Like you say yourself, the support library does not support (all) transitions on Android versions below 5.0. There are however some alternatives:
Unofficial Compatibility libraries
https://github.com/andkulikov/transitions-everywhere
https://github.com/takahirom/PreLollipopTransition
https://github.com/lgvalle/Material-Animations
Android KitKat
http://www.doubleencore.com/2013/11/new-transitions-framework/ and a sample found in your SDK samples folder.
