How to set the padding for CardView widget in Android L

Question

I\'m using android:paddingLeft and android:paddingTop to set the padding for the new CardView widget but it doesn\'t work.

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Answer 1

This is what worked for me - putting every item in a frame layout

Double check that card_view is "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" and not tools, and also set negative margins on the frame view to maintain shadows - works fine.