How to decrease the Width and Height of CheckBox i

Question

Can anyone tell me how to reduce the width and height of CheckBox in order to display very small CheckBox in Android ?

Thanks In Advance,

Answer 1

Simply use setWidth(w) and setHeight(h) functions as you would for a normal Button.

Answer 2

setWidth(int) and setHeight(int) since CheckBox extends CompoundButton which extends Button

Try referring to this tutorial

Alernatively try changing it via the XML:

<CheckBox 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="new checkbox" 
    android:background="@drawable/my_checkbox_background"
    android:button="@drawable/my_checkbox" />

Answer 3

UPDATE: this only works from API 17 onwards...

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As per my answer on this question: - how can we reduce the size of checkbox please give me an idea

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CheckBox derives its height from the TEXT as well as the image.

Set these properties in your XML:

android:text=""
android:textSize="0sp"

Of course this only works if you want no text (worked for me).

Without these changes, the CheckBox was giving me a big margin around my image, as mentioned by Joe