How to change checkbox checked color programmatically

Question

I'm using the CheckBox view in Android. I would like to change the color of it when its checked. Right now its that default dark green color when its checked and I would like to change it to something different and when not checked, just be the default colors.

Here's my code:

CheckBox c = new CheckBox(this);
c.setId(View.generateViewId());

c.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
        if(buttonView.isChecked())
        {
            buttonView.setBackgroundColor(Color.rgb(64, 131, 207));
        }
        if(!buttonView.isChecked())
        {
            buttonView.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
        }

    }
});

The problem is that it does not change the right thing. Any ideas on how to change this color?

Answer 1

To tint the CompoundButton Tints try this, for Both the API>21 and below.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
    CompoundButtonCompat.setButtonTintList(button, ColorStateList.valueOf(tintColor));//Use android.support.v4.widget.CompoundButtonCompat when necessary else
} else {
    button.setButtonTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(tintColor));//setButtonTintList is accessible directly on API>19
}

Answer 2

Replace your CheckBox with AppCompatCheckBox and call following method:

public static void setCheckBoxColor(AppCompatCheckBox checkBox, int uncheckedColor, int checkedColor) {
    ColorStateList colorStateList = new ColorStateList(
            new int[][] {
                    new int[] { -android.R.attr.state_checked }, // unchecked
                    new int[] {  android.R.attr.state_checked }  // checked
            },
            new int[] {
                    uncheckedColor,
                    checkedColor
            }
    );
    checkBox.setSupportButtonTintList(colorStateList);
}