Change checkbox color (find the source of the original animation) Android

Question

I would like to change checkbox color to blue instead of green (Android 5). I read (How to change the color of a CheckBox? and Changing Default Color of Android CheckBox Check Mark) that you have to to create a selector and add custom images for checked and unchecked. But i am sure there is must be a way to do this without creating the animation manually. Does anyone know a simple way to do that.

Answer 1

Lester's answer is correct. But I would like to add more points

<item name="android:colorControlNormal">@color/dribbblepink</item>

This changes the color of the rectangle/checkbox border

<item name="android:colorControlHighlight">@color/green</item> 

Changes the ripple animation color

And finally

<item name="android:colorControlActivated">@color/black</item>

Changes the checkbox color when checked

Answer 2

You can change color of all elements (including checkboxes,edittexts,etc) by adding this lines in your style element:

  <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/your_color</item>
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/your_color</item>
    <item name="colorControlHighlight">@color/your_color</item>