As I mentioned in the question, my FloatingActionButton between two layouts, check classic example here, stopped working after updating gradle dependencies to 24.2.0.
I have checked similar questions and answers. After digging, I found an answer explaining the reason, see here. The solutions is extremely useful for cases where you want to place the FAB at the bottom of the layout. However, this is not working between two layouts.
Sorry for creating another question/issue, and not continuing the discussion in the solution I found, but apparently, I don't have enough reputation to create a comment.
Thanks in advance for your time.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".Screens.DetailActivity">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/project_detailed_holder"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:transitionName="tMainHolder">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/article_list_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"/>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/article_collection"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:requiresFadingEdge="vertical" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="@+id/fabEdit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin"
android:src="@drawable/ic_mode_edit_black_24dp"
android:tint="@android:color/white"
app:layout_anchor="@id/header"
app:backgroundTint="@color/colorPrimary"
app:elevation="4dp"
app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|right|end"
android:alpha="0.0"/>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>