Change Checkbox value without triggering onCheckChanged

No, you can't do it. The onCheckedChanged method is called directly from setChecked. What you can do is the following:

mCheck.setOnCheckedChangeListener (null);mCheck.setChecked (false);mCheck.setOnCheckedChangeListener (mListener);

See the source of CheckBox, and the implementation of setChecked:

public void  setChecked(boolean checked) {    if (mChecked != checked) {        mChecked = checked;        refreshDrawableState();        // Avoid infinite recursions if setChecked() is called from a listener        if (mBroadcasting) {            return;        }        mBroadcasting = true;        if (mOnCheckedChangeListener != null) {            mOnCheckedChangeListener.onCheckedChanged(this, mChecked);        }        if (mOnCheckedChangeWidgetListener != null) {            mOnCheckedChangeWidgetListener.onCheckedChanged(this, mChecked);        }        mBroadcasting = false;                }}

Add this code inside OnCheckedChangeListener:

if(!compoundButton.isPressed()) {            return;}

This will help us to figure out weather checkBox state was changed programmatically or by user action.

Another possible way to achieve this is by using a custom CheckBox , which will let you choose if you want the listener to be called or not :

public class CheckBox extends AppCompatCheckBox {    private OnCheckedChangeListener mListener;    public CheckBox(final Context context) {        super(context);    }    public CheckBox(final Context context, final AttributeSet attrs) {        super(context, attrs);    }    public CheckBox(final Context context, final AttributeSet attrs, final int defStyleAttr) {        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);    }    @Override    public void setOnCheckedChangeListener(final OnCheckedChangeListener listener) {        mListener = listener;        super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener);    }    public void setChecked(final boolean checked, final boolean alsoNotify) {        if (!alsoNotify) {            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(null);            super.setChecked(checked);            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(mListener);            return;        }        super.setChecked(checked);    }    public void toggle(boolean alsoNotify) {        if (!alsoNotify) {            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(null);            super.toggle();            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(mListener);            return;        }        super.toggle();    }}

Kotlin version, if you prefer:

class CheckBox @JvmOverloads constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet? = null, defStyleAttr: Int = 0) : AppCompatCheckBox(context, attrs, defStyleAttr) {    private var listener: CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener? = null    override fun setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener: CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener?) {        this.listener = listener        super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener)    }    fun setChecked(checked: Boolean, alsoNotify: Boolean) {        if (!alsoNotify) {            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(null)            super.setChecked(checked)            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener)            return        }        super.setChecked(checked)    }    fun toggle(alsoNotify: Boolean) {        if (!alsoNotify) {            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(null)            super.toggle()            super.setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener)            return        }        super.toggle()    }}

sample usage:

checkBox.setChecked(true,false);