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UMAR-MOBITSOLUTIONS
UMAR-MOBITSOLUTIONS

Reputation: 77984

How to show android checkbox at right side?

By default android checkbox shows text at right side and checkbox at left
I want to show checkbox at right side with text at left

how do I achieve this?

Upvotes: 181

Views: 133415

Answers (16)

Tejas Kanani
Tejas Kanani

Reputation: 21

You can use this also,

<CheckBox
       android:layout_width="match_parent"     
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layoutDirection="rtl"
       android:drawablePadding="@dimen/padding_5"
       android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_english"
       android:button="@drawable/language_selector"/>

Upvotes: 0

Taha Sami
Taha Sami

Reputation: 1697

The simplest solution that I use:

checkBox.setLayoutDirection(getResources().getConfiguration().getLayoutDirection() == View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR ? View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL : View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR);

Tip:

If you want to make CheckBox on the right side so it is better for the text to be from left to right such as English, Spanish, and Italian.

Also If you want to make CheckBox on the left side so it is better for the text to be from right to left such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi.

Upvotes: 0

kfc
kfc

Reputation: 607

    <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox
  android:id="@+id/checkBox"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
  android:layoutDirection="rtl"
  android:text="text" />`

Upvotes: 22

Kapil G
Kapil G

Reputation: 4141

Adding another answer to this question that uses CheckedTextView If anyone is trying to do it programatically. It also has the option of using custom images for checkbox. And can be done in a single View

final CheckedTextView checkBox = new CheckedTextView(getApplicationContext());
    checkBox.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
    checkBox.setId(1);
    checkBox.setCheckMarkDrawable(android.R.drawable.checkbox_off_background);
    checkBox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            if (checkBox.isChecked()){
                checkBox.setChecked(false);
                checkBox.setCheckMarkDrawable(android.R.drawable.checkbox_off_background);
            }else{
                checkBox.setChecked(true);
                checkBox.setCheckMarkDrawable(android.R.drawable.checkbox_on_background);
            }
        }
    });
    checkBox.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
    checkBox.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
    checkBox.setText("hi");

From XML if you want to initiate - 

<CheckedTextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:checkMark="@android:drawable/checkbox_off_background"
        android:checked="false"
        android:text="Hi from xml"/>

Upvotes: 3

FAHAD HAMMAD ALOTAIBI
FAHAD HAMMAD ALOTAIBI

Reputation: 143

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">


        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:text="@string/location_permissions"
            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
            android:textColor="@android:color/black" />

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <CheckBox
                android:id="@+id/location_permission_checkbox"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
                android:onClick="onLocationPermissionClicked" />

        </RelativeLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

Upvotes: -1

Mahesh Lad
Mahesh Lad

Reputation: 2055

You can do

<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right|center"//or "center_vertical" for center text
android:layoutDirection="rtl"
android:text="hello" />

Following line is enough 

android:layoutDirection="rtl"

Upvotes: 174

Srikanth Sambamoorthy
Srikanth Sambamoorthy

Reputation: 321

As suggested by @The Berga You can add android:layoutDirection="rtl" but it's only available with API 17.
for dynamic implementation, here it goes 

chkBox.setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);

Upvotes: 7

Oliver Kranz
Oliver Kranz

Reputation: 3841

If it is not mandatory to use a CheckBox you could just use a Switch instead. A Switch shows the text on the left side by default.

Upvotes: 2

DN2048
DN2048

Reputation: 3804

You can add android:layoutDirection="rtl" but it's only available with API 17.

Upvotes: 58

Abhigyan
Abhigyan

Reputation: 651

You can use checkedTextView instead.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/CheckedTextView.html

Upvotes: 6

LanDenLabs
LanDenLabs

Reputation: 1656

The following link demonstrates how to render seveveral Standard Android view objects with an animated checkbox on the right by setting the right drawable.

Set the background to get a ripple effect.

