Text shadow doesn't work on all devices

Question

I have a problem with setting a shadow to TextView as it seems it doesn't work on all devices. I am currently doing it like this:

myTextView.setShadowLayer(0.5f, 2.0f, 2.0f, Color.BLACK);

It works great on some devices but on some it doesn't appear at all. What could be a problem with this simple code? Thank you.

switch off hardware acceleration for that view – pskink Apr 21 '15 at 21:21 — pskink, Apr 21 '15 at 21:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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According to Romain Guy, setShadowLayer is only supported when hardware acceleration is on.

so make sure to turn on the acceleration from the application tag in the mainfest

<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" ...>

You may check his answer here: Romain Guy's Answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Apr 21 '15 at 21:21

MBH

Thanks :) I have just one short question. How is `setShadowLayer()` only supported when hardware acceleration is on and by setting `myView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null)` we disable hardware acceleration? – user4386126 Apr 22 '15 at 03:23

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