I want to create a button that looks exactly like a CheckBox (same size, same button face color, etc.), but instead of a checkmark, has a square with a configurable color on it. My solution was to subclass a View, set the background resource to a shape drawable which mimics the CheckBox background and then override onDraw() to put the colored rectangle on top. All this worked great in the emulator, but when I tested it on a device, I quickly learned that devices have their own stylized controls and my control looked out of place.
I looked at the built-in Android resources and found that android.R.drawable.button_default_small might work nicely as the background resource. However, the button face is not centered within the 9-patch image, probably because of the drop-shadow so it makes it hard to position my colored rectangle. Also, I'm not sure how to find the dimensions of a CheckBox to size my control -- android.R.dimen.default_checkbox_size seems like a good place, but it doesn't exist :-). What do others do to make custom controls that integrate well with any device's UI? Thanks, Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
