CardView not showing shadow elevation

Question

I am working with cardviews but the problem is my CardView is not showing any elevation or shadow. I have already tried some of the methods suggested in stackoverflow answers like I have tried using elevation and shadow property. I have also tried using card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true", but without any success. This is my xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="6dp"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="#FAFBFD"
    app:cardElevation="5dp">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
                android:id="@+id/post_profile_image"
                android:layout_width="50dp"
                android:layout_height="50dp"
                android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
                android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="12dp"/>

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/post_profile_image"
                android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:layout_marginTop="16dp">

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/post_username"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Name"
                    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
                    android:textColor="#000000"/>

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/post_time"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
                    android:text="Time"
                    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
                    android:textColor="@color/grayColor"/>
            </LinearLayout>

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true">

                <ImageButton
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:background="@android:drawable/ic_delete"
                    android:id="@+id/post_delete_btn"
                    android:visibility="invisible"/>

            </LinearLayout>

        </RelativeLayout>

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/post_image"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:background="#00ffffff"
            android:src="@drawable/add_btn"
            android:visibility="gone"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/post_text"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
            android:text="Text about Posting...."
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="8dp">

            <ImageButton
                android:id="@+id/like_btn"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                android:background="#00ffffff"
                android:src="@drawable/grey_like_bt"/>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/post_like_count"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
                android:text="0 Likes"
                android:textColor="#2196F3"/>

            <ImageButton
                android:id="@+id/comment_btn"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="32dp"
                android:background="#00ffffff"
                android:src="@drawable/comment_btn_gray"/>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/post_comment_count"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
                android:text="0 Comments"
                android:textColor="#2196F3"/>

            <RelativeLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                <ImageButton
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:background="@android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
                    android:visibility="invisible"
                    android:id="@+id/post_edit_btn"
                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>

            </RelativeLayout>

        </LinearLayout>

    </LinearLayout>

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Dont know why it is not showing any elevation and shadow

Answer 1

Try adding android:outlineProvider="bounds" to the CardView layout.

Answer 2

If your manifest file has a android:hardwareAccelerated="false" line, delete it.

Answer 3

You should have to try this:

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        app:cardElevation="3dp">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical">
        </LinearLayout>

        <!--Put your other fields between this-->
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Answer 4

Add this line in CardView widget

app:cardElevation="5dp"

hope this will help!

Answer 5

     <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:cardElevation="10dp"
    app:cardCornerRadius="4dp"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="#ffff8800">
     ......
     </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Remove the background color first, add the elevation and later add the background again. Worked for me, though I had added the background through the layout designer.

Answer 6

The answer is a combination of margin and padding of cardView and its parent.

Try like this:

    <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/minimum_dimem"
            android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/default_margin"
            android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/default_margin"
            android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/minimum_dimem"
            app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/white"
            app:cardCornerRadius="@dimen/cardview_radius"
            app:cardElevation="@dimen/cardview_default_elevation">

            <RelativeLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:padding="@dimen/ten_dimem">

                ...

           </RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

And the result: