How to change Width of Android's Switch track?

Question

I\'m going crazy with this tiny problem. I have a \'switch\' Form widget, but no matter how much I try, I cannot make it narrower. Even if I have one character instead of \'

Answer 1

Here is my solution. I removed the texts, set the padding of the track and define the switchMinWidth properties. This is my xml:

<Switch
    android:id="@+id/theSwitchId"
    android:textOn=""
    android:textOff=""
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:thumbTextPadding="5dp"
    android:switchMinWidth="40dp"
    android:layout_gravity="right|center_vertical" />

Answer 2

You should use android:track instead of android:thumb.

All my code:

<Switch
    android:id="@+id/switch_security_tog"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
    android:background="@color/transparent"
    android:button="@null"
    android:textOff=""
    android:textOn=""
    android:thumb="@null"
    android:switchMinWidth="56dp"
    android:track="@drawable/thumb" />

Answer 3

Who are using androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat need to use

app:switchMinWidth

Example:

<androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat
    android:id="@+id/switch"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:switchMinWidth="50dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
    app:track="@drawable/custom_track"
    android:thumb="@drawable/custom_thumb"
   />

Answer 4

Set your desired width of switch in the attribute:

android:switchMinWidth

for example:

<Switch
    android:id="@+id/switchVisitAgain"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:layout_margin="1dp"
    android:checked="false"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:switchMinWidth="56dp"
    android:textOff=""
    android:textOn=""
    android:thumb="@drawable/round_button"
    android:track="@drawable/button_black" />