android checkbox alignment

this image show the default implementation of check box in android.

In this image check box is centre to the text. I want it to the top. what sho开发者_StackOverflow社区uld i do?

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I used Relative layout. In <TextView> i used the following code for top padding and my problem gets solved. :)

android:layout_marginTop="6dip"

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Have a custom 9-patch checkbox button with the stretchable portion defined at the bottom.. so the actual checkbox will be at the top and the rest space will be filled with transparency