How to change the color of a CheckBox?

How do I change the default CheckBox color in Android?
By default the CheckBox color is green, and I want to change this color.
If it is not possible please tell me how to make a custom CheckBox?

You can change the color directly in XML. Use buttonTint for the box: (as of API level 23)

<CheckBox
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:buttonTint="@color/CHECK_COLOR" />

You can also do this using appCompatCheckbox v7 for older API levels:

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    app:buttonTint="@color/COLOR_HERE" /> 

If your minSdkVersion is 21+ use android:buttonTint attribute to update the color of a checkbox:

<CheckBox
  ...
  android:buttonTint="@color/tint_color" />

In projects that use AppCompat library and support Android versions below 21 you can use a compat version of the buttonTint attribute:

<CheckBox
  ...
  app:buttonTint="@color/tint_color" />

In this case if you want to subclass a CheckBox don't forget to use AppCompatCheckBox instead.

PREVIOUS ANSWER:

You can change CheckBoxs drawable using android:button="@drawable/your_check_drawable" attribute.

you can set android theme of the checkbox to get the color you want in your styles.xml add :

<style name="checkBoxStyle" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="colorAccent">CHECKEDHIGHLIGHTCOLOR</item>
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">UNCHECKEDCOLOR</item>
</style>

then in your layout file :

<CheckBox
     android:theme="@style/checkBoxStyle"
     android:id="@+id/chooseItemCheckBox"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

unlike using android:buttonTint="@color/CHECK_COLOR" this method works under Api 23

Use buttonTint to change color of button and color selector for above 21+ api version.

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox
                android:id="@+id/check"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                app:buttonTint="@color/checkbox_filter_tint"
                tools:targetApi="21"/>

res/colors/checkbox_filter_tint.xml

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

Programmatic version:

int states[][] = {{android.R.attr.state_checked}, {}};
int colors[] = {color_for_state_checked, color_for_state_normal}
CompoundButtonCompat.setButtonTintList(checkbox, new ColorStateList(states, colors));

I would suggest to use he style approach in android as the way to configure built-in android views, add new style in your project:

<style name="yourStyle" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="colorAccent">your_color</item> <!-- for uncheck state -->
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">your color</item> <!-- for check state -->
</style>

and add assign this style to the theme of the checkbox: android:theme="@style/youStyle"

hope this helps.

> Add buttonTint in your xml

<CheckBox
      android:id="@+id/chk_remember_signup"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:buttonTint="@android:color/white"
      android:text="@string/hint_chk_remember_me" />

Add this line in your styles.xml file:

<style>
    <item name="android:colorAccent">@android:color/holo_green_dark</item>
</style>

Me faced same problem, I got a solution using below technic. Copy the btn_check.xml from android-sdk/platforms/android-#(version)/data/res/drawable to your project's drawable folder and change the 'on' and 'off' image states to your custom images.
Then your xml will just need android:button="@drawable/btn_check"

<CheckBox
    android:button="@drawable/btn_check"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:checked="true" />
        

If you want to use different default Android icons, you can use:

android:button="@android:drawable/..."

buttonTint worked for me try

android:buttonTint="@color/white"

<CheckBox
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:id="@+id/agreeCheckBox"
    android:text="@string/i_agree_to_terms_s"
    android:buttonTint="@color/white"
    android:layout_below="@+id/avoid_spam_text"/>

create an xml Drawable resource file under res->drawable and name it, for example, checkbox_custom_01.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/checkbox_custom_01_checked_white_green_32" />
  <item 
   android:state_checked="false" 
   android:drawable="@drawable/checkbox_custom_01_unchecked_gray_32" />
</selector>

Upload your custom checkbox image files (i recommend png) to your res->drawable folder.

Then go in your layout file and change your checkbox to

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/checkBox1"
    android:button="@drawable/checkbox_custom_01"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
    android:text="CheckBox"
    android:textSize="32dip"/>

you may customize anything, as long as android:button points to the correct XML file you created before.

