Add Custom Fonts in React Native 0.63 for iOS and android

Adding Custom Fonts to React Native App is quite easy and only needs a few steps. I am writing down the steps I did to add custom fonts to my app.

Download Google Font

First, you need to download your desired fonts from google fonts.

Add fonts to app folder

Create a fonts folder in your src/assets folder on root directory level and paste downloaded fonts files in it.

Export fonts

Now create a file named react-native.config.js at the root of your app and add the path of fonts folder like this

module.exports = {
   assets: ['./src/assets/fonts'],
};

Link assets to project

After adding this, run link command in your project folder.

npx react-native link

Link command will add font files into assets folder in the android folder of your app and to info.plist file in the iOS folder.

Add resources to target

Now at this point, your custom fonts will start working for the android app but you need to do one last step to make it work for iOS.

Go to the desired target of your app in Xcode, select the Build Phases tab, and add font files in the "Copy Bundle Resources" tab as shown below.

And you are done! 🎉 🎊

You are welcome to share your thoughts in comments

Comments

[nxtsuki]

Very nice thread, worked for me!

[Aneeqa Khan]

Thank you!

[Vlad]

Thanks!Working

[Aneeqa Khan]

Glad to hear this :)

[Hamideh]

Short and useful, thank you.

[Aneeqa Khan]

thank you! :)

[Abe Dolinger]

Very helpful thanks! Using RN 0.63.3, it looks like the XCode step is done for us at the linking step. Just have to remember to rebuild the app after.

[Aneeqa Khan]

Thanks!

[ozankurucu]

Thanks.

[muhsarip]

how about setup that font on android? should i setup via xcode too?

[enestatli]

npx react-native link is enough for Android. XCode is a development environment for macOS used to develop iOS.

[Dayri Garcia Brito]

Me funcionó. Muchas gracias.

[Kulsoom-1]

This helps, thanks! But I guess linking is doing the ios part for us as well so no need to add font files in Build Phases.

[Aneeqa Khan]

ahan. Thats great then

[Fitra Zul Fahmi]

Thanks

[Charles]

Nice concise for quick reminding ourselves the steps.

[DAS2108]

Hi Aneeqa,
I Cant find Build Phase like your screencap in my xcode.
Could you please tell me, where I can find it?

[Aneeqa Khan]

you have to go into your project folder first in xCode then select your app target and there you will top tabs for "General", "Build Phases",... settings.