Android: Change the color of RadioButtons and checkboxes programmatically

Question

I created RadioButton and CheckBox in LinearLayout programatically. But, now I want to change radio button's color and check boxes's color. I use

RadioButton.setHighlightColor(Color.parseColor("#0c83bd"));

checkbox.setHighlightColor(Color.parseColor("#0c83bd"));

But it didn't work.

Answer 1

Use AppCompatCheckBox and AppCompatRadioButton instead of CheckBox and RadioButton. Your xml will have :

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox
    android:id="@+id/cbSelected"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:backgroundTint="@color/colorAccent" //This to set your default button color
    android:checked="true"/>

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatRadioButton
    android:id="@+id/rb"
    app:buttonTint="@color/colorAccent" //This to set your default button color
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

Now for the java code : Create ColorStateList

        ColorStateList colorStateList = new ColorStateList(
                new int[][]{
                        new int[]{android.R.attr.state_enabled} //enabled
                },
                new int[] {getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary) }
        );

To change the color programatically for AppCompatRadioButton or AppCompatCheckBox call setSupportButtonTintList.

AppCompatRadioButton radioButton = (AppCompatRadioButton) findViewById(R.id.rb);
radioButton.setSupportButtonTintList(colorStateList);

AppCompatCheckBox cbSelected = (AppCompatCheckBox) findViewById(R.id.cbSelected);
cbSelected.setSupportButtonTintList(colorStateList);

Answer 2

Try this

AppCompatRadioButton newRadioButton = new AppCompatRadioButton(this);
AppCompatCheckBox newCheckBox = new AppCompatCheckBox(this);

Insted of

RadioGroup newRadioButton = new RadioGroup(this);
CheckBox newCheckBox = new CheckBox(this);