title: What is the default font family in Android?
body: <p>Starting in API 16, Jellybean Roboto was introduced as available font family to use. See whats "new" in Android 16 <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html#Fonts" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Specifying <code>android:fontFamily="sans-serif"</code>(Roboto in API 16+) on a <code>TextView</code> the default <code>fontFamily</code> of the <code>TextView</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Is </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;TextView
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>equivalent to</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;TextView
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:fontFamily="sans-serif" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>?</p>
  
  <p>From <a href="https://material.google.com/style/typography.html#" rel="noreferrer">Material design typography website</a>: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"Roboto and Noto are the standard typefaces on Android and Chrome."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roboto" rel="noreferrer">Wiki</a>, </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"Roboto is a sans-serif typeface family developed by Google as the
    system font for its mobile operating system Android."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I do not see in the docs what the default <code>fontFamily</code> of Android is. See references:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#fontFamily" rel="noreferrer">https://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#fontFamily</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19691530/valid-values-for-androidfontfamily-and-what-they-map-to">Valid values for android:fontFamily and what they map to?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html#Fonts" rel="noreferrer">https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html#Fonts</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://alvinalexander.com/photos/android-roboto-fonts-examples" rel="noreferrer">http://alvinalexander.com/photos/android-roboto-fonts-examples</a></li>
  </ul>