Android: I cannot remove elevation / shadow on my toolbar

Question

Hi i would like to remove the elevation and shadow effect from my toolbar for API 21 and greater. Below is what i have tried

setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
          


        

Answer 1

This remove elevation on toolbar (android:stateListAnimator="@null"), stateListAnimator is for API level 21 or higher, so insert a tools prop (before namespace declaration) like this:

//xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" in parent or start element

     

 

    

//your content goes here like RecyclerView, Card or other layout 

Here is my sample result: