How to change the color of a CheckBox?

Solution 1:

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" /> 

Solution 2:

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.