Using font icons in Xamarin.Android

gistfile1.cs

public override View GetView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
	var item = items [position];
	View view = convertView;
       
	TextView details = null;

	if (view == null) { // no view to re-use, create new
		view = context.LayoutInflater.Inflate (Resource.Layout.Room, null);

		Typeface tf = Typeface.CreateFromAsset(Application.Context.Assets, "icomoon.ttf");

		view.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.status).SetTypeface(tf, TypefaceStyle.Normal);

		details = view.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.details);
		details.SetTypeface(tf, TypefaceStyle.Normal);
		details.Text = '\xe953'.ToString();
	}

	TextView statusTextView = view.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.status);

	statusTextView.SetTextColor(_freeBusyColor[item.free]);
       	statusTextView.Text = _freeBusyChar[item.free].ToString();

       	view.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.roomName).Text = item.roomName;
       	details = view.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.details);

       	details.SetOnTouchListener(this);
       	details.Tag = item.emailAddress;

       	return view;
}