Google is officially supporting the Indian languages rendering from 4.0.3 onwards.
The AOSP code supports rendering of three Indian languages in Web-kit. (Devanagari, Tamil, and Bengali).
I just added support for the other Indian languages as well. Tested it on my Nexus-S device
Prerequisites :
Follow these instructions:
1) Download the "Binary" file of the Indian language from this link.
Ex: lohit-kananda-ttf-2.5.0.tar.gz
2) Untar the downloaded file and Copy the extracted folder into
external/lohit-fonts directory
Ex: lohit-kannada-ttf-2.5.0
3) Rename the folder name to lohit-kannada-ttf
4) Modify the Android.mk file which is present in external\lohit-fonts directory
ifneq ($(SMALLER_FONT_FOOTPRINT),true)
extra_lohit_fonts := Lohit-Bengali.ttf Lohit-Tamil.ttf Lohit-Kannada.ttf
endif
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := Lohit-Kannada.ttf
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lohit-kannada-ttf/$(LOCAL_MODULE)
LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT)/fonts
include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
5) Modify the FontAndroid.cpp file (external/webkit/source/webcore/platform/graphics/android)
a) Add an language entry to CustomScript enum
enum CustomScript {
Bengali,
Devanagari,
Kannada,
.......
};
b) Add the ttf file path to the TextRunWalker Paths
const char* TextRunWalker::paths[] = {
"/system/fonts/Lohit-Bengali.ttf",
"/system/fonts/Lohit-Devanagari.ttf",
"/system/fonts/Lohit-Kannada.ttf",
........
};
c) Now setup the Font for Script Run
TextRunWalker::setupFontForScriptRun()
{
case HB_Script_Kannada:
complexPlatformData = setupComplexFont(Kannada, platformData);
break;
}
6) Add the *.ttf file in Fallback_fonts.xml (frameworks\base\data\fonts)
The AOSP code supports rendering of three Indian languages in Web-kit. (Devanagari, Tamil, and Bengali).
I just added support for the other Indian languages as well. Tested it on my Nexus-S device
Prerequisites :
- ICS (4.0.3) AOSP source code.
- Nexus -s Device
Follow these instructions:
1) Download the "Binary" file of the Indian language from this link.
Ex: lohit-kananda-ttf-2.5.0.tar.gz
2) Untar the downloaded file and Copy the extracted folder into
external/lohit-fonts directory
Ex: lohit-kannada-ttf-2.5.0
3) Rename the folder name to lohit-kannada-ttf
4) Modify the Android.mk file which is present in external\lohit-fonts directory
ifneq ($(SMALLER_FONT_FOOTPRINT),true)
extra_lohit_fonts := Lohit-Bengali.ttf Lohit-Tamil.ttf Lohit-Kannada.ttf
endif
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := Lohit-Kannada.ttf
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lohit-kannada-ttf/$(LOCAL_MODULE)
LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT)/fonts
include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
5) Modify the FontAndroid.cpp file (external/webkit/source/webcore/platform/graphics/android)
a) Add an language entry to CustomScript enum
enum CustomScript {
Bengali,
Devanagari,
Kannada,
.......
};
b) Add the ttf file path to the TextRunWalker Paths
const char* TextRunWalker::paths[] = {
"/system/fonts/Lohit-Bengali.ttf",
"/system/fonts/Lohit-Devanagari.ttf",
"/system/fonts/Lohit-Kannada.ttf",
........
};
c) Now setup the Font for Script Run
TextRunWalker::setupFontForScriptRun()
{
case HB_Script_Kannada:
complexPlatformData = setupComplexFont(Kannada, platformData);
break;
}
6) Add the *.ttf file in Fallback_fonts.xml (frameworks\base\data\fonts)