Android Studio : Checkbox for user to select options example
A decent operating system user interface should have check boxes to allow users to select options that are not mutually exclusive. For this tutorial, we will learn how to create a couple of checkboxes with checkBox widget in Android Studio and create two listeners to scan if the options are toggled to checked
or unchecked
states. One listener is for individual check box and another is for a button to get all the checkboxes toggled states.
Below is an image of the finished application:
Let's get the layout designer in Android Studio code save in the activity_main_check_box.xml
file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.sweetlogic.checkbox.MainActivityCheckBox">
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/checkBoxDurian"
android:layout_width="368dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:text="Durian"
android:visibility="visible"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.295" />
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/checkBoxRambutan"
android:layout_width="368dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:text="Rambutan"
android:visibility="visible"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.192" />
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/checkBoxMango"
android:layout_width="368dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:text="Mango"
android:visibility="visible"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.088" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/buttonGetCheckBoxStates"
android:layout_width="368dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:text="Get CheckBox states"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="8dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="231dp" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="368dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:text="Fruits common in Malaysia"
android:textColor="@android:color/background_dark"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.004" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
and fill in the Java codes at MainActivityCheckBox.java
with:
package com.example.sweetlogic.checkbox;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivityCheckBox extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_check_box);
// get all the checkboxes states
addListenerOnButton();
// listen to individual check box
addListenerOnDurianCheckBox();
}
public void addListenerOnDurianCheckBox() {
final CheckBox durianCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBoxDurian);
durianCheckBox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
//user touch the durian?
if (durianCheckBox.isChecked()) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivityCheckBox.this, "I'm very thorny! Don't touch!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
});
}
public void addListenerOnButton() {
final CheckBox durianCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBoxDurian);
final CheckBox rambutanCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBoxRambutan);
final CheckBox mangoCheckBox = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkBoxMango);
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonGetCheckBoxStates);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
StringBuilder states = new StringBuilder();
states.append("Mango [").append(mangoCheckBox.isChecked()).append("]\n");
states.append("Rambutan [").append(rambutanCheckBox.isChecked()).append("]\n");
states.append("Durian [").append(durianCheckBox.isChecked()).append("]\n");
Toast.makeText(MainActivityCheckBox.this, states.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
}
}
Save all the files and hit the Run
button and you should be able to see the application running on your selected Android Virtual Device. Here is an image of the application for the checkboxes running in the emulator.
Happy Android-ing!
References:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/checkbox.html
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/CheckBox.html
https://socketloop.com/tutorials/android-studio-alertdialog-to-get-user-attention-example
See also : Android Studio : Image button and button example
By Adam Ng
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