Android: How to change CheckBox size?

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alex2k8 picture alex2k8 · Jan 28, 2010 · Viewed 125.4k times · Source

I would like to make CheckBox a bit smaller/bigger, how can I do this?

Answer

alex2k8 picture alex2k8 · Apr 23, 2013

Starting with API Level 11 there is another approach exists:

<CheckBox
    ...
    android:scaleX="0.70"
    android:scaleY="0.70"
/>

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