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The browser doesn't render any Devnagari content at all.  eg. http://www.esakal.com/
 The iPhone gets partially there, but is incorrect.  Nokia E71 renders it perfectly.

I agree with milindr. I see Square boxes like ☐ instead of characters अ आ इ ई उ ऊ on
Unicode or UTF8 compliant Hindi websites. Even Google Hindi website doesnt open
properly through my HTC Hero's Android 1.5 stock browser. Please support Devnagri
lipi (Sanskrit/Hindi) fonts in Android OS. I want to change my default font to see
Devnagri numerals: ०,१,२,३,४,५,६,७,८,९ instead of Roman numerals:
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. I want my clock to use Devnagri numerals instead of Roman
numerals. Thanks!

I have the same error

05/25 16:14:42: Launching app
Error while waiting for device: Timed out after 300seconds waiting for emulator to come online.

Perfect.
So, this should get fixed and also the default browser should support hindi and other
UTF8 fonts.

Yes we need full Hindi (Devanagari) unicode support in Android. There should also be
provision for Hindi virtual keyboard in Android for inputting Hindi text. It can be
provided as a separate download.

There is such a tool named "Eyron's Hindi Support" for Windows Mobile. Similar tool
should be provided for Android.

I'm developing a Hindi(Devanagari) Virtual Keyboard for Android. As it has been clear
from other open issues on this problem as in Issue 36912303 where the google
representative pointed out in Comment 15 that:

4. as alok.kumar says in comment #14, just having the font glyphs doesn't necessarily
mean you can put them on the screen correctly. there's font renderer work to be done.

I'm having somewhat the same problem. Whenever I try to use the unicode which
combines with the previous one to form a new glyph for example '094D' known as
halant, it doesn't work. Whenever I input 094D, it clears all the previous characters
in the textbox. This also happens with all the other Matra unicodes in Devanagari.

I'm also aware that Android as of now, do not has devanagari font support. I created
my own application and attached Devanagri font to it using:

Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Mangal.ttf");


Can you please let me know why all the previous characters in the textbox clears as
soon as I input any Matra unicode?

@druvbhasin
i m using the same method to type devnagri letters & facing no problem while typing Matra's like  ु ू े  ै ा ौ ो  etc but Halant is not working to form ligatures  for eg "स्वस्त"  displayed as " स् वस् त"

@druvbhasin @riyajsheikh

Did you just replace original Droid-Sanserif.ttf with Mangal.ttf (of course renamed latter to Droid-Sanserif.ttf)?

I tried it on my rooted Sprint HTC Hero but it then screws English sentences.

Any idea?

@prateeka...@gmail.com

what i am(& i guess even druvbhasin is also) trying to do here is to develop an application which will have a feature of DEVNAGRI typing.It will be able to type in indian languages.
I am not trying to change default font files but rather using a dedicated font file for this application. having this file will not affect (in a +ve or -ve way) any other application present on the phone.

Why Android People not yet do this................... Just as orkut n facebook in India, this thing will repeat also. What is happening to Google????????????

Google is sleeping. Google wake up!

iPhone also has this support. Symbian had this for ages.

Having Indic script (Indian Language) support is must if Google considers world as their market.

google's android is 'quietly hopeless' fellow, I don't expect it from google, rather I accept it from developers @ xda-developers!!

@ prateeka
Change DroidSansFallback.ttf instead of changing DroidSans.ttf this worked for me I can see English and Devanagari but again Devanagari is messed up because there is no proper rendering. Once you change fallback it will show Chinese characters as boxes, I didnt care for it anyways :)

I wonder why this is a big deal for andriod to render these fonts when Nokia (Symbian) has this in its very basic phones, really doubt it requires that much space. If someone has any background in rendering maybe we can put this in custom rom.

I am really surprised that even now (so many months of requests have passed) we still do not have support for Devnagri fonts for Android? I use Samsung Galaxy S.

please include devnagri fonts.. please wake up

I use the HTC Desire, Planning to buy the Galaxy. I have plans to develop apps for Kannada language. I consider rendering Indic Fonts to be a fundamental OS function. Dear Google, The world is aware of your development labs in Bangalore, India. Wake up!!

Plzzzz ....make hindi fonts for android...kindaly be serious for this issue.

kindly add devnagri support in android

kindly give hindi/devnagri support in android.

Please provide devnagri support for Android

All the mobile phones being sold in India with Android must necessarily provide Hindi/Devanagari support. This will boost the sales as well as the image of the mobile phone companies.

Hi , the unicode text rendering will be supported in "HoneyComb" release. As quoted by android framework engineer. This will hopefully will resolve all the unicode language support issues.

Check this link for more details
http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/3dc8d17daf955348/9bd1799a0f5fcd6d?#9bd1799a0f5fcd6d

hi sir i am Gursharan

And i want HINDI fonts for ANDROID phone
I am  using SE X10 mini pro
thx

Guys I am on moto backflip 2.1. I renamed mangal.ttf to DroidSans.ttf and replaced it from the fonts folder. It is working now but the fonts are messed up..

U know what no one cares what India wants. Better we should develop the apps ourselves..

Even  Notionink adam too doesnt  support hindi fonts.NI is  indian company.....still it doesnt support

sir i am using LG P1-500, but disappointed to see not supporting hindi font

Not Android only but Google Chrome also does not support Indic fonts using @font-face tag.
I don't understand why Google is not interested in taking care of these issues.
Please please enable Indic font support for all Google's products and applications.

Well, Indian ROM for Samsung Galaxy S Froyo 2.2 supported Hindi very well without any of the glitches or messing up pointed out by others. But the moment, I switched to 2.2.1 ROM (European), Hindi is no longer supported properly even if I bring in DroidHindi.ttf in the fonts folder directly (gives only boxes) or by renaming DroidSansFallback (small e matra and halant etc. are messed up).

