Drawable as Background for CardView

Question

the CardView ( android.support.v7.cardview ) stays white even though I set a backround drawable via android:backround - The documentation gives me the feeling that it should

Answer 1

Try this

card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@android:color/holo_green_dark

here you can set any color or make it transparent by giving color transparent and if u wand some drawable like image or svg put RelativeLayout background