Xamarin forms - How do I set font for toolbaritems - xamarin

Question

I have a toolbar in my mainpage and would like to set the font for each toolbaritem (so I can set custom fonts or normal fonts). So far I have been trying to get this done by implementing my own effect and this code works for labels but not for toolbaritems.
Whenever I run this code the effects gets added to the toolbaritem, but the effect code in android doesn't get called.
Does anyone know why I am unable to set fonts for toolbaritems with effects?
GitHub: https://github.com/jashan07/CustomEffectTest
Edit:
Brad Dixon suggested using TitleView which allows me to place labels in my navigationbar. As mentioned before the effect works for every control except toolbaritems.
This is a workaround which works for now (don't know about the limits or effects this will have) but I am still wondering why this isn't working for toolbaritems.
(TitleView was introduced in Xamarin.Forms V3.2)
My effect class:
public static class ChangeFontEffect
{
public static readonly BindableProperty FontProperty = BindableProperty.CreateAttached("Font",
typeof(string),
typeof(ChangeToolbarFontEffect),
null, propertyChanged: OnFontChanged);
private static void OnFontChanged(BindableObject bindable, object oldValue, object newValue)
{
if(bindable is Label labelControl)
{
if (!labelControl.Effects.Any((e) => e is ChangeToolbarFontEffect))
labelControl.Effects.Add(new ChangeToolbarFontEffect());
}
else if(bindable is ToolbarItem toolbarItem)
{
if (bindable is ToolbarItem)
if (!toolbarItem.Effects.Any((e) => e is ChangeToolbarFontEffect))
toolbarItem.Effects.Add(new ChangeToolbarFontEffect());
}
return;
}
public static string GetFont(BindableObject view)
{
return (string)view.GetValue(FontProperty);
}
public static void SetFont(BindableObject view, string value)
{
view.SetValue(FontProperty, value);
}
class ChangeToolbarFontEffect : RoutingEffect
{
public ChangeToolbarFontEffect() : base("CustomEffectTest.ChangeToolbarFontEffect") { }
}
}
XAML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:effects="clr-namespace:CustomEffectTest.Effects"
x:Class="CustomEffectTest.MainPage">
<ContentPage.ToolbarItems>
<ToolbarItem Text="normal text"></ToolbarItem>
<ToolbarItem Text="ﭗ" effects:ChangeFontEffect.Font="materialdesignicons-webfont.ttf"></ToolbarItem>
</ContentPage.ToolbarItems>
Android
[assembly: ResolutionGroupName("bottomNavTest")]
[assembly: ExportEffect(typeof(ChangeToolbarFontEffect), "ChangeToolbarFontEffect")]
namespace bottomNavTest.Droid
{
public class ChangeToolbarFontEffect : PlatformEffect
{
TextView control;
protected override void OnAttached()
{
try
{
control = Control as TextView;
Typeface font = Typeface.CreateFromAsset(Forms.Context.ApplicationContext.Assets, ChangeFontEffect.GetTextFont(Element));
control.Typeface = font;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
}
protected override void OnDetached()
{
}
protected override void OnElementPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
if (args.PropertyName == ChangeFontEffect.TextFontProperty.PropertyName)
{
var val = ChangeFontEffect.GetTextFont(Element);
if (val != null)
{
Typeface font = Typeface.CreateFromAsset(Forms.Context.ApplicationContext.Assets, ChangeFontEffect.GetTextFont(Element));
control.Typeface = font;
}
}
}
}
}