Need Telugu language support for android. ఆన్ద్రయిడ్ తెలుగులో కావాలి, ఎప్పుడు వస్తుంది ?

Need Kannada language support...PLZZZZZZZZ...

Android can read Hindi font. how? click here http://android-bucket.blogspot.com/2011/04/android-can-read-hindi-font.html

I bought samsung galaxy I5003 few days back and it was rendering hindi perfactly. Few days back i upgraded it to froyo GT I5000 as i wasnt able to see hindi fonts so I replaced DroidSansFallback.ttf  with HindiDroid.ttf (/system/fonts  folder ). Now I am able to see hindi fonts but they are not rendered properly as earlier (I mean some problem with मात्रा, विशर्ग, हलन्त). As i dont have the original 2.1 eclair firmware i cant get the original ttf file which came with samsung . If someone is having then plz provide that ttf file. I am sure it will solve my problem.

@avinashs: The rendering is done with a part of OS i guess. So replacing fonts would not possibly solve problems

eenadu.net (Telugu news paper) works on honeycomb tablet ... but sakshi doesn't work. It's other way around on IOS (which supports indic fonts) where Sakshi.com works and eenadu.net doesn't. Doesn't know how ...

Ya Google Baba,

Many User's are waiting for Hindi Version of Andriod.

+ 1

I am eagerly waiting for Hindi Version of Andriod.
Pl. don't delay it.

I see that froyo on my mobile already has 'DroidHindi.ttf' font in it,
displays hindi, but glyphs rendering is not correct. I am looking
forward for getting malayalam working on it, but at this state, I feel
just adding unicode malayalam font may not help. We have to get the
rendering correct first.

Mr. Google resolve this issue.

C'mon google! This needs to be fixed.

Not supporting the langauges (Indic Fonts) spoken by 1/6th of the global population is not right. Google ... Whats stopping you from supporting Indic fonts...

To all those reading this thread...

I agree that Android does not have support for Hindi (Devanagari) indic script for all the phones. However some manufacturers like Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson are releasing their android versions with Devanagari support. But they are not providing support for all of their phone models. The phones that I have tested and provide good support for Devanagari are as follows:

1. Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 (Support exists from Froyo 2.2.1)
2. LG Optimus One LG-P500 (Support added from Gingerbread 2.3.3)
3. Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (Support out of the box running Android 2.3)

This shows that there are some packages that need to be bundled in the android update. All these manufacturers are are taking base image of the Google release and customizing it region wise where the phone is going to be sold. This customization is similar to adding APN list of the cellular provider of that region.

Google has done a fantastic work on Indian language in GMail why can't they add this to their core?

Probably as per Google's strategy they give bare bone software to OEM partners and these partners (LG/Samsung etc) go and add region wise stuff. If Google includes all the languages under the sun, it may become bulky and not will get used hence leaving to the partners is better approach. But some OEM partners like HTC are not doing region wise build to make their life easier. HTC is putting the same software image for Europe and India and Asia.

Another reason why these partners don't customize all the phones - they have a target segment of customers. High end users/top business executives in India generally avoid using Hindi or local languages. Phones which are in low and mid range are mass market phones where usage of local language is more and if these people are targets then adding local language feature becomes important for company from marketing angle.

As a Bengali tools developer I get many queries about the Bengali support on Android. I have been tracking the Android progress for about two years now. But I am disappointed to see that Android still does not have correct Unicode rendering of all languages. I can think about tons of apps that can be created once the basic support is there.

I hope this problem gets fixed soon.

It is possible to install an view Indic fonts by unofficial rooting and replacing of the font file. Instead if google can release with the next update, a font file which includes these unicode characters as well, the problem will be solved. Windows did it with the Ariel Unicode font which renders all characters out there....

I believe this has been fixed in android ICS (4.0)

Can someone give a clue where to hack. Font file is not a solution. Strikin
Something to do with libskia or ics. Is rendering rocket science,
Google-gi...

@anand.m.s, could you please give us a link or some thing? People tended to believe that it was solved a long ago, but we are still at this thread, aren't we?

anvar = the font file just allows us to see the letters instead of boxes.

This problem is mot due to lack of support for Unicode or anything to do with the font files themselves. It is just down to lack of complex script rendering (or "shaping") support in Android.

Linux supports this with the harbuzz / pango library. MS Windows does it with Uniscribe (usp10.dll), Adobe applications does it with Cooltype, and Apple have ATUSI. It is not rocket science. All complex  scripts render properly on the iPhone and on Linux phones such as the N900. For some stupid reason Google crippled Android by removing this support which has been available in almost every Linux distribution for many years. The fact that manufactures like Samsung can add it to certain models sold in certain markets shows it is not difficult.

Even many Symbian phones have this through Qt which also contains complex script support.

This is a major defect in the Android operating system and it puts Android at a big disadvantage in huge markets like India and the rest of South Asia.

@ anand.m.s. - Beleive what you want, but complex script rendering does *not* work properly in the Android 4.0 emulator.

@ comment 49 - Just installing Indic fonts won't do - these fonts contain tables of layout features for glyph substitution and positioning which have to be applied by a complex text rendering system. In Indic scripts there is not a simple 1 to 1 relationship between characters and glyphs and, unless these layout features are applied, the text won't render properly, even if a proper font is present. That's why people who have the DroidHindi.ttf font installed or who replace the  DroidSansFallback.ttf with a Devanagri font see the letters "all messed up".

The main thing Android is missing is a complex text layout engine like Pango. Why can't they just implement this for a start? Frankly this support should have been present in the very first release of Android.