How to remove unwanted spaces at the right of CheckBox?

Issue

I am working on a custom list view. I want to show a CheckBox at the custom view. There is no text for the CheckBox. I found it always have some spaces at the right of the CheckBox.

Here is my layout xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:background="#fa9654"
android:paddingTop="65dp" android:paddingBottom="65dp">



<TextView android:id="@+id/bus_route_list_item_num"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="0dip"
    android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:layout_weight="0.15"></TextView>

<TextView android:id="@+id/bus_route_list_item_station"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="0dip"
    android:gravity="left" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:layout_weight=".5"></TextView>


<TextView android:id="@+id/bus_route_list_item_fee"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="0dip"
    android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:layout_weight=".15"></TextView>


<CheckBox android:id="@+id/bus_route_list_item_reminder" android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_weight=".20" android:gravity="center" 
    android:layout_gravity="center" android:paddingRight="0dp" android:paddingLeft="0dp" 
    android:paddingTop="0dp" android:paddingBottom="0dp" android:background="#0066ff" 
    android:text=""
/>

</LinearLayout>

The result looks like:

As you can see there are some space at the right of the checkbox. What I want is put the checkbox at the middle of the blue area.

Is it possible to remove the unwanted space? thanks

Solution

You can wrap CheckBox in LinearLayout and then use android:gravity="center" on that layout.

 <LinearLayout
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="0dip" 
    android:layout_weight=".20"              
    android:background="#ff0000" 
    android:gravity="center">

    <CheckBox android:id="@+id/bus_route_list_item_reminder" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"                     
    />

</LinearLayout>

As another alternative, you can use RelativeLayout. This would greatly simplify you layout and you will be able to get rid of layout_weight.

Answered By - inazaruk