Как изменить цвет checkbox android studio

This example demonstrates how do I change the color of the check box in android.

Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.

Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
   android:id="@+id/rl"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent"
   android:padding="10dp"
   tools:context=".MainActivity">
   <TextView
      android:id="@+id/tv"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Click the check box" />
   <CheckBox
      android:id="@+id/checkbox"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Check box"
      android:layout_below="@id/tv"
      android:paddingRight="15dp"/>
   <Button
      android:id="@+id/button"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Change Color"
      android:layout_below="@id/checkbox" />
</RelativeLayout>

Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.java

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      final CheckBox checkBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
      Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
      button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
         @Override
         public void onClick(View v) {
            checkBox.setTextColor(Color.RED);
            checkBox.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#cbff75"));
         }
      });
   }
}

Step 4 − Add the following code to androidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="app.com.sample">
   <application
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
      android:supportsRtl="true"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
      <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
         <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
         </intent-filter>
      </activity>
   </application>
</manifest>

Let’s try to run your application. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device with your computer. To run the app from android studio, open one of your project’s activity files and click Run  icon from the toolbar. Select your mobile device as an option and then check your mobile device which will display your default screen −

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In this blog, we will learn about Changing radio button and checkbox color and appearance in your android application.

The radio button and checkbox button all take the default accent color for selection from your application. Changing the layout to something that you want is not that simple, but is very easy if you follow through correctly.

After reading this blog, you can change the default colors of all your radio button and checkbox( whether created through XML or through java code).

APPROACH

For changing the colors of selected/ checked button state to some color of your choice, all you need to do is to create a drawable with correct state mapped to colors of your choice and a default color and set it in your styles.xml file.

CODE :

my_compound_button_color_selector.xml

styles.xml

And all your Radio Button and Checkbox colors will be changed from this settings.

Now, let’s see how we can change the appearance, what I needed was the button on the right side of the text and doing this was pretty easy.

APPROACH :

Your compound button should have layout params of (width: match_parent and height: wrap_content). now you need to reverse the layout direction from the parent layout direction. I needed this in my dynamic views created at runtime from java files, so I am sharing the snippet from Java code, but you can execute the same from your xmls too.

CODE :

And with this code, you can change the appearance of your compound buttons(Radio Button and Checkbox).

After following this blog, the appearance of your compound buttons will be like this from this code.

In Android, CheckBox is a type of two state button either unchecked or checked in Android. Or you can say it is a type of on/off switch that can be toggled by the users. You should use checkbox when presenting a group of selectable options to users that are not mutually exclusive. CompoundButton is the parent class of CheckBox class.

In android there is a lot of usage of check box. For example, to take survey in Android app we can list few options and allow user to choose using CheckBox. The user will simply checked these checkboxes rather than type their own option in EditText. Another very common use of CheckBox is as remember me option in Login form.

CheckBox code in XML:

<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Simple CheckBox"/>

Important Note: You can check the current state of a check box programmatically by using isChecked() method. This method returns a Boolean value either true or false, if a check box is checked then it returns true otherwise it returns false. Below is an example code in which we checked the current state of a check box.

//initiate a check box
CheckBox simpleCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.simpleCheckBox);

//check current state of a check box (true or false)
Boolean checkBoxState = simpleCheckBox.isChecked();

Attributes of CheckBox:

Now let’s  we discuss important attributes that helps us to configure a check box in XML file (layout).

1.id: id is an attribute used to uniquely identify a check box. Below we set the id of a image button.

<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Simple CheckBox"/>

2. checked: checked is an attribute of check box used to set the current state of a check box. The value should be true or false where true shows the checked state and false shows unchecked state of a check box. The default value of checked attribute is false. We can also set the current state programmatically.

Below is an example code in which we set true value for checked attribute that sets the current state to checked.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Simple CheckBox" 
    android:checked="true"/> <!--set the current state of the check box-->

Setting Current State Of CheckBox In Java Class:

Below we set the current state of CheckBox in java class.

/*Add in Oncreate() funtion after setContentView()*/
// initiate a check box
CheckBox simpleCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.simpleCheckBox);

// set the current state of a check box
simpleCheckBox.setChecked(true);

3. gravity: The gravity attribute is an optional attribute which is used to control the alignment of the text in CheckBox like left, right, center, top, bottom, center_vertical, center_horizontal etc.

Below we set the right and center_vertical gravity for the text of a check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Simple CheckBox"
    android:checked="true"
    android:gravity="right|center_vertical"/>  <!-- gravity of the check box-->

4. text: text attribute is used to set the text in a check box. We can set the text in xml as well as in the java class.

Below is the example code with explanation included in which we set the text “Text Attribute Of Check Box” for a check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:checked="true"
    android:text="Text Attribute Of Check Box"/> <!--displayed text of the check box-->

Setting text in CheckBox In Java class:

Below is the example code in which we set the text of a check box programmatically means in java class.

