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Stuti
Stuti

Reputation: 1638

Create custom check boxes in android

I have an android application. There is an activity which demands 7 checkboxes but as the size of the default check boxes provided by SDK is very large and takes lots of space, I tried to develop my own customized check boxes.

For this, I have captured two images (checked and unchecked), On click of one it toggles, i.e. on click of checked it converts to unchecked and vice versa.

But I want to know is there any other way to do this..

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2952

Answers (1)

Senthil Mg
Senthil Mg

Reputation: 3313

It's little simple by placing an appropriate drawable xml file for your checkbox states with corresponding images you need to set.

place the below code in drawable named 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/star_checked" /> <!-- pressed -->
    <item android:state_checked="false"
          android:drawable="@drawable/star_unchecked" /> <!-- focused -->
     <item android:drawable="@drawable/star_unchecked" />      
</selector>

and on your checkbox set above code to manipulate, by using android:button=@drawable/checkbox" 

<CheckBox android:id="@+id/chkFav" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginRight="0dp" android:button="@drawable/checkbox"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:clickable="true"/>

Upvotes: 6

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