Android Checkbox White Border

Question

How do I change the checkbox to have a white border? I added the checkbox to a dark colored background and as you can see, it's barely visible.

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '15 at 21:58

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you need to create a 2 different drawable for checked state & non checked state. example-

checkbox_selector.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/white_color_box_with_tick" />
    <item android:state_checked="false" android:drawable="@drawable/white_color_box_without_tick" />
</selector>

And set this drawable in the following way-

<CheckBox
    android:text="Custom CheckBox"
    android:button="@drawable/checkbox_selector"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

answered Mar 23 '15 at 21:58

Amit K. Saha

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are these drawable checkboxes images? – Alan Mar 24 '15 at 21:05
yes, they are full checkbox images – Amit K. Saha Mar 25 '15 at 09:16
What is **white_color_box_without_tick**? What do they resemble? – IgorGanapolsky Sep 14 '16 at 16:47
image drawable. imagine a white box without the check/tick icon – Amit K. Saha Sep 14 '16 at 18:07

Android Checkbox White Border

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checkbox_selector.xml