android: CheckedTextView cannot be checked?

Question

Initially I wanted a checkmark where the text is placed on the left of the checkmark. After searching on this site I found out the best workaround is android:CheckedTextView

Answer 1

This layout looks and behaves the same way as CheckedTextView:

Only extra legwork is to set an OnClickListener on the root view and call checkBox.toggle() on the CheckBox.