How do I make the Checkbox in Android CheckedTextView be left aligned instead of right aligned?

Question

I am trying to use R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice with ListView. CheckedTextView is used in simple_list_item_multiple_choice.xml, but how can I make the checkbox

Answer 1

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Looking at the source, it's just based on layout direction. Setting it to RTL works well enough for me.

android:layoutDirection="rtl"

Source:

   private boolean isCheckMarkAtStart() {
    final int gravity = Gravity.getAbsoluteGravity(mCheckMarkGravity, getLayoutDirection());
    final int hgrav = gravity & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
    return hgrav == Gravity.LEFT;
}

.

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    super.onDraw(canvas);

    ...

        final boolean checkMarkAtStart = isCheckMarkAtStart();
        final int width = getWidth();
        final int top = y;
        final int bottom = top + height;
        final int left;
        final int right;
        if (checkMarkAtStart) {
            left = mBasePadding;
            right = left + mCheckMarkWidth;
        } else {
            right = width - mBasePadding;
            left = right - mCheckMarkWidth;
        }
        ...

        }
    }
}