super11/arabicfontexample

Render arabic font using native JNE

Arabic Font Example

Render arabic font using native JNE

Library List

Important library list :

1. Free Type (https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/freetype.git)
2. Harfbuzz, for text shaping. (https://github.com/arkusuma/harfbuzz-android)

How to use

1. Make sure that your class & package is exactly same as written in your jni source code (*.c)
2. Change your native text android textview to ArabicTextView in your layout xml. The complete name is depends on your package & class name of your ArabicTextView class name
3. Copy the jni and obj folder. The jni contain the c-code, and the obj contain the compiled library. If you interest to compile your own version, please refer to free type and harfbuzz library repo.
4. Don't forget to add the apropriate font in your assets
5. Please, DO NOT add extra font manipulation in your code. It may broke the layout / the arabic view

Acknowledgement

Parts of this example were taken from https://github.com/arkusuma/quran-android