[link to website with example checkbox on right and left side.][1] http://landenlabs.com/android/uicomponents/uicomponents.html#checkbox

         <Button
            android:id="@+id/p2Button1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textAllCaps="false"

            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
            android:id="@+id/p2Button2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:text="AppCompatButton"
            android:textAllCaps="false"

            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/p2TextView1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:hapticFeedbackEnabled="true"

            android:text="TextView"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView
            android:id="@+id/p2TextView2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:hapticFeedbackEnabled="true"

            android:text="AppCompatTextView"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <View
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dp"
            android:background="@android:color/white" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/p2Checkbox1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:button="@null"
            android:checked="true"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:text="CheckBox"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox
            android:id="@+id/p2Checkbox2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:button="@null"
            android:checked="true"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:text="AppCompatCheckBox"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckedTextView
            android:id="@+id/p2Checkbox3"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:checkMark="@drawable/checkline"
            android:checked="true"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:text="AppCompatCheckedTextView"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <!--  android:checkMark="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple" -->
        <CheckedTextView
            android:id="@+id/p2Checkbox4"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:checkMark="@drawable/checkline"
            android:checked="true"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:text="CheckedTextView"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/p2Checkbox5"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:checked="true"
            android:gravity="center_vertical|end"
            android:text="CheckBox"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <View
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="1dp"
            android:background="@android:color/white" />


        <ToggleButton
            android:id="@+id/p2ToggleButton1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:checked="true"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkline"
            android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
            android:textAllCaps="false"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"

            android:textOff="ToggleButtonOff"

            android:textOn="ToggleButtonOn"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

        <ToggleButton
            android:id="@+id/p2ToggleButton2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/buttonHeight"
            android:background="@drawable/transparent_ripple"
            android:checked="true"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/btn_check_material_anim"
            android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
            android:textAllCaps="false"

            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textOff="ToggleBtnnAnimOff"
            android:textOn="ToggleBtnnAnimOn"
            android:textSize="@dimen/buttonTextSize" />

Sample checkline.xml (in drawable, see link for animated version in drawable-v21)

Sample transparent_ripple.xml (in drawable-v21)

<!-- Limit ripple to view object, can also use shape such as oval -->
<item android:id="@android:id/mask" android:drawable="@android:color/white" />

<item>
    <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:enterFadeDuration="200"
        android:exitFadeDuration="200">

        <item android:state_pressed="true">
            <shape android:shape="rectangle">
                <solid android:color="#80c0c000" />
            </shape>
        </item>
    </selector>
</item>

Sample transparent_ripple.xml (in drawable, highlight only no ripple available 

<item android:state_pressed="true">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="#80c0c000" />
    </shape>
</item>
<item>
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />
    </shape>
</item>

Upvotes: 0

Ivo Stoyanov
Ivo Stoyanov

Reputation: 18729

Just copy this:

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Your text:"/>
        <CheckBox
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:checked="true"
            />
    </LinearLayout>

Happy codding! :)

Upvotes: 19

cfh008
cfh008

Reputation: 456

Checkbox text may be not aligning to left with

android:button="@null"
android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/btn_radio"

in some device. Can use CheckedTextView as a replacement to avoid the problem, 

<CheckedTextView
    ...
    android:checkMark="@android:drawable/btn_radio" />

and this link will be helpful: Align text left, checkbox right

Upvotes: 15

zeusboy
zeusboy

Reputation: 151

furthermore from Hazhir imput, for this issue is necessary inject that property in the checkbox xml configuration android:paddingLeft="0dp", this is for avoid the empty space at the checkbox left side.

Upvotes: 3

Hazhir
Hazhir

Reputation: 4484

I think it's too late to answer this question, but actually there is a way to achieve your goal. You just need to add the following line to your checkbox:

android:button="@null"
android:drawableRight="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"

You can use your customized drawable for checkbox as well.

And for a radioButton:

android:button="@null"
android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/btn_radio"

And if you want to do it programmatically:

Define a layout and name it RightCheckBox and copy the following lines :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CheckBox xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:text="hello"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:button="@null"
    android:drawableRight="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"/>

and when you need to add it programmatically you just need to inflate it to a CheckBox and add it to the root view.

CheckBox cb = (CheckBox)((LayoutInflater)getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)).inflate(R.layout.check_right_checkbox,null);
rootView.addView(cb);

Upvotes: 420

xil3
xil3

Reputation: 16439

I can't think of a way with the styling, but you could just set the text of the checkbox to nothing, and put a TextView to the left of the checkbox with your desired text.

Upvotes: 42

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