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

You have to use the cardElevation attribute.
Androidx libraries:

You can use the MaterialCard included in the official Material Components library:

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.x.x'

And in your layout:

Or the CardView in the androidx packages:

implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.x.x'

And in your layout:

OLD support library: