How to use resources versioning to workaround CompoundButton fix https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/commit/2842679d3426295b6674dfcfb8591fad79de6cb2

gistfile1.xml

    <!-- res/values/styles.xml -->
    <style name="MyCheckbox" parent="@android:style/Widget.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
        <item name="android:button">@drawable/btn_check</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">@dimen/checkbox_padding_left_workaround</item>
        <!-- yada yada yada -->
    </style>
    <!-- res/values/dimens.xml -->
    <dimen name="checkbox_padding_left_workaround">50dip</dimen> <!-- or whatever your drawable is -->
    <!-- res/values-v17/dimens.xml -->
    <dimen name="checkbox_padding_left_workaround">0dip</dimen> <!-- yup, you got it -->