Android: Binding data from a database to a CheckBox in a ListView?

You could set a custom SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder:

SimpleCursorAdapter cursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(/* ur stuff */);
cursorAdapter.setViewBinder(new SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder() {
    public boolean setViewValue(View view, Cursor cursor, int columnIndex) {
        if(columnIndex == 1) {
            CheckBox cb = (CheckBox) view;
            cb.setChecked(cursor.getInt(1) > 0);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

The setViewValue method is invoked for every column you specify in the SimpleCursorAdapter constructor and gives you a good place to manipulate some (or all) of the views.