using a custom color for button background while using selectableItemBackground attribute

Question

I am trying to use

android:background=\"?android:attr/selectableItemBackground\"

to get my button to do appropriate effects for each android versi

Answer 1

Edit: this is now possible using AppCompat and backgroundTint

   android:backgroundTint="@color/yourColor"

Previous solution:

I had the same problem and ended up doing this programmatically:

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        ColorStateList colors = new ColorStateList(new int[][]{
                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_enabled},
        }, new int[]{pressed});
        GradientDrawable item = new GradientDrawable();
        item.setCornerRadius(radius);
        item.setColor(normal);
        RippleDrawable ripple = new RippleDrawable(colors, item, null);
        button.setBackgroundDrawable(ripple);
    } else {
        StateListDrawable stateListDrawable = new StateListDrawable();
        GradientDrawable item;
        item = new GradientDrawable();
        item.setCornerRadius(radius);
        item.setColor(pressed);
        stateListDrawable.addState(new int[]{android.R.attr.state_enabled, android.R.attr.state_pressed}, item);
        item = new GradientDrawable();
        item.setCornerRadius(radius);
        item.setColor(normal);
        stateListDrawable.addState(new int[]{android.R.attr.state_enabled}, item);
        button.setBackgroundDrawable(stateListDrawable);
    }