how to use punjabi font in the android application?

Question

hi i want to develop an application in which i Want to use punjabi text. But my emmulator does not show Punjabi text. Is there any api or something else so that my emulator can show the punjabi text or suggest me any other way to implement punjabi language in my application.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "bulara_5.ttf");  
text.setTypeface(font);  
text.setText("??????");

This worked for me on non rooted phone OSv 2.1

Link for font file I used: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul-grosse/bulara.zip