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How to add ripple effect to "entire" cardview in android

I am new to Android programming. I want to add ripple effect to cardview. Actually I found the solution, however, after touching cardview element, it seems that the effect doesn't cover entire cardview. I mean that the effect fades out suddenly and doesn't reach the edges of the cardview.
The result which I'm getting is as follows:
While I want something like this one posted in this blog post.
This is the approach I have tried:
cardview_item.xml
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
style="#style/MyCardViewStyle"
android:layout_height="280dp"
android:id="#+id/appletCard"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#color/cardDefaultBg"
android:clickable="true"
android:foreground="#drawable/ripple_effect"
>
//Some TextViews here ...
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
And this is the ripple_effect.xml in the drawable-v21 package:
<ripple
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="?android:attr/colorControlHighlight">
<item
android:id="#android:id/mask"
android:drawable="#android:color/white"/>
</ripple>
If it is important, I use support library.

You should apply mask to your ripple. Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="?android:attr/colorControlHighlight">
<item android:id="#android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#000000" />
<corners android:radius="#dimen/card_corner_radius" />
</shape>
</item>
</ripple>

You can use android default ripple effect with "?attr/selectableItemBackground"
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/appletCard"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="280dp"
style="#style/MyCardViewStyle"
android:clickable="true"
android:foreground="?attr/selectableItemBackground"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#color/cardDefaultBg">
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
Or create custom
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_focused="true">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/RippleColor" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:state_pressed="true">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/RippleColor" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/backColor" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
If you want that effect reach the edges, use this library that provides you OnRippleCompleteListener, so you can wait until it finish effect and reach the edges

After checking the similar applications which are using ripple effect for their ui elements, I found out that the effect has changed over different versions of Android. The case I'm looking for is used in Lollipop Android devices. So as I ran the emulator on API 25 (Nogut), I didn't get the desired result.
Thank you all for ur responses.

android ripple effect crashes in pre-lollipop even when I added drawable-21

Ripple effect works fine but crashes below lollipop, So I added drawable-v21/animation_ripple but result is the same. What to do, Here is my code:-
XML file:
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/animation_ripple"
android:text="Click Me"
android:textColor="#ccc"/>
drawable/animation_ripple
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:color="#4d6670"
tools:targetApi="lollipop">
<item android:id="#android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#4d6670" />
</shape>
</item>
<item >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#62bae0" />
</shape>
</item>
</ripple>
drawable-v21/animation_ripple
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:color="#4d6670"
>
<item android:id="#android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#4d6670" />
</shape>
</item>
<item >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#62bae0" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>

in drawable-v21 add your rippledrawable and in drawable add the selector drawable , as <ripple> </ripple> tags are used for api >=21

It should be the other way around:
drawable-v21 should contain <ripple ... tags and drawable the regular <selector ... tags.
Everything under the drawable-v21 folder will be used from Lollipop on, not the other way around

Creating this shape (Attached picture) in Android XML?

I know this question is very brief but how can I create this shape in XML for an Android Studio project?
It seems like I can create a rectangle and then remove a semi circle portion from it but achieving that effect in XML seems very difficult. Has anyone done this before?

Create such background with pure xml drawables is always tricky, but possible.
I've created button you need in xml. Add this files to your drawable folder:
circle.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<!-- inset - moves circle to the left-->
<inset android:insetLeft="-150dp">
<shape android:shape="ring"
android:thicknessRatio="7"
android:innerRadius="0dp"
android:useLevel="false"
>
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#000000"/>
<solid android:color="#ffffff"/>
</shape>
</inset>
</item>
</selector>
custom_button_default.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#00ff00"/>
<stroke
android:color="#000000"
android:width="2dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/circle" />
</layer-list>
custom_button_pressed.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#dddddd"/>
<stroke
android:color="#000000"
android:width="2dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/circle" />
</layer-list>
custom_button_selector.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/custom_button_pressed" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/custom_button_default"/>
</selector>
Set custom_button_selector drawable as a background of your view in layout:
<Button
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:id="#+id/button"
android:background="#drawable/custom_button_selector"
/>
You probably will have to adjust circle insetLeft value and button width, height in layout. Would be better to have this variables defined in values/dimens.xml.
Default state:
Pressed state:
I've tested it on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 - button background looks the same.

