gistfile1.java

    /**
     * Correctly sets the left padding between the drawable and text in a CheckBox. This is
     * necessary because the behavior of setPadding() changed in 4.2
     *
     * @param checkBox    the checkbox to pad
     * @param buttonWidth the width in pixels of the button drawable used in the CheckBox
     * @param paddingLeft the padding in pixels between the drawable and the text
     */
    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    public static void setCheckboxPaddingLeft(CheckBox checkBox, int buttonWidth, int paddingLeft) {
        // Before 4.2, the padding ignored the width of the drawable
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
            paddingLeft += buttonWidth;
        }
        checkBox.setPadding(
                paddingLeft,
                checkBox.getPaddingTop(),
                checkBox.getPaddingRight(),
                checkBox.getPaddingBottom()
        );
    }

/** Usage **/
int leftPadding = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.checkbox_padding_left);
int buttonWidth = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.custom_checkbox_button_drawable).getIntrinsicWidth();
Compat.setCheckboxPaddingLeft(mCheckbox, buttonWidth, leftPadding);