Setting Elevation in XML on AppCompat CardView on Android 5.0

Question

From what I understand, early in the preview stage there seemed to be no way to set elevation in XML only on CardViews without a hack in Java. Now that the offi

Answer 1

If you have this line

android:hardwareAccelerated="false"

in manifest application tag your shadows were not displayed. try to remove this line

or use

android:hardwareAccelerated="true"

This worked for me! I hope it works for you too :)