Android: Set color of CheckBox

Question

I've searched a number of places and don't seem to be able to figure out the CheckBox drawable for the border of the check box. Can anyone point me in the correct direction?

Here is what it looks like unchecked (Can barely see the box)

Here is the checked state

Here is what I'm trying to make it look like.

Answer 1

You can use a custom check box xml file for this. Save the below xml code in drawables folder, name it custom_checkbox.xml:

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

Then use this file as background of your checkbox like this:

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

Here I am uploading my own images which I used in place of cbchk_blue and cbunchk_blue