Hi you ca use convert online tools http://www.online-convert.com/ after convert svg to xml android file this site http://inloop.github.io/svg2android/

Custom button looks different on lower API in Android

hello i tried solution posted on Stack overflow but not working please help on this problem.Am using custom Button which is in drawable folder
button_selector.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/button_not_pressed" android:state_pressed="false" android:state_selected="false"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/button_pressed" android:state_pressed="true"/>
</selector>
button_pressed.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#009688"/>
<corners android:radius="1dp"/>
<gradient android:startColor="#color/header" android:centerColor="#color/header"
android:endColor="#color/header" android:angle="270"/>
</shape>
button_not_pressed.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="0.4dp" android:color="#color/header"/>
<corners android:radius="0dp"/>
</shape>
but on lower API screen look like this
Above API 17 it look's like this
This is the actual design i done for Button

Add this in both drawable:
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />

I encountered such problem in 15 api.
Add into shape
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent"/>
or what color you need.
It helped me.

How to get gravity 'bottom' working on a drawable in xml

I have a simple aim. I want a light grey background on my FrameLayout with a black dividing line underneath it (only undernearth, not all around). So far I have this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" android:gravity="center">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="line" android:gravity="bottom" >
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#010101"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
But it draws the line through the centre, i.e. ignores the gravity='bottom' bit. How can I fix this?
EDIT: This question is very old. The selected answer may or may not be in-line with current APIs, etc. You are encouraged to start your own question rather than add to this one, which is no longer monitored.

I've struggled a lot with this as well. Basically, to create a border at the bottom, you have to think in opposite direction from what you expect. You start with a rectangle with your Border color. On top of that, you draw the actual color, with an offset from the bottom.
I use this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- CREATE A RECTANGLE WITH YOUR BORDER COLOR -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#fff"/>
</shape>
</item>
<!-- NOW DEFINE THE NORMAL COLOR-->
<item android:bottom="BOTTOM_BORDER_THICKNESS E.G. 4dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#ccc"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Or, as Juan Pablo Saraceno suggested :
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<color android:color="YOUR_BORDER_COLOR" />
</item>
<item android:top="YOUR_BORDER_THICKNESS">
<color android:color="YOUR_BG_COLOR" />
</item>
</layer-list>

Unfortunately I have not found a way to get the gravity working for drawables, but I found how you can achieve what you want with pure xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:top="-2dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:bottom="1dp"
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE"/>
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#010101"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Good luck:)

I'd recommend using a nine-patch image for this - here's an example that should do the job:
(It's only tiny but it is there!)
If you place this in your drawable folder and set your FrameLayout's background to it then you should get the desired result. The content will go in the grey area and the #010101 pixel will be stretched horizontally to form a line at the bottom. Just make sure to keep the .9.png extension to ensure it gets loaded as a nine-patch.
Hope that helps you

This works!
<item>
<bitmap
android:gravity="left|bottom"
android:src="#drawable/myDrawable" />
</item>

I know it's pretty old question but given answers didn't work for me. Turns out in order to gravity property work you just need to add size tag in drawable item.
So following will work as expected:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:gravity="center">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:gravity="bottom">
<shape android:shape="line">
<size android:height="2dp"/>
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#010101"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
ps. this feature added in api level 23
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/LayerDrawable#setLayerGravity%28int,%20int%29

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/Black" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/White" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Well, it's pretty old question, but none of the answers seem to answer the actual question (how to make gravity working) so here's a working example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<color android:color="#2196F3"/> <!-- Background color -->
</item>
<item android:gravity="bottom">
<shape>
<size android:height="10dp" /> <!-- I would suggest 1dp -->
<solid android:color="#F50057" /> <!-- Line color -->
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
By analogy, if you want to use gravity left or right change attribute height to width