Android material design buttons - Pre lollipop

Question

How do I implement the \"raised button\" and the \"flat button\" as described in google\'s material design guidelines?

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Raised buttons add dimension

Answer 1

For a description of how to do this using the appcompat libray, check my answer to another question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27696134/1932522

This will show how to make use of the raised and flat buttons for both Android 5.0 and earlier (up to API level 11)!