[TIMOB-6053] Android: fontStyle not supported on Android - Appcelerator JIRA

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On iOS, the user can select an italic font by specifying a font object like:

{ fontSize: '16', fontStyle: 'italic' }

In Android, there appears to be no way to select an italic font, even when using a family like DroidSerif which includes an italic face. Both:

{ fontFamily: 'DroidSerif', fontStyle: 'italic' }

And:

{ fontFamily: 'DroidSerif-Italic' }

Fail to produce the desired results.

The following code snippet demonstrates the issue. The italic fonts show up as expected on iOS, but not on Android.

var win1 = Ti.UI.createWindow({

	backgroundColor:'white',

	layout:'vertical'

});

function makeLabel(labelText, labelFont)

    return Titanium.UI.createLabel({

    top: 20,

    text:labelText,

    font:labelFont,

    width:'auto',

    height:'auto'

});

var theTestFont = 'serif';

win1.add(makeLabel('Font normal normal', { fontFamily:theTestFont, fontWeight:'normal', fontStyle:'normal'}));

win1.add(makeLabel('Font bold normal', { fontFamily:theTestFont, fontWeight:'bold', fontStyle:'normal'}));

win1.add(makeLabel('Font normal italic', { fontFamily:theTestFont, fontWeight:'normal', fontStyle:'italic'}));

win1.add(makeLabel('Font bold italic', { fontFamily:theTestFont, fontWeight:'bold', fontStyle:'italic'}));

win1.open();

is cloned into

TIMOB-14796 iOS: fontStyle not supported on iOS