Elevation animation on click on CardView

Question

I want to add the elevation animation to my android.support.v7.widget.CardView, just like the material style Buttons do. I\'ve tried to set a Sta

Answer 1

You tried to create this .xml in res/anim folder.

You should create on res/animator, if don't exist is easy to create.

But if you search for the problem it already give you a possible solution

Answer 2

I've tried your code, maybe you have simply add the state to second selector element.

So change this line

<item>

with this

<item android:state_enabled="true" android:state_pressed="false">

The complete code will be

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_enabled="true" android:state_pressed="true">
        <objectAnimator android:duration="@android:integer/config_shortAnimTime"
            android:propertyName="translationZ" android:valueTo="@dimen/touch_raise"
            android:valueType="floatType" />
    </item>
    <item android:state_enabled="true" android:state_pressed="false">
        <objectAnimator android:duration="@android:integer/config_shortAnimTime"
            android:propertyName="translationZ" android:valueTo="0dp"
            android:valueType="floatType" />
    </item>
</selector>