/*Add in Oncreate() funtion after setContentView()*/
// initiate check box
CheckBox simpleCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.simpleCheckBox);

// displayed text of the check box
simpleCheckBox.setText("Text Attribute Of Check Box");

5. textColor: textColor attribute is used to set the text color of a check box. Color value is in form of “#argb”, “#rgb”, “#rrggbb”, or “#aarrggbb”.

Below we set the red color for the displayed text of a check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Text is Red Color"
    android:textColor="#f00" 
    android:checked="true"/> <!-- red color for the text of check box-->

Setting textColor in CheckBox In Java class:

Below we set the text color of a check box programmatically.

/*Add in Oncreate() funtion after setContentView()*/
//initiate the checkbox
CheckBox simpleCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.simpleCheckBox);

//red color for displayed text
simpleCheckBox.setTextColor(Color.RED);

6. textSize: textSize attribute is used to set the size of text of a check box. We can set the text size in sp(scale independent pixel) or dp(density pixel).

Below is the example code in which we set the 20sp size for the text of a check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Text size Attribute Of Check Box"
    android:textColor="#00f"
    android:checked="false"
    android:textSize="20sp"/><!--set Text Size of text in CheckBox-->

Setting Text Size in CheckBox In Java class:

Below we set the text size of a check box in java class.

/*Add in Oncreate() funtion after setContentView()*/
CheckBox simpleCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.simpleCheckBox);
//set 20sp displayed text size
simpleCheckBox.setTextSize(20);

7. textStyle: textStyle attribute is used to set the text style of the text of a check box. The possible text styles are bold, italic and normal.  If we need to use two or more styles for a text view then “|” operator is used for that.

Below we set the bold and italic text styles for text of a check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Text Style Attribute Of Check Box"
    android:textColor="#44f"
    android:textSize="20sp"
    android:checked="false"
    android:textStyle="bold|italic"/>

8. background: background attribute is used to set the background of a check box. We can set a color or a drawable in the background of a check box.

Below we set the black color for the background, white color for the displayed text of a check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Text size Attribute Of Check Box"
    android:textColor="#fff"
    android:textSize="20sp"
    android:textStyle="bold|italic"
    android:checked="true"
    android:background="#000" /><!-- black background for the background of check box-->

Setting Background in CheckBox In Java class:

Below is the example code in which we set the background color of a check box programmatically means in java class.

/*Add in Oncreate() funtion after setContentView()*/
CheckBox simpleCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.simpleCheckBox);
// set background in CheckBox
simpleCheckBox.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);

9. padding: padding attribute is used to set the padding from left, right, top or bottom.

• paddingRight :set the padding from the right side of the check box.
• paddingLeft :set the padding from the left side of the check box.
• paddingTop :set the padding from the top side of the check box.
• paddingBottom :set the padding from the bottom side of the check box.
• Padding :set the padding from the all side’s of the check box.

Below is the example code of padding where we set the 30dp padding from all the side’s of the check box.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/simpleCheckBox"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Padding Attribute Of Check Box"
    android:textColor="#44f" 
    android:textSize="20sp"
    android:textStyle="bold|italic"
    android:checked="false"
    android:padding="30dp"/> <!--30dp padding from all side’s-->

Example of CheckBox In Android Studio:

Below is the example of CheckBox in Android, in which we display five check boxes using background and other attributes we discusses earlier in this post. Every check box represents a different subject name and whenever you click on a check box then text of that checked check box is displayed in a toast. Below is the final output, code and step by step explanation of the example:

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Step 1: Create a new project and name it CheckBoxExample

In this step we create a new project in android studio by filling all the necessary details of the app like app name, package name, api versions etc.

Select File -> New -> New Project and Fill the forms and click "Finish" button.

Step 2: Now Open res -> layout -> activity_main.xml (or) main.xml and add the following code:

In this step we open an xml file and add the code for displaying five one TextView and check boxes.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Select Your Programming language: "
        android:textColor="#f00"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        android:background="#e0e0e0"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/androidCheckBox"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:checked="false"
            android:padding="20dp"
            android:text="@string/android"
            android:textColor="#44f"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold|italic" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/javaCheckBox"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:checked="false"
            android:padding="20dp"
            android:text="@string/java"
            android:textColor="#f44"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold|italic" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/phpCheckBox"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:checked="false"
            android:padding="20dp"
            android:text="@string/php"
            android:textColor="#444"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold|italic" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/pythonCheckBox"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:checked="false"
            android:padding="20dp"
            android:text="@string/python"
            android:textColor="#888"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold|italic" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/unityCheckBox"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:checked="false"
            android:padding="20dp"
            android:text="@string/unity"
            android:textColor="#101010"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold|italic" />
    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

Step 3: Now Open  app -> java-> package -> MainActivity.java

In this step we add the code to initiate the check boxes we created. And then we perform click event on button and display the text for selected check boxes using a toast.

package example.abhiandriod.checkboxexample;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

