Android - Spacing between CheckBox and text

Question

Is there an easy way to add padding between the checkbox in a CheckBox control, and the associated text?

I cannot just add leading spaces, because my label is multi-

Answer 1

For space between the check mark and the text use:

android:paddingLeft="10dp"

But it becomes more than 10dp, because the check mark contains padding (about 5dp) around. If you want to remove padding, see How to remove padding around Android CheckBox:

android:paddingLeft="-5dp"
android:layout_marginStart="-5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="-5dp"
// or android:translationX="-5dp" instead of layout_marginLeft