Android replace checkbox style with custom drawable selector

Question

I have tried to make a xml selector with the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/shuffleon" android:state_checked="true" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/shuffleoff" android:state_selected="false" />
</selector>

and when I try to set the backgroundDrawable to the checkBox the checkbox doesn't replace the CheckBox style too:

  shuffle.setBackground(android.support.v4.content.res.ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), R.drawable.shuffle, null));

Following this question: Change icons of checked and unchecked for Checkbox for Android I need to set the button drawable with my xml: android:button="@drawable/checkbox" but I can't do this because I'm creating the CheckBox programmatically. Is there a way how to achieve this?

Answer 1

Simple way

1. Create a new layout in drawable folder and name it custom_checkbox (You can rename also)

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
   <item android:drawable="@drawable/Checked_image_name"android:state_checked="true"/>
   <item android:drawable="@drawable/Unchecked_image_name" android:state_checked="false"/>
   </selector>
   

2. Use this in your layout activity

   <CheckBox
   android:id="@+id/checkbox"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:button="@drawable/custom_checkbox"/>
   

Answer 2

Use below line of code, i think it will work

yourcheckbox.setButtonDrawable(yourdrawable);