RecyclerView + CardView + Touch feedback

Question

Has anybody solved the mystery of the CardView without touch feedback when it\'s inside a RecyclerView?

I have a RecyclerView with a bu

Answer 1

Background:

The CardView ignores android:background in favor of app:cardBackground which can only be color. The border and shadow are in fact part of the background so you cannot set your own.

Solution:

Make the layout inside the CardView clickable instead of the card itself. You already wrote both attributes needed for this layout:

android:clickable="true"
android:background="?android:selectableItemBackground"