CardView elevation not working on Android 5.1.1

Question

I am using CardView inside a RecyclerView. After reading a lot I ended up with following \'NOT WORKING\' code only on Android 5.1.1. On Android Version prior to this one its

Answer 1

To make it both compatible above or below api 21, you need to specify app:cardUseCompatPadding="true" in your support CardView.