NOTE TO NEWBIES: though it is not mandatory, it is nevertheless good practice to name your checkbox with a unique id throughout your whole layout tree.

You can change checkbox color using singe line of code

android:buttonTint="@color/app_color" //whatever color

100% robust approach.

In my case, I didn't have access to the XML layout source file, since I get Checkbox from a 3-rd party MaterialDialog lib. So I have to solve this programmatically.

1. Create a ColorStateList in xml:

res/color/checkbox_tinit_dark_theme.xml:

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

2. Then apply it to the checkbox:

    ColorStateList darkStateList = ContextCompat.getColorStateList(getContext(), R.color.checkbox_tint_dark_theme);
    CompoundButtonCompat.setButtonTintList(checkbox, darkStateList);

P.S. In addition if someone is interested, here is how you can get your checkbox from MaterialDialog dialog (if you set it with .checkBoxPromptRes(...)):

CheckBox checkbox = (CheckBox) dialog.getView().findViewById(R.id.md_promptCheckbox);

Hope this helps.

If textColorSecondary does not work for you, you might have defined colorControlNormal in your theme to be a different color. If so, just use

<style name="yourStyle" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="colorAccent">your_checked_color</item> <!-- for checked state -->
    <item name="colorControlNormal">your_unchecked_color</item> <!-- for unchecked state -->
</style>

Most answers go through the xml file. If you find an active answer for most Android versions and are just one color for the two statuses Check an UnCheck: here is my solution:

Kotlin:

val colorFilter = PorterDuffColorFilter(Color.CYAN, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP)
CompoundButtonCompat.getButtonDrawable(checkBox)?.colorFilter = colorFilter

Java:

ColorFilter colorFilter = new PorterDuffColorFilter(Color.CYAN, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
Drawable drawable = CompoundButtonCompat.getButtonDrawable(checkBox);
if (drawable != null) {
    drawable.setColorFilter(colorFilter);
}

You can use the following two properties in "colors.xml"

<color name="colorControlNormal">#eeeeee</color>
<color name="colorControlActivated">#eeeeee</color>

colorControlNormal is for the normal view of checkbox, and colorControlActivated is for when the checkbox is checked.

Hi This is the theme code for both Dark Theme and Light Theme.

<attr name="buttonsearch_picture" format="reference"/>
<attr name="buttonrefresh_picture" format="reference"/>

<style name="Theme.Light" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/white</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/black</item>
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">@color/black</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/material_gray_800</item>
    <item name="actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/LightOverflowButtonStyle</item>
    <item name="buttonsearch_picture">@drawable/ic_search_black</item>
    <item name="buttonrefresh_picture">@drawable/ic_refresh_black</item>
</style>

<style name="Theme.Dark" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/white</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/white</item>
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">@color/material_gray_500</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/material_gray_800</item>
    <item name="actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/DarkOverflowButtonStyle</item>
    <item name="buttonsearch_picture">@drawable/ic_search_white</item>
    <item name="buttonrefresh_picture">@drawable/ic_refresh_white</item>
    <item name="android:colorBackground">#ffffff</item>
    <item name="android:alertDialogTheme">@style/LightDialogTheme</item>
    <item name="android:alertDialogStyle">@style/LightDialogTheme</item>
  <!-- <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/AppTheme.Widget.TextView</item>-->
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu</item>
</style>

If you want to change checkbox color then "colorAccent" attribute will use for checked state and "android:textColorSecondary" will use for unchecking state.

"actionOverflowButtonStyle" will use for change the color of overflow icon in the Action bar.

"buttonsearch_picture" attribute will use for change tint color of Action Button in Action Bar.This is custom Attribute in style.xml

<attr name="buttonsearch_picture" format="reference"/>

Same is for refresh button which i am using in my app.

"android:popupMenuStyle" attribute is using to get Light theme popup menu style in Dark theme.

<style name="PopupMenu" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
</style>

And this is toolbar Code which I am using in my Rocks Player App.

