Android TextView – Bold Text

Bold Text in TextView

To change the text style in TextView widget to bold, set the textStyle attribute of the widget to bold value.

The default value of textStyle attribute for TextView is normal. When you change it to bold, the text in TextView appears bold.

<TextView
	android:textStyle="bold"
	android:text="Bold Text" />

Example

Create an Android Application with Kotlin support and Empty Activity. Create two TextView widgets with different text styles. One with bold style and the other with normal style.

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="Bold Text" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textStyle="normal"
        android:text="Normal Text" />

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.kt

package com.kotlinandroid.myapp

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    }
}

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