Change Checkbox value without triggering onCheckChanged

Question

I have setOnCheckedChangeListener implemented for my checkbox

Is there a way I can call

checkbox.setChecked(false);
         


        

Answer 1

I found all the above answers way too complicated. Why not just create your own flag with a simple boolean?

Just use a simple flag system with a boolean. Create boolean noListener. Whenever you want to turn your switch on/off without running any code (in this example, represented as runListenerCode(), simply set noListener=true before calling switch.setChecked(false/true)

switch.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
           @Override
           public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean selected) {
               if (!noListener) { //If we want to run our code like usual
                   runListenerCode();
               } else { //If we simply want the switch to turn off
                   noListener = false;
               }
           });

Very simple solution using simple flags. At the end, we set noListener=false once again so that our code continues to work. Hope this helps!