How to set button click effect in Android?

Question

In Android, when I set background image to Button, I can not see any effect on button.

I need some effect on button so user can recognize that button is clicked.

Answer 1

Use RippleDrawable for Material Design state pressed/clicked effect.

In order to achieve this, create ripple item as an .xml under /drawable folder and use it in android:background for any views.

• Effect for icon pressed/clicked, use circular ripple effect, for example:

• Effect for view clicked with rectangle boundary, we can add ripple over the existing drawable like bellow: