How to create custom bigger text check box with android:scaleX=”” and android:scaleY=””.
In this tutorial we are adding these two attributes on CheckBox to increase their height and width android:scaleX=”” and android:scaleY=”” inside activity_main.xml file. So here is the complete step by step tutorial for Increase/Change checkbox size in android using XML.
How to Increase/Change checkbox size in android using XML.
Code for MainActivity.java file.
package com.changecheckboxsize_android_examples.com; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } }
Code for activity_main.xml layout file.
<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="com.changecheckboxsize_android_examples.com.MainActivity" > <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:text="CheckBox with Normal Size" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> <CheckBox android:id="@+id/checkBox1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/textView1" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_marginTop="22dp" android:text="CheckBox" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/checkBox1" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_marginTop="23dp" android:text="CheckBox with Increase Size" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> <CheckBox android:id="@+id/checkBox2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/textView2" android:layout_marginTop="21dp" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:text="CheckBox" android:scaleX="1.4" android:scaleY="1.4" /> </RelativeLayout>
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