android:id="@+id/textView1"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_marginTop="73dp"
 android:text="This is example of Large Text"
 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

 <TextView
 android:id="@+id/textView2"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
 android:text="This is example of Medium Text"
 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

 <TextView
 android:id="@+id/textView3"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_below="@+id/textView2"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
 android:text="This is example of Small Text"
 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

</RelativeLayout>

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