Creating custom checkbox

1) create [drawablename].xml under /res/drawable

eg: hdr_tick_bg.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >   

<item android:state_checked="true" android:drawable="@drawable/hdr_tick_sl" />

<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/hdr_tick_hover"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/hdr_tick_dsl" />

</selector>

2) added check box to layout. set the drawable to button

eg:

  <CheckBox 

android:id="@+id/hdr_checkbox"

  android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"

  android:button="@drawable/hdr_tick_bg"

  android:layout_width="wrap_content"

  android:layout_height="wrap_content"

  android:layout_marginRight="3dp"

 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"

  android:focusable="false"

  android:visibility="gone"

  android:focusableInTouchMode="false"/>