react-native-fontawesome Unrecognized font family "FontAwesome"

I got an error "Unrecognized font family "FontAwesome", after the adding library to the project. How is possible to fix that?

Mar 01 '18 13:03 Luckygirlllll

Did you check the version of FontAwesome??

Version 4.7.0 works fine with me

Here's your download URL

https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/

Mar 19 '18 09:03 orcjun

I get this same error and I followed the instructions to add the font file via the links given. @rturk @arnebr

My ttf file is in my Xcode project, it's listed correctly in the info.plist, but stil getting the error.

Mar 29 '18 19:03 ghost

Having the same issue. I think you need to download / install the ttf manually. It does not say what the naming convention is.

Apr 03 '18 19:04 paul-hart

I think you need to download / install the ttf manually

@paul-hart did you figure it out? I downloaded manually but still same issue.

Apr 05 '18 20:04 ghost

Running into the same issue. I found out you have to do the following (it's missing from the instructions):

Download the Font from the link mentioned in this issue
Put the font into your project folder. I used /myproject/assets/fontawesome for that, not the /myproject/ios folder.
Add the font to your ios build like here: https://medium.com/@dabit3/adding-custom-fonts-to-react-native-b266b41bff7f
do react-native run-ios and restart your simulator

Note: you can add the font from your project folder, no need to manually copy it.

Apr 26 '18 09:04 grobmeier

With the very latest version of the free FontAwesome that I just downloaded, its font name (not filename) is "FontAwesome5FreeRegular" and not "FontAwesome". So renaming the fontFamily in Icon.js to "FontAwesome5FreeRegular" fixes this for me.