Dialog skinning with AppCompat-v7 22 results in ugly shadows on api < 21

Question

I\'m using AppCompat to write a material design styled app. Since AppCompat does not affect dialogs, I\'m skinning the dialogs as such:

styles.xml:

Answer 1

With the new AppCompat v22.1 you can use the new android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog or the new AppCompatDialog

Just use a code like this (of course in your case you have to use a custom layout to have the progress bar)

import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog

AlertDialog.Builder builder =
       new AlertDialog.Builder(this, R.style.AppCompatAlertDialogStyle);
            builder.setTitle("Dialog");
            builder.setMessage("Lorem ipsum dolor ....");
            builder.setPositiveButton("OK", null);
            builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null);
            builder.show();

And use a style like this: