How to add cardview in layout xml in AndroidX

Question

How to add cardview in layout xml in AndroidX

After upgraded to AndroidX

Answer 1

You have 2 different options:

• Material Components MaterialCardView

Just add:

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.0'

and in your xml you can use:

• Androidx CardView

Just add:

implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'

and in your xml you can use:

They are different:

MaterialCardView extends androidx.cardview.widget.CardView and provides all of the features of CardView and

• add support for checking and dragging
• uses a MaterialComponents theme by default (it uses by deafult the style Widget.MaterialComponents.CardView)
• support the ShapeAppearanceModel
• adds attributes for customizing the stroke