Switch-Button thumb gets skewed?

Question

The thumb for my Switch-button seems to get skewed(for on&off state). There were similar problems on github, but those were for people making libraries to support Switch

Answer 1

No clue why this happens but solved it by placing the Switch-button within a linearLayout. There must be some propery(width) of the thumb that has a "match_parent" of some sort that must've been causing it.

Edit: It happens when I remove the default 'ON' and 'OFF' text. So to hide the text i changed its color to white. How to change textcolor of switch in Android

main.java

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.toggle_button);

    Switch sw = (Switch) findViewById(R.id.switch1);

            //Both of these need to be used to change the text color to white
            sw.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
    sw.setSwitchTextAppearance(this, Color.WHITE);

            //Doing this would skew the circle
            //sw.setTextOn("  ");
    //sw.setTextOff("   ");
}

main.xml