Create Checkbox in Kotlin Programmatically

In this short Kotlin programming tutorial I am going to share with you how to create a CheckBox in Kotlin programmatically. You will learn how to create two checkboxes and how to read a value from CheckBox when it is selected. The code example below with cover:

Create CheckBox in Kotlin programmatically,
Use setOnClickListener to know when check state of CheckBox has changed,
Read the value of CheckBox and display it in TextView

XML Layout File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/constraintLayout"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.appsdeveloperblog.kotlinexample3.CheckBoxExample"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    
</LinearLayout>

CheckBox Example in Kotlin

In the code example below we will create two CheckBox(s) and will add then to our LinearLayout. We will check setOnClickListener on each CheckBox and will call the updateTextView() function when the OnClickListener event fires. Inside the updateTextView() function we will read the state value of each CheckBox and will print it out.

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
import android.view.View
import android.widget.CheckBox
import android.widget.LinearLayout
import android.widget.TextView
import android.widget.Toast

class CheckBoxExample : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_check_box_example)
        val linearLayout = findViewById(R.id.constraintLayout) as LinearLayout
        val checkBox1 = CheckBox(this)
        checkBox1.text = "First CheckBox"
        checkBox1.isChecked = true

        val checkBox2 = CheckBox(this)
        checkBox2.text = "Second Checkbox"
        checkBox2.isChecked = false

        val textView = TextView(this)

        fun updateTextView() {
            textView.text = "checkBox1 is " + checkBox1.isChecked + " and checkBox2 is " + checkBox2.isChecked
        }
        updateTextView()

        checkBox1.setOnClickListener( View.OnClickListener {
            updateTextView()
        })
        checkBox2.setOnClickListener( View.OnClickListener {
            updateTextView()
        })
        linearLayout.addView(checkBox1)
        linearLayout.addView(checkBox2)
        linearLayout.addView(textView)

    }

}

When you run this Kotlin code example, you should get the following view on your screen:

Create CheckBox in Kotlin Programmatically