 <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    app:contentInsetStart="0dp"
    android:title="Rocks Player"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:elevation="4dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
    android:minHeight="48dp"
    app:titleTextAppearance="@style/Toolbar.TitleText"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    >
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Themes:-

 <style name="AppTheme0" parent="Theme.Light">
    <item name="colorPrimary">#ffffff</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#cccccc</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">#0294ff</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme1" parent="Theme.Dark">
    <item name="colorPrimary">#4161b2</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#4161b2</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">#4161b2</item>
</style>

You should try below code. It is working for me.

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/checked" 
          android:state_checked="true">
        <color android:color="@color/yello" />
    </item>
    <!-- checked -->
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/unchecked" 
          android:state_checked="false">
        <color android:color="@color/black"></color>
    </item>
    <!-- unchecked -->
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/checked" 
          android:state_focused="true">
        <color android:color="@color/yello"></color>
    </item>
    <!-- on focus -->
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/unchecked">
        <color android:color="@color/black"></color>
    </item>
    <!-- default -->
</selector>

and CheckBox

<CheckBox
    Button="@style/currentcy_check_box_style"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:paddingLeft="20dp"
    android:text="@string/step_one_currency_aud" />

you can create your own xml in drawable and use this as android:background="@drawable/your_xml"

in that you can give border corner everything

http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<item>
    <shape>
        <gradient

            android:endColor="#fff"
            android:startColor="#fff"/>
        <corners
            android:radius="2dp"/>
        <stroke
            android:width="15dp"
            android:color="#0013669e"/>

    </shape>
</item>

There is a much easier way to set the color programmatically by setting ColorStateList.

 Checkbox.setButtonTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(getContext().getColor(R.color.yourcolor)))

You can change the background color of the <CheckBox> by embedding it inside a <LinearLayout>. Then change the background color of <LinearLayout> to the color you want.

If you are going to use the android icons, as described above ..

android:button="@android:drawable/..."

.. it's a nice option, but for this to work - I found you need to add toggle logic to show/hide the check mark, like this:

    checkBoxShowPwd.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {

        // checkbox status is changed from uncheck to checked.
        public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {

            int btnDrawable = android.R.drawable.checkbox_off_background;

            if (isChecked)
            {
                btnDrawable = android.R.drawable.checkbox_on_background;
            }

            checkBoxShowPwd.setButtonDrawable(btnDrawable);

        }
    });

My minSdkVersion is 15, my BaseAppTheme parent is Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar and I am creating my Checkboxes programmatically. The following steps worked for me.

1. In your Java code, change

CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox(context);

to

AppCompatCheckBox checkBox = new AppCompatCheckBox(context);

2. In your styles.xml, add:

<style name="MyCheckboxStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
    <item name="buttonTint">@color/primary_dark</item>
</style>

3. Finally, within your BaseAppTheme (or AppTheme) style, add:

<item name="checkboxStyle">@style/MyCheckboxStyle</item>
<item name="android:checkboxStyle">@style/MyCheckboxStyle</item>

My goal was to use a custom checkbox button and remove the accent color button tint. I tried the accepted answer but did now work instead this worked for me:

In the styles.xml file

<style name="Theme.Checkbox" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
    <item name="android:button">@drawable/theme_checkbox_button</item>
    <item name="android:drawableLeft">@android:color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:drawablePadding">10dp</item>
    <item name="android:buttonTint">@android:color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:buttonTintMode">screen</item>
</style>

Now for this question, only required attributes are android:buttonTint and android:buttonTintMode

Now some extras:

• I needed to use a custom drawable, hence android:button is set with a selector drawable

• I needed some spacing between the box and the text hence I followed this SO answer and set the android:drawableLeft and android:drawablePadding

You can use the below lines of code to change the background of the Checkbox dynamically in your java code.

//Setting up background color on checkbox.
 checkbox.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#00e2a5"));

This answer was from this site. You can also use this site to convert your RGB color to the Hex value, you need to feed the parseColor