You can check a radio button by default by adding the checked HTML attribute to the <input> element. You can disable a radio button by adding the disabled HTML attribute to both the <label> and the <input> .
Give people control and align with their expectations (Good): It is better to have a selected radio button by default, given that people cannot deselect and set the button back to its original state once one has been selected. A default selection sets the correct user expectation.
You can check the current state of a radio button programmatically by using isChecked() method. This method returns a Boolean value either true or false. if it is checked then returns true otherwise returns false.
you should check the radiobutton in the radiogroup like this:
radiogroup.check(IdOfYourButton)
Of course you first have to set an Id to your radiobuttons
EDIT: i forgot, radioButton.getId() works as well, thx Ramesh
EDIT2:
android:checkedButton="@+id/my_radiobtn"
works in radiogroup xml
In case for xml attribute its android:checkedButton which takes the id of the RadioButton to be checked.
<RadioGroup
...
...
android:checkedButton="@+id/IdOfTheRadioButtonInsideThatTobeChecked"
... >....</RadioGroup>
In the XML file set the android:checkedButton field in your RadioGroup, with the id of your default RadioButton: 
<RadioGroup
    ....
    android:checkedButton="@+id/button_1">
    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/button_1"
        ...../>
    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/button_2"
        ...../>
    <RadioButton
        android:id="@+id/button_3"
        ...../>
</RadioGroup>
    RadioGroup radioGroup = new RadioGroup(WvActivity.this);
    RadioButton radioBtn1 = new RadioButton(this);
    RadioButton radioBtn2 = new RadioButton(this);
    RadioButton radioBtn3 = new RadioButton(this);
    radioBtn1.setText("Less");
    radioBtn2.setText("Normal");
    radioBtn3.setText("More");
    radioGroup.addView(radioBtn1);
    radioGroup.addView(radioBtn2);
    radioGroup.addView(radioBtn3);
    radioGroup.check(radioBtn2.getId());
RadioGroup radioGroup = new RadioGroup(context);
RadioButton radioBtn1 = new RadioButton(context);
RadioButton radioBtn2 = new RadioButton(context);
RadioButton radioBtn3 = new RadioButton(context);
radioBtn1.setText("Less");
radioBtn2.setText("Normal");
radioBtn3.setText("More");
radioGroup.addView(radioBtn1);
radioGroup.addView(radioBtn2);
radioGroup.addView(radioBtn3);
radioBtn2.setChecked(true);
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