    CheckBox android, java, python, php, unity3D;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // initiate views
        android = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.androidCheckBox);
        android.setOnClickListener(this);
        java = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.javaCheckBox);
        java.setOnClickListener(this);
        python = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.pythonCheckBox);
        python.setOnClickListener(this);
        php = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.phpCheckBox);
        php.setOnClickListener(this);
        unity3D = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.unityCheckBox);
        unity3D.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {

        switch (view.getId()) {
            case R.id.androidCheckBox:
                if (android.isChecked())
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Android", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                break;
            case R.id.javaCheckBox:
                if (java.isChecked())
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Java", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                break;
            case R.id.phpCheckBox:
                if (php.isChecked())
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "PHP", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                break;
            case R.id.pythonCheckBox:
                if (python.isChecked())
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Python", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                break;
            case R.id.unityCheckBox:
                if (unity3D.isChecked())
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Unity 3D", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                break;
        }
    }
}

Step 5: Open res ->values -> strings.xml

In this step we show string file which is used to store string data of an app. 

<resources>
    <string name="app_name">CheckBoxExample</string>
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
    <string name="android">Android</string>
    <string name="java">Java</string>
    <string name="php">PHP</string>
    <string name="python" >Python</string>
    <string name="unity">Unity 3D</string>
</resources>

Output:

Now start the AVD in Emulator and run the App. You will see 5 checkbox option asking you to choose your programming language. Select and the text of that particular CheckBox will appear on Screen.

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CheckBox это специфичная кнопка, имеющая два состояния (отмечена или не отмечена), которая представляет собой флажок, позволяющий пользователю выбирать один или несколько параметров в наборе.

Флажки удобно использовать, например, в настройках приложения, чтобы отмечать нужные функции, либо в списках, где необходимо выбрать сразу несколько элементов.

Чтобы добавить CheckBox в приложение, достаточно разместить следующий код:

<CheckBox
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Test 1"
    />

Если одного флажка мало, вы можете добавить несколько.

С помощью атрибута android:text вы можете задать текст, который будет пояснять, какое действие произойдёт при активации флажка. Также текст можно задать программно с помощью метода setText(). Получить текст можно с помощью метода getText().

CheckBox check = findViewById(R.id.check_1);
check.setText("Какой-то текст");

Состояние флажка меняется, когда пользователь нажимает на него, либо программно. Чтобы изменить программно, можно воспользоваться методами setChecked() или toggle().

CheckBox check = findViewById(R.id.check_1);
check.setChecked(true); // установит флажок в одно из состояний: true - активное, false - неактивное
check.toggle(); // меняет текущее состояние на противоположное

Также можно задать состояние флажка заранее через XML при создании CheckBox с помощью атрибута android:checked.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/check_1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Test 1"
    android:checked="true"
    />

Аналогично ToggleButton, к флажкам можно добавить слушатель, который будет выполнять нужные операции при изменении состояния флажка. Сделать это можно с помощью метода setOnCheckedChangeListener(), либо интерфейса OnCheckedChangeListener (о том, как пользоваться интерфейсами, описано здесь).

CheckBox check = findViewById(R.id.check_1);
check.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
  @Override public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean b) {
    if (compoundButton.isChecked()) {
      // делаем работу, если кнопка стала активной
    } else {
      // делаем работу, если кнопка перестала быть активной
    }
  }
});

Чтобы узнать текущее состояние флажка, можно воспользоваться методом isChecked(), который вернёт true, если флажок активен и false — неактивен. Например, можно считывать значения флажков и выполнять соответствующие операции.

final CheckBox check1 = findViewById(R.id.check_1);
final CheckBox check2 = findViewById(R.id.check_2);
final CheckBox check3 = findViewById(R.id.check_3);
Button btn_test = findViewById(R.id.btn_test);
btn_test.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
  @Override public void onClick(View view) {
    if (!check1.isChecked() && !check2.isChecked() && !check3.isChecked()) {
      Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Ничего не выбрано", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    } else {
      String s =
          (check1.isChecked() ? "n" + check1.getText().toString() : "") + (check2.isChecked() ?
              "n"
                  + check2.getText().toString() : "") + (check3.isChecked() ? "n"
              + check3.getText().toString() : "");
      Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Выбраны:" + s, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
  }
});

При необходимости, можно изменить цвет флажка со стандартного на какой-либо другой. Для этого в папке res/values/styles.xml нужно создать новый стиль. Возьмём, например, основной цвет приложения.

<style name="MyCheckBox" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
  <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>

После этого в коде разметки для CheckBox нужно добавить атрибут android:theme и указать созданный стиль.

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/check_1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Test 1"
    android:textSize="14sp"
    android:theme="@style/MyCheckBox"
    />

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/check_2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Test 2"
    android:textSize="14sp"
    android:theme="@style/MyCheckBox"
    />

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/check_3"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Test 3"
    android:textSize="14sp"
    android:theme="@style/MyCheckBox"
    />

Теперь наши флажки будут окрашены в цвет, который мы задали в стилях.

Дополнительные материалы

Использование XML Drawables в приложениях