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Android 8.0 (API level 26) and Android Support Library 26 introduce support for APIs to request fonts from a provider application instead of bundling files into the APK or letting the APK download fonts. The feature is available on devices running Android API versions 14 and higher through the Support Library 26.
The Downloadable Fonts feature offers the following benefits:

• Reduces the APK size

  

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• Increases the app installation success rate
• Improves the overall system health as multiple APKs can share the same font through a provider. This saves users cellular data, phone memory, and disk space. In this model, the font is fetched over the network when needed.

Refer to the following related resources:

• Downloadable Fonts sample app Java | Kotlin

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A font provider is an application that retrieves fonts and caches them locally so other apps can request and share fonts. Figure 1 